Verizon's Hum linked automobile system is now a teenager driving force's worst nightmare

 The aftermarket related car add-on from Verizon, is set to get a touch much less friendly to the younger drivers inside the household. An replace rolling out later this month will permit geofencing and velocity alert features, which might be exactly what they sound like: a vehicle's owner may be capable of get notified on their cellphone when the automobile leaves a pre-determined vicinity or drives faster than a hard and fast pace.

Essentially, you can't road race or head to the mall while you say you're going to do homework, due to the fact dad and mom will understand.

Hum, which prices $14.99 according to month, consists of a module that plugs right into a car's OBD port and a handsfree unit that may clip to a visor. Among the 2 — plus a phone app — the service offers automobile fitness tracking, roadside and emergency help, and stolen car tracking. Further to the place and pace signals, this month's replace will permit area monitoring (a small enlargement of stolen automobile monitoring) and a using log, which measures journey instances, engine idle times, and common speeds.

The product competes in a growing market for add-on linked automobile structures, inclusive of competitors like automated and Vinli, both of which use the OBD port like Hum does. All are banking on barely distinct business fashions and ranges of functionality, although: computerized relies to your telephone's cell connection and has no month-to-month charge, while Hum has no upfront gadget price. Vinli, in the meantime, runs $199.Ninety nine in advance plus a variable month-to-month fee — however offers an LTE connection and in-car wi-fi hotspot, which Hum does no longer.