Although modern cars come equipped with all sorts of advanced technologies, I'm pretty sure that a strange sound coming out of your vehicle has worried you at least once, at some point. Often times, general drivers cannot analyze internal car problems with just a strange sound. And that makes the maintenance process for car owners quite complicated. So to help drivers instantly detect internal car problems, Skoda has developed a new application that uses artificial intelligence (AI) to detect internal car defects just by listening to its sound.

How Does It Work?
Now the way "Sound Analyzer" works is pretty straightforward. When a driver or mechanic starts the app, it records the sound of the faulty car. Then use the AI ​​algorithm to compare this recorded sound to many of the pre-recorded healthy car sounds. So if there is an abnormality in the sound pattern of the faulty car, the app can detect the internal problem and suggest a relevant solution for it.

Škoda has been testing the app on its cars for quite some time. In fact, up to 245 Škoda dealers located in countries such as Austria, Germany, France and Russia have been using Sound Analyzer since June 2019.

Speaking about the new app, Stanislav Pekař, Head of Aftermarket at Skoda, stated: "Sound Analyzer [app] is an excellent example of the new opportunities that digitization at ŠKODA can create, even in terms of aftermarket. We constantly use intelligence technologies. artificial to offer our customers an even more personalized service, thus improving the customer experience even more ”.

An article by Munna Suprathik