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Software giant Microsoft and Korea-based car company Hyundai reportedly have partnered so the former could provide music for the latter’s cars. By 2010, Hyundai cars to be distributed in North America only are expected to feature a voice-controlled system that is connected to the vehicle’s stereo and other mobile devices.

No official specs have been revealed yet but it is safe to say that Bluetooth connectivity will be present aside from the direct cable connections that we usually find in car’s audio system to play portable devices such as the MP3 players and mobile phones. SlashGear even made a prediction that text messages could be read out loud by the system.

This isn’t the first time that Microsoft is partnering with a car company since they’ve already joined forces with Ford with the Sync system. Microsoft-Ford’s Sync system is a currently a $395 option that connects the iPod or mobile phone and features a voice-control. Not many details have been given by Microsoft or Hyundai but from the looks it seems to be something similar to what Microsoft did for Ford and Fiat.

Via [SlashGear]

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