Designed for modern families, Ready StreamShare blends personal device freedom with shared connection, delivering a seamless, more enjoyable experience for every journey
NOVI, Mich. – 13 January 2026 – With the emergence of Millennial and Gen X families travelling with Gen Z and Gen Alpha children, today’s car cabin is now multi-user. Everyone brings a device and everyone expects control, but traditional car audio systems are largely designed for a single source. Families want personal choice without losing the ability to share moments, coordinate plans, or simply talk, especially when passengers are wearing headphones. As evolving consumer habits redefine expectations for the in-cabin experience, vehicles must move beyond traditional feature offerings to become fully connected environments where media, communication and productivity flow seamlessly.
To meet that shift, HARMAN, the automotive technology leader and subsidiary of Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., today introduced Ready StreamShare, a new in-cabin audio and communication solution that seamlessly integrates media from multiple personal devices into the vehicle’s audio environment. Unlike traditional single-source systems designed primarily for the driver, Ready StreamShare employs a central in-vehicle connection hub that coordinates audio streams and communication across the cabin. This delivers both deep personal immersion and effortless shared listening for every occupant.
How Ready StreamShare works
- Connect: Up to four passengers can pair their phones to a central in-vehicle hub to create personal listening zones.
- Listen: Each passenger can listen privately through HARMAN-provided ultra-low-latency headphones that are included with the system or join another zone for shared playback.
- Communicate: Passengers can switch from enjoying media to hands-free cabin conversation without removing headphones; a Driver Announcement feature can pause active streams so everyone hears important messages.
Powered by HARMAN’s patented Wireless Audio Ultra-Low-Latency streaming technology, Ready StreamShare keeps in-car conversations natural and uninterrupted, even through headphones. From sharing a new favourite track, to joining a group discussion, to delivering important information to the entire cabin, passengers move fluidly between moments without losing contact. It’s more than audio. It’s effortless human connection.
“Families now expect the car to function like their digital lives—personal, connected and shared,” said Zafar Razzacki, Director, Product Management, Ready StreamShare at HARMAN. “Ready StreamShare brings personal device freedom together with shared connection to turn road time into a more enjoyable and functional experience. Built from breakthrough technology and deep user insight, it puts HARMAN at the forefront of holistic, orchestrated in-cabin audio experiences that feel effortless and meaningful.”
Ready StreamShare delivers a new class of intelligent in-cabin audio experiences, built for the way people listen, share and communicate in today’s vehicles.
Transforming the vehicle into an intelligent media hub
Ready StreamShare serves as the foundation for a more connected in-cabin future, transforming the vehicle into an intelligent hub for media and communication. For automakers, it provides a scalable foundation for delivering smarter, adaptive experiences that evolve alongside advancements in connectivity and user expectations.
Personalised media zones with shared connection
Through a central Bluetooth-enabled connection hub, Ready StreamShare supports up to four personalised media zones. Using the Ready StreamShare mobile app, passengers can listen individually, enjoy media together, or move into hands-free, natural conversations without removing headphones. This includes entering or leaving group discussions in ways that mirror how modern families interact on the road today. For drivers and parents, this flexible communication restores an essential sense of togetherness and coordination, even when each person is immersed in their own activity.
Effortless sharing and clear communication for the whole cabin
Building on this seamless connectivity, Ready StreamShare enables real-time media sharing between passengers, allowing anyone in one zone to invite others to listen along. When the driver needs to address the entire cabin, a single tap can trigger a Driver’s Announcement that pauses all streams, activates a visual cue and ensures the message reaches everyone, providing clarity and focus without raised voices or distraction from the road.
Designed to evolve with families and future experiences
Ready StreamShare can be layered onto any of HARMAN’s existing in-cabin offerings and branded experiences, integrating easily into vehicle architecture. By making personal listening and shared moments work together, Ready StreamShare helps OEMs differentiate the cabin with a new audio experience that is highly visible to consumers and scalable across vehicle lines. Its flexible design allows the experience to grow over time, including support for guests or children who may not have their own devices, as well as options for parental controls. Looking ahead, Ready StreamShare will expand to support new scenarios, from connecting to external Bluetooth speakers at campsites or tailgates to integrating with future accessories such as connected baby carriers and smart car seats that can stream lullabies or white noise.
Orchestrated in-cabin ecosystems
Ready StreamShare joins HARMAN’s growing portfolio of Ready products, which work together to orchestrate holistic in-cabin ecosystems that adapt to human needs, integrate naturally into vehicle environments and create new value for automakers and consumers. It reflects HARMAN’s commitment to intelligent, impactful innovations that enrich every moment on the road.
HARMAN is elevating every moment behind the wheel with people-first technology that makes driving safer, smarter and more connected. Its latest products demonstrate how advanced innovation and deep human insight come together to create seamless, intuitive in-cabin experiences.
At HARMAN, “intelligent experiences” reflect both a deep understanding of user needs and the integration of AI and other emerging technologies to deliver interactions that feel natural and meaningful. Backed by decades of automotive expertise, significant investment in engineering and modern technologies and deep Samsung synergies, HARMAN is uniquely positioned to deliver transformative in-vehicle technologies that shape the future of mobility.
For more information on Ready StreamShare and the entire HARMAN product line-up, visit: https://car.harman.com/