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Since the empeg team will continue to create new products for Sonic|blue and other OEM partners, the car player will likely be the initial testbed for some of the new software technologies being developed. For example, one possibility is that voice recognition technology might be initially tested as an upgrade for the Rio Car player. Although that's uncertain at this time, it would depend on if it gets included in an upcoming product or not.

This need for future development precludes the possibility of the current player software becoming open-sourced. That will most likely remain closed-source, because much of its code is being rolled into future products. This investment of intellectual property must be protected.

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