Microsoft shows off next-gen Windows for connected cars

Microsoft is moving Windows to the car, again. Microsoft has been in the automotive space for a very very long time -- probably more than 15 years, according to Steve Teixeira, who works in the developer division at Microsoft.

A good chunk of cars on the road run either Windows CE or Windows Automotive, including BMW, Fiat, Ford, Kia, and Nissan. Now, Microsoft is prepping yet another version, Teixeira revealed at the Build event. The company has already tested its new version of Windows for the car, both in simulators that model eye-tracking, as well as in actual cars in a local Seattle raceway.