Published : 03 September 2026 Read Time : 5 min Author: Guest Author A car used to offer the same experience every time you got in it. That's no longer true. Voice assistants, personalised settings, software updates and configurable driving modes are turning cars into machines that adapt to their users. The Mahindra BE 6 Sporteq is a good example of where this is headed. It runs on 5G connectivity, comes with Amazon Alexa built in and layers on Mahindra's own TEQ_Me, TEQ_Drive and, on the higher variants, TEQ_Talk with Google Gemini. The point isn't to cram in more screens - it's to make the things you do every day, like adjusting the AC or finding a charger, take fewer taps. In practice, it comes down to a handful of things: the car recognises who's driving and adjusts itself accordingly, you can talk to it in plain language instead of memorising commands, it gets smarter over time through software updates and it can react to road and driving conditions rather than staying fixed in one setup. This is probably the change people notice first. Instead of resetting the mirrors and climate every time someone else drives the car, a connected vehicle can just recognise you and load your setup. In the BE 6 Sporteq, that's handled by TEQ_Me, which auto-detects the driver from the Two variant upward. Step up further and you also get a powered driver's seat with memory settings and mirrors that auto-dip when you reverse - small things, but they add up over a year of daily driving. Older voice systems needed exact phrases - say it wrong and nothing happens. That's changing. The BE 6 Sporteq ships with Amazon Alexa built in across the range, and on the Four, Launch Edition and FE Four variants, TEQ_Talk