Your recording, analyzed.
Noise IQ is designed to analyze the short recording you capture using advanced sound analysis and return a possible match with general severity, estimated repair-cost context and next steps.
Sound Intelligence
Every sound
tells you something.
Vehicles communicate through sound. Noise IQ is being built to turn those unfamiliar noises into useful information, helping drivers better understand what they may be hearing and where to start.
From subtle changes in tone to unfamiliar clicks, squeals, knocks, hums and vibrations, automotive sound can contain useful clues. Noise IQ uses sound analysis to help make those clues easier to understand.
Scroll to exploreThe process
From sound
to understanding.
- 01
Capture
Noise IQ begins with a short recording of the unexpected sound.
- 02
Analyze
Sound analysis examines the recording and looks for recognizable characteristics and supported automotive sound patterns.
- 03
Interpret
Noise IQ uses the analysis to provide a possible match and relevant context around what the sound could mean.
- 04
Understand
The result helps you better understand the possible issue, its general severity, estimated repair-cost context and potential next steps.
Sound as information
More than noise.
To a driver, an unfamiliar sound can feel like a mystery. To sound intelligence, that recording becomes information that can be analyzed for useful patterns and characteristics.
Illustration only. The visuals on this page show the idea of sound analysis, not real measurements or product output.
Real-world context
Automotive sound isn’t one-dimensional.
The same unfamiliar sound can mean different things depending on when and how it occurs. A few of the factors that shape what a vehicle sounds like:
When it occurs
At startup, at idle, on the highway or only now and then.
How it changes
Whether it grows, fades, speeds up or stays the same.
Moving or parked
A sound at a standstill can differ from one on the road.
Accelerating or slowing
Some sounds only appear as speed rises or falls.
Braking
Pressing the pedal can bring a sound in or out.
Turning
Steering one way or the other can change what you hear.
Startup
The first seconds after starting the engine.
Repetition
A steady tone, a rhythm, or a one-off event.
Surrounding noise
Traffic, wind and road surface all add to the mix.
Recording quality
Distance, placement and phone microphone matter.
Richer real-world context.
Noise IQ’s long-term product direction is to build increasingly useful automotive sound intelligence around the context drivers experience in the real world. The factors above are educational; they aren’t all analyzed automatically today.
Always learning
Intelligence that keeps growing.
Noise IQ is being developed to recognize and understand an expanding range of automotive sounds. As the technology, testing and sound intelligence improve, the goal is to provide drivers with increasingly useful context across more of the sounds their vehicles can make.
Results are possible matches, not a definitive mechanical diagnosis. When in doubt, have a qualified mechanic inspect your vehicle.
Hear It.Tap It.Know It.
Hear something unfamiliar.
Open Noise IQ and capture the sound.
Receive information that helps you better understand what it could mean.