Vehicle technology integration with smart phones
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As of mid-2015, Apple and Google introduced vehicle technology integration with smartphones through CarPlay and Android Auto, enabling safer driving experiences via voice recognition. Both systems require a compatible smartphone and offer similar features such as GPS navigation and music browsing, with minor quirks in functionality. The integration adds approximately $1,000 to vehicle costs while providing budget-friendly features for automobiles.
Vehicle technology integration with smart phones
- 1. Vehicle Technology Integration with Smart Phones
- 2. As of mid-2015, Apple and Google presented a new yet familiar vehicle technology in a few select automobiles.
- 3. Known respectively as CarPlay and Android Auto, they allow vehicles to synchronize with customer phones.
- 4. The idea, perhaps, seems nothing new.
- 5. However, the advancement produces a safer driving experience when using voice recognition.
- 6. A Bit of History with the Vehicle Technology
- 7. Apple previously named the vehicle technology as “iOS in the Car” in 2013.
- 8. They altered its designation to CarPlay in the following year.
- 9. For the integration to work, an iPhone of version 5 or higher is required.
- 10. The communication device must connect with a Lightning form of plug.
- 11. The phone will re-charge while serving as the brain of the automobile’s interface.
- 12. Instead of showing on the phone itself, the dashboard display will feature apps to run.
- 13. With the press of a single unique button, CarPlay will accept voice command from Siri.
- 14. A few apps will require subscriptions in order to activate properly.
- 15. Like CarPlay, Google’s primary debut of the vehicle technology Google Auto occurred mid-2015.
- 16. It serves roles similar to CarPlay, since the two companies exist as rivals.
- 17. A standard USB cable stands as the basic connector requirement.
- 18. The operating system on a compatible phone must at a minimum run “Lollipop,” or version 5.
- 19. Both integration varieties offer services resembling each other in function.
- 20. Each of the pair provides navigational assistance through the aid of Global Positioning Systems.
- 21. A customer can use either to browse music collections stored on the appropriate type of smart phone.
- 22. Peculiarities and Competition with the Vehicle Technology
- 23. A few quirks still reveal themselves in this car technology.
- 24. As an example, Apple’s maps app can still lead commuters through strange and odd directions when used for navigation.
- 25. In view of Google, adjustment of a few additional settings may prove a necessity in order to play music from a preferred vendor.
- 26. Improvements continue in the works with the interfaces for both phone types.
- 27. Microsoft, in a typical and classic show of movement after something significant takes place, also brings about its own schemes for the future.
- 28. In efforts to contend with Apple and Google, the corporation intends on establishing a potential architecture that will interface with its own phone designs.
- 29. Regardless of the manufacturer or phone model, Android Auto and CarPlay will each roughly cost an extra $1,000 to an automobile’s base price.
- 30. The main advantage presents itself in cost efficiency: this vehicle technology permits further features to budget- oriented automotives that might otherwise not arise.