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Nine auto makers partner with Apple for ‘Eyes Free’ Siri integration
“The launch of iOS 6 will bring greater automobile integration to the iPhone with “Eyes Free,” a new feature that will allow a car to bring up Siri voice control,” Neil Hughes reports for...
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Harman CEO on Apple for Automotive: ‘Apple is a partner, not an adversary’
“Harman International Industries Inc. (HAR), a maker of car infotainment systems, fell the most over two days this year after Apple Inc. (AAPL) said it’s working with automakers on a Siri...
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Nuance, Apple’s Siri personal assistants hit the road with BMW
“BMW’s new voice control system this week highlights the shift from GPS systems to full-blown personal assistants, as Apple (AAPL) and Nuance (NUAN) threaten Garmin (GRMN), Tom Tom and other...
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Apple quietly turning every car on the road into an ‘iCar’
“A series of job postings, new products, and partnerships indicate that Apple is trying to make iOS the operating system for cars made by other companies,” Nicholas Carlson reports for The Business...
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Audi unleashes unlimited in-car 3G WiFi for $15/month
“Buy an Audi, get virtually unlimited WiFi in your car for $15 per month,” Bill Howard reports for ExtremeTech. “The Audi Connect WiFi hotspot service, backed by a 3G T-Mobile connection, may be the...
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Audi to support Apple’s CarPlay along with Google’s ‘Android Auto’
Audi is bringing the Apple CarPlay and Google Android Auto software platforms into cars. Major functions will be integrated into the Audi Multi Media Interface (MMI) in the future. “Our customers want...
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Apple announces 9 new CarPlay partners
“Apple today announced nine additional partners committed to shipping CarPlay integration in future vehicles marking the first expansion to that list since the feature was officially introduced in...
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Pioneer releases Apple CarPlay for vehicle systems in US and Europe
“Pioneer has released Apple CarPlay firmware updates for five units in its NEX line as well as multiple in-dash systems for the European market,” Liam Tung reports for ZDNet. “Pioneer today announced...
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Videos: Apple CarPlay demoed on Pioneer’s AVH-4000NEX
Fix Denver walks us through the available apps on Pioneer’s implementation of Apple CarPlay. There are very few apps available right now, but Fix Denver promises to add reviews of the news one as they...
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Alpine Electronics in-dash receiver with Apple CarPlay now shipping
Alpine Electronics of America, Inc. today announces availability in North American markets and introduces the iLX-007, an aftermarket in-dash receiver dedicated for optimum compatibility with Apple...
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72 hours with Apple’s CarPlay
“If all you want to do is play music from your phone in the car, cheap and easy solutions abound, from a regular audio cable, to picking up a head unit with Bluetooth,” Susie Ochs reports for...
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Forbes reviews Apple’s CarPlay: Hugely impressive
“Announced earlier this year, CarPlay allows you to connect your iPhone to a compatible touchscreen-enabled head unit. That’s not unusual, but once the two are paired, all kinds of magic ensues,”...
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Apple’s CarPlay looks to solve the hassle of ‘hands free’ car tech
“Someday, cars may drive themselves,” Joseph B. White reports for The Wall Street Journal. “But first car makers must convince consumers their automobiles can handle simpler tasks on their own—like...
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BMW, Mercedes, and Volkswagen’s Audi to buy Nokia’s HERE maps
German carmakers BMW, Audi and Mercedes, will pay around 2.5 billion euros...
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Apple recruits engineers from Berlin-based automotive mapping firm ‘Here’
Apple has poached at least six engineers from Berlin-based mapping company Here...
View ArticleApple CarPlay: How it works, the apps, the vehicles and the features
So what is Apple CarPlay? Think of it as a way of mirroring some of the key features and functions...
View ArticleVehicle consortium that includes Apple announces digital car key spec for...
A standardized solution designed to let drivers download a digital vehicle key onto their smartphones...
View ArticleVehicle makers who charge annual subscriptions for CarPlay: Bad PR?
“BMW made a controversial move last year, implementing an annual CarPlay subscription,” Ben Lovejoy reports for 9to5Mac. “Instead of a one-off option payment of $300, it made CarPlay a free option in...
View ArticleApple veterans’ LiDAR startup Aeva adds $200 million to war chest
Aeva, a laser-sensor startup founded by two ex-Apple engineers, is poised to increase its war chest by $200 million with an investment… The post Apple veterans’ LiDAR startup Aeva adds $200 million to...
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Audi adds Apple Music to a wide range of its models
Audi is integrating Apple Music, a premium music streaming subscription service, directly into select models. Adding Apple Music into the infotainment system gives users the ability to access their...
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