What is CarPlay? Apple car system features and a list of supported cars. We connect the smartphone to CarPlay. Always up-to-date navigation

KIA vehicles with the new infotainment and navigation system will be equipped with a high-quality 7-inch or 8-inch touchscreen display. Thanks to the use of modern technology, the display has a high color contrast, provides a wider viewing angle of the screen. The capacitive touchscreen has a thin layer of glass instead of plastic, so the image looks brighter and clearer. The display also offers better sensitivity, quicker response and the ability to turn pages and scroll, much like a smartphone.

It's like a TV in the living room - it may be 10 years old, but thanks to Apple TV or an analogue based on another platform, it receives support for all relevant services.

That is, CarPlay actually replaces the car's entertainment system, using only its display and acoustics. IOS has been updated along with CarPlay - this is a new experience, new chips in the car. Is free.

What is Apple CarPlay

The main thing to understand is CarPlay is not a software platform that runs iOS and its applications on the machine.

This is a communication solutionthat broadcasts the familiar iOS interface to the car's built-in infotainment system. It allows you to control certain applications and your mobile device using your voice and display in the dashboard.

As soon as the Apple smartphone is connected to the car via the USB cable, the well-known rounded icons of familiar applications instantly appear on the infotainment screen. You can then use a ton of phone functions without having to take your eyes off the road or take your hands off the wheel.

That is, CarPlay is not only about convenience, but also about safety while driving. Moreover, special attention is paid to the latter. Actually, for the sake of effective, but safe use of the smartphone while driving, this system was developed.

Which cars support CarPlay

The pioneers of Apple CarPlay implementation were Mercedes-Benz and Volvo ... Since then, the list has expanded.

More than a hundred of the latest cars from 21 manufacturers in total. The company was not too lazy to schedule CarPlay support until 2017.

Moreover, at the moment, about 40 car manufacturers already sell over a hundred car models that already have CarPlay support. Plus, some companies release software updates for popular models, the hardware of which is, in principle, compatible with the Apple platform.

And if the manufacturer has scored on CarPlay?

Bought a car, but doesn't smell of modern technology in the built-in entertainment system? No problem. There are enough alternatives, and by the end of the year there will be a sea of \u200b\u200bthem.

Full CarPlay support announced Alpine, JBL, JVC, Kenwood and Pioneer... Issue price - from $400 and more. Against the background of the cost of additional options in the car configuration, this is generally a penny.

Does my iPhone support CarPlay?

If it's an iPhone 5 or newer, including iPhone 6s and 6s Plus, then yes - it does.

It's not about the evil Apple, who wants to force him to change his smartphone and bring the company money. We need a Lightning port, which is faster than the old 30-pin port and more deadly in operation.

IPad owners who prefer Android smartphones are out of luck. You cannot use an Apple tablet for CarPlay.

What CarPlay Can Do in 2016

The main idea behind CarPlay is to get the familiar iOS interface on the display of the car's infotainment system and operate it using all the options available inside.

Among the functions, the following are worth highlighting:

• Navigation using up-to-date Apple maps.
• Voice calls (receive, hang up, dial the desired subscriber).
• Reading and sending text messages.
• Play music from the iPhone library and control the player (there are all the tricks familiar from the iPhone, including working with playlists).
• Listening to podcasts and audiobooks.
• Using third-party applications.

It is worth talking about the latter in more detail. Apple doesn't allow anyone to spank CarPlay software. It's all about very strict requirements regarding the interface and application logic. They MUST NOT distract from the road. So do not count on watching TV shows or toys.

Here's what's currently available among the CarPlay apps:

• Podcasts - listening to your favorite podcasts.
• Audiobooks - no time to read books? Then you can listen to them on the road.
• iHeartRadio - Streaming your favorite online radio stations.
• Spotify Is the main alternative to Apple Music.
• Stitcher - a client of a popular radio service.
• Overcast - simple podcast player.
• Audiobooks.com - a client of a popular service with free audiobooks (over 65 thousand pieces).
• Pandora Is another alternative to Apple Music, free.
• Slacker radio - more online radio! But in this case, the curators are real people.
• Vox - a player for audiophiles. FLAC and that's it, plus Hi-Res Audio streaming from the cloud.

Not a lot, but the trouble is the beginning. Over time, there will be more and more applications. Moreover, there are tools for their creation, clear rules too, there are many potential users.

How do I interact with CarPlay?

This is the most comfortable and preferred way to use CarPlay while driving. Usually the voice assistant is activated using a button on the steering wheel.

The use of a touchscreen display in the infotainment system is all the rage today. It will not be superfluous for CarPlay either. The interface is simple, the icons are large - you can launch the application or switch the track in the player practically without looking at the screen.

The voice and touchpad are good, but the physical buttons have not been canceled. CarPlay fully supports these types of controls, if they are in the car. In most cases, there are such, and there are many of them, if the display of the infotainment system is not touchscreen. There are even physical player control buttons on the steering wheel.

What about the competitors?

Everything is the same as in the mobile market. There is only one real competitor - Android Auto.

The analogy with mobile platforms can be drawn further. In particular, each of the systems has its own pros and cons. Somewhere Apple maps work better, somewhere a navigation solution from Google, the latter being much more widespread and full.

Some are more satisfied with the work of Siri, while others are delighted with the possibilities of Google Now.

In fact, there is no confrontation as such. CarPlay only works with iPhone. Android Auto - Only available with Android smartphones. And automakers are trying to support both platforms at once. They don't care about competition from mobile giants, but they don't care about customers. It was still not enough for them to choose a car based on their preferences regarding a smartphone.

Who is ahead of the rest in CarPlay integration

In fact, there are many car manufacturers interested in CarPlay, and the reason was mentioned at the beginning of the article. This is an excellent solution for virtually free support of the software in the car up to date by Apple (or Google in the case of Android Auto).

But there is still a big question in how to implement support for this platform. You can simply provide the infotainment screen to CarPlay and that's it. That is, either you have an Apple interface there for working with a smartphone and maps, or turn off the phone and then you will get access to the built-in systems of the car.

Or you can use a different path and initially adapt the interface to interact with CarPlay. So far, only Volvo, which is clearly seen in the video below:

Moreover, this is not just some kind of concept, but already a commercial product, fully implemented in Volvo XC90 .

Naturally, the tradition will be continued in other cars of the company, but, most interestingly, on this swedish manufacturer cars did not stop ... What is the noise in the hall? Is the reader worried that Volvo Cars is no longer a Swedish company, but a Chinese one? Ok, let's close this question first and then return to innovation.

Volvo Cars Adventure in USA and China

Volvo Personvagnar AB, known in the world market as Volvo Cars, was founded in 1915 by an engineering company SKF... It is currently the world's largest manufacturer of bearings, seals, lubrication systems and mechatronics. In those early days (since 1907) SKF started with bearings, and Volvo's initiative became a logical expansion of the business.

The first production car Jakob OV4 was released in 1927, and in 1935 Volvo gained independence from SKF.

The first production car Volvo with a 28 hp engine. sec., maximum speed - 90 km / h

Throughout its history, the company has stood out for its commitment to creating the safest cars, and first of all introduced innovations in this area. She invented the modern three-point seat belt and was the first to introduce it. She also popularized the practice of using deformable areas of the body, which absorb the energy resulting from a collision.

Since 1999, Volvo Cars began adventures - the company left the parent company Volvo and for an impressive amount of money ($ 6.45 billion) joined Ford... Then there was the collapse of the dot-coms, the global economic crisis and the buyout of Volvo from the Ford concern by the Chinese from Zhejiang Geely Holdingowned by the manufacturer Geely Auto.

A person who is far from the realities of business will think that comrades from the Middle Kingdom laid hands on the company's technologies and sent it for cutting, but this is not so. The Chinese are smart and cunning. They did get access to Volvo's patents and technologies, which they can use in their developments, but the businessmen left the company alone.

Moreover, an active investment in the development of the Swedish company began. After all, the main thing is the intellectual resources that Volvo Cars has in abundance. They will bring many more benefits to both their own company and Geely Automobile.

The result, as they say, is visible to the naked eye. In 2015, Volvo Cars produced more than 500 thousand cars for the first time in history (8% more than in 2014). Moreover, the company has become an innovator in the integration of mobile and automotive technologies. And CarPlay is only one side of the coin. Let's talk about this more closely.

Digital car key in smartphone

Yes, you can forget about the extra thing in your pocket. I'm talking about the big key and the alarm key fob. Now all this is in the smartphone. Took the gadget with me, went to the car Volvo XC90 or S90, opened it, started it and drove off. Keyless. No unnecessary body movements. The main thing is to have a smartphone with a digital key. It is better to see it once than to read it 10 times:

It was urgently required that an acquaintance or relative took your car and drove to a certain place, but there is no way to transfer the physical key to the car (yes, there is one too, just in case)? No problem - send the digital key over the Internet. The main thing is that a person has a Volvo branded application installed.

In general, a lot of all sorts of interesting things are implemented in the proprietary application - these are remote engine start, and warm-up of the passenger compartment in advance, and automation of actions with an identical daily schedule (warm up the car at 8:20 in the morning so that you can safely go to work at 8:30), and telemetry with statistics together.

Developing the topic of a digital key, it is worth mentioning the possibility of remote car booking. Before departure, I ordered a car through the Internet, received a digital key, got to the destination, a smartphone literally led you to the car in the parking lot - sat down, started, drove off.

Priority on safety

Security is also traditionally at the level. And with innovation. Where can we do without them, if we are talking about Volvo, which has always been sensitive to this issue. The latest developments are combined into a system Intellisafe... This is a whole range of technologies and devices designed to maximize the safety of the driver with passengers, as well as others.

Among the most interesting features are:

• Adaptive cruise control (ensures that the distance to the vehicle in front is maintained).
• Lane control (in the presence of good road markings, it can correct movement and warn the driver if he begins to lose vigilance).
• Blind spot monitoring system.
• Surround camera (a bird's-eye view of the vehicle makes parking and maneuvering in tight spaces easier).
• Protection of pedestrians and cyclists (detects citizens near the car and avoids a collision).
• Frontal collision warning (all objects are scanned at a distance of up to 150 meters ahead in the direction of travel, and if there is a danger of a collision, the driver is warned, plus the pressure in the braking system is increased for faster braking).

Cars are getting smart

For more than half a century, the automotive industry has been stagnant. The driving and speed characteristics improved, the comfort for the driver and passengers increased, but in general the cars did not change. Today we are witnessing a real revolution in this area.

Tight smartphone integration thanks to CarPlay and Android Auto, smart security systems, digital keys, autopilot, alternative energy sources. The world is rapidly changing for the better. Changes before our eyes. And this is inspiring!

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Many owners of Apple tablets and phones have heard more than once about the CarPlay application, which allows you to control the electronics of the car and the functions of a particular gadget in one place and using a convenient interface.

At the moment, there are no analogues to this program, and, most likely, in the near future it is not expected, since an increasing number of automakers are adapting the electronics of their cars specifically for Apple CarPlay.

In addition to adapting the "apple" application for specific cars, there is also the formation of programs that can work under its leadership. Yandex Navigator can become one of these. In today's article, let's talk specifically about the possible symbiosis of navigation from Yandex and multi-applications from Apple.

A few words about Apple CarPlay

Apple CarPlay is a gadget software from the company of the same name. An application of this kind does not need to be downloaded to the phone: it is either installed by default into the car's multimedia system, or is absent in such and cannot be installed. At its core, Apple CarPlay is a program that allows you to:

• First, to organize a user-friendly interface in communication with the car electronics.
• Secondly, to use multimedia machines in a more familiar format for the user.
• And thirdly, the driver should not be distracted by functions that can only be performed by the phone while driving, since you can use these by referring to the standard control panel of the car (for example, make the same calls or use Yandex Navigator).

It is very easy to check whether your car specifically has Apple CarPlay support or not. To do this, just connect using a USB cable to the car electronics (as a rule, the connector is located somewhere on the dashboard) and see what happened to the touch screen for controlling the electronics of your car. If its interface has changed to Apple's, then CarPlay support is available in your vehicle's electronics. Otherwise, an IPhone or Ipad from an American manufacturer will work like a regular phone connected to the car's electronics. The approximate interface is shown in the picture below.

In the event that you are still lucky and Apple CarPlay is supported, then using this application you can:

• use car multimedia to watch videos, listen to music and connect to the Internet;
• displays navigators and maps on the big screen;
• conduct calls and send SMS messages through a large touch screen, without being distracted by a small gadget while driving;
• control the operation of systems and machine units;
• and also do a number of other functions by using the auto touch panel and voice control.

Thus, it turns out that Apple CarPlay is the most convenient tool for using car electronics in symbiosis with the functions of gadgets from the manufacturer of the same name. However, it should be noted that this application is only supported by devices with the IOS operating system above version 7.1 (all iPhones from the fifth model).

Important! Every month, the list of Apple CarPlay-compatible cars and similar smart applications is expanding, so it is quite possible to expect that this program will be available to almost everyone in the near future.

Symbiosis of Apple CarPlay and Yandex Navigator

Many users of gadgets from "Apple" and, at the same time, active motorists ask the question - "How and, most importantly, why combine the work of Apple CarPlay and Yandex Navigator?" In order to answer this question, first of all, let's consider the advantages of the functioning of such a symbiosis of applications:

• Convenient relaying of navigation and maps from Yandex to the large touchscreen multimedia screen of the car.This approach is not bad, not only because of its ease of use, but also because it allows you to replace an expensive navigator with a large panel and separate multimedia devices using a regular phone or tablet.
• User's ability to control Yandex Navigator using voice. It has already been mentioned that Apple CarPlay is capable of receiving voice commands, however, we note that this application works on the latest voice command system, for example, capable of dialing the real number of a person, which is signed in the contacts of your Ivan gadget, upon the request "Call Ivan" ...
• No need to be distracted by a small smartphone to get information from Yandex Navigator, and even more so constantly unlock the phone or carry out other manipulations. In the case of using Apple CarPlay, we repeat, all the necessary information is relayed to the multimedia control screen of the car's electronics.

Today, CarPlay and Yandex Navigator do not support each other, but this symbiosis can bring many benefits to motorists. Moreover, the joint work of these applications will allow the user of gadgets from Apple to stop using extremely uninformative Google maps. And this will not be superfluous in a difficult road situation.

On this, perhaps, the most interesting information on the unification of Apple CarPlay and Yandex Navigator has come to an end. We hope the above material was useful to you. Good luck on the road!

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Given the constant updates of high-tech applications, there is no better time to learn them than today. The same applies to automotive equipment: software has long been not the last place in the modern automotive industry. The latest updates in the arsenal of automotive software in 2014, and therefore the topics of our today's review, are Google Android Auto and Apple Car Play.

Apple CarPlay

CarPlay is a young development of the world famous Apple company, the concept of which was first tested at the WWDC international presentation last summer. Only at that time the system was called differently - iOS In The Car. Later, at an open exhibition in 2014, it acquired its present name and was presented to a wide audience.

Like everything that comes out of the Apple conveyor, CarPlay is the most unobtrusive, simple and easy-to-use system. Using CarPlay is almost the same as using an iPhone. The only difference is that access to the tools and functions of the phone is not in your hands, but on the display of your car. In fact, CarPlay turns your car into a giant iPhone. You can still make calls, choose a GPS route, send text messages and listen to your favorite music, but now it's much easier to do it while driving.

When you make a phone call, the sound is played through the car audio system. In the system, absolutely everything from writing SMS messages to choosing a song in iTunes can be controlled by a human voice. As for the GPS system (in CarPlay, the app is simply called “Maps”), it also listens to voice commands, laying out and commenting on the shortest route to the desired location.

CarPlay uses Siri, Apple's ubiquitous digital assistant. It works from your car's controllers: buttons, knobs, dials and touchscreens. All system applications have been formatted specifically to control the system while driving, so that the driver can perform all operations without taking his eyes off the road lane.

If you are already familiar with iOS and Apple products, you will quickly and intuitively understand how CarPlay works. To activate Siri, you just need to press a button on the steering wheel. If you have a touchscreen, select the application you want. It's the same with cars, where control is carried out using buttons: just press one of them to activate the system.

There is no doubt that the system will find its fans when it is installed on a wider variety of car brands. Drivers will love how easy it is to navigate Apple Maps on the panel display. The application provides both standard functions, such as corner warning, mileage calculation, and its own features. For example, the system warns you about places you might want to visit by checking the addresses in your contact list, text messages and calendar.

A number of programs such as iHeartRadio, Spotify, Stitcher and Beats Music have been adapted for CarPlay especially for music lovers who gravitate towards music apps.

In 2014 CarPlay is already showing its capabilities on new cars from Ferrari, Volvo, Honda, Hyundai and Mercedes-Benz. Of course, the system will also be available on a dozen other brands in the near future. The first to adapt CarPlay to their models will be Toyota, Peugeot, Nissan, BMW, Ford, Opel, Land Rover, Mitsubishi, Nissan, Citroën, KIA, Subaru, Suzuki and Chevrolet.

In addition, technology giant Apple will soon be working with Pioneer and Alpine Electronics to enable post-production CarPlay on any vehicle.

Google Android Auto

At the end of June, Google announced the release of Android Auto, the CarPlay counterpart for Android OS. Google's new "technological attack" is exactly the same system, but designed specifically for the Android operating system L and later OS. After Google bought out Android, the new products of another giant of the information age are being looked at in the same way as Apple.

Designed for seamless operations, all the driver needs to operate this system is to connect their Android phone to the car dashboard. Voila! All your favorite apps, important contacts and messages are now right in front of you on the display, ready to go.

Unlike CarPlay, Google's brainchild Android Auto supports more apps. Starting with the most important, it is worth pointing out Google Maps, which act as a navigator with free voice control, current information about traffic jams, with the selection of the best route and with voice warnings. Of course, Android Auto supports many applications for listening to music for every taste: its "native" Google Play Music, Pandora Internet Radio, Songza and other popular applications for music lovers.

As in CarPlay, the main message in the creation of the Android Auto system is aimed at making it easier for the driver to drive, at reducing the actions that hinder the freedom of driving, and, accordingly, at road safety. Therefore, Android Auto has the most simple and intuitive interface, controllers integrated into the steering wheel and, of course, a dynamic voice recognition system.

Android Auto, unlike the already released CarPlay, is still waiting for its release in the near future. According to information from Google, 25 new models from different brands will be equipped with the system very soon. The first cars with Android interface will be available for sale by the end of this year. According to the latest information, the first brands to use Android Auto in their new models will be the brands Subaru, Volvo, Audi, Chrysler, Dodge and Chevrolet.