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Driven to Distraction by Apples CarPlay
2014-04-21 00:24:41| AutomotiveDigest.com - Automotive Industry News
April is Distracted Driving Awareness Month, but maybe the news hasn't reached Apple yet. In recently announcing CarPlay, Apple said it was 'giving drivers a smarter, safer & more fun way to use iPhone in the car.' Really? By Michael Sheldrick, Senior Editor, Fleet Management Weekly Last month at the Geneva Auto Show, Apple announced that a number of OEMS Ferrari, Mercedes-Benz, and Volvo showed implementations of Apple CarPlay. Since then, Hyundai announced that it will incorporate CarPlay in the 2015 Sonata, available sometime this summer. Honda is also slated to release an implementation, although a model hasnt been named. Apple is making much of the reduced ease with which common in-vehicle infotainment activities can be completed, including music, text-to-speech, hands-free voice calls, and maps and directions. READ MORE The Article Driven to Distraction by Apples CarPlay appeared first on Automotive Digest.
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