The term “car stereo” doesn’t adequately describe what’s in the dash of most new cars. Over the past few years, what once was a simple music-making machine has transformed into a full-blown infotainment console with enough power to fly the Starship Enterprise. Today, even modest factory-installed units come with touchscreens and Bluetooth, but if you make the jump to an aftermarket deck, it can double as a backup camera monitor, a speakerphone, a navigational tool, or even a movie screen.
It’s absolutely worth enduring some growing pains to experience CarPlay.
For as fancy as today’s car stereos are, however, there’s one nut they’ve yet to crack: how to keep drivers’ eyes off of their phones and on the road. That’s where Apple’s CarPlay comes in. CarPlay is essentially iOS for your dashboard. By placing the most popular iPhone functions on a big screen right in the center of a car’s dashboard, and adding enhanced voice control and interaction through Siri, Apple aims to make using your iPhone while driving an easier and, more importantly, safer affair.
That’s the idea, anyway. Although the CarPlay demonstration I got in San Francisco last May was impressive, the technology was still in development, I didn’t get to push any buttons, and I got the feeling the version consumers would ultimately get would be further evolved, perhaps with more apps and more functions added. Turns out, that’s exactly what happened. So when Pioneer announced that its NEX-series in-dash receivers could finally be updated with CarPlay, I raced home, updated my deck, and hit the blacktop for a 6-hour road trip to put the system through the wringer. I learned that, despite a few bugs, CarPlay has the power to change what people expect from their in-car entertainment systems, and possibly even save a few lives.
http://www.digitaltrends.com/infotainment-system-reviews/apple-carplay-review/
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I like that car!
The only amusing thing I found in this video is when he got a message from dr dre
I like android auto a LOT more.
Is there an android version ?
I certainly would like to use my Tomtom app on my car screen. I don’t like apple maps.
Can you get this on a old car with screen
AHA! YOU “USED” RDJ!!!!!!!!! <3 <3 <3 😀
Lol, I’m impressed by your list of friends!
hy some news from Spotify integration debugg ? thanks
Will they add soundcloud?
Is the pioneer compatible with the Toyota Camry XLE 2004?
Apple has nothing to do with that crap ass deck you got.
I finally have the Apple CarPlay installed on my Avic-5000 and the only issue I have is the carplay map/gps. The volume for that app is extremely loud even when the head unit is turned down all the way. With the iphone in carplay mode, the volume up and down on the actual phone is inop. I’ve check additional settings & no luck so far.
Does anyone know if the Honda Civic 2015 will be able to have Apple Carplay?
I honestly;y don’t get the point of carplay/Android Auto.
much easier just to say “hey Siri” with my bluetooth connected phone. then give the command.
Saves me messing around with the screen…
Only use i can find for it is maps, but a lot of cars that have Carplay/Android auto will have sat nav built in.
Show us the calls
Why blur it?
Got something to hide?
Can u play music while on navigation?
Tim Cook knows you?!
So what happens if you install this unit in an older car that doesn’t have microphones built into it? What happens? Does the CarPlay unit have a microphone in it or does it use the ones from the iPhone? How will Siri hear you in say a 2003 vehicle?
– when using apple car play does it also charge the phone at the same time?
– can you listen to hd/local radio in the background while navigating apple car play map at the same time?
It’s been over a year. The technology has been getting better and as you receive updates through your phone carplay is only enhanced. That’s probably the nicest thing about relying on apple and google. No need to rely on a firmware update from the unit manufacturer. My question is when navigating via apple maps and going back to the pioneer home screen will maps still play or does it cancel things out???
Excellent review!
Laggy and buggy still.. I’ll go crazy if siri responds that slow. At this stage only thing that I’d use is the navigation which still isn’t the best… But that at least is less buggier than other apps. :/
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Wish it was an Apple touch screen. You are putting so much effort into those presses.
I have to laugh, you mention “more apps will be added”. Now, two years later I just put a Pioneer deck in my truck with ACP, it only has pretty much the same apps !
can you post the model of the radio in the description ?
If Apple made a car, will it have Windows?
I predict the CarPlay and Android integration will be used a lot of cars because we all know that getting maps after one year in car today is an expense undertaking!
name dropper !
Can I get the YouTube app on car play?!
Please stop calling me you stalker…
the irony of the center button looking like the windows button….
Fake
really cool
can you listen to SXM radio while using maps on car play ?
Does this work for armada sl 2014 car??
Something tells me that with *Apple Music* out now, Spotify will be getting worse on Apple CarPlay, not better!
i have a 2007 toyota camry with navigation radio and able to take car play, but i don’t know how to set it up, could you hep me please
What pioneer system is this ?
Can you get the Internet browser on car play
Robert Downey Jr? how the hell u know that guy?
Cool device Goggle and Apple
at work. Where’s the hologram images on windshield? Faster voice recognition it’s slow and cool voices for selection for upgrades.
This is great info, thank you!
its too bad apple cant stop being so dependent on all of their apps being the best and just allow other developers to use siri. i mean seriously all you would have to do is be like: Waze, direct me home. But of course, fucking apple…
How do you take CarPlay off though ??
it looks pretty laggy…
PDX!!! Woop woooop. Lol. I Like that the apple maps is integrated.
Distractions like those are not compatible with road security, you use the car as a means of transportation to go to X to Y not to navigate on the web or answer smartphones, this technology only provokes more distractions that can prove fatal.
…. Ok jeburt you win there IS an apple car..