Carplay
One of the newest features to be added to iOS is possibly the first time the Auto Audio industry has been addressed as a whole with direct effect by an outside company. Auto manufactures are including it in their new cars and aftermarket head unit manufacturers (Pioneer, Alpine) are already talking about firmware updates and new models.
In the many years that I’ve been involved , professionally or casually, with car audio systems never has any single company expressed such command and control over it as a whole. Carplay was announced and I was ecstatic , slightly upset that it wouldn’t be available until the next years models but I could wait. Not more than a month from finding out about Carplay and already 2 Head unit manufactures are jumping on board. Pioneer is even offering it as a firmware update to existing 2014 head units. It looks like the heavy hitters are on board its only a matter of time until the other manufacturers jump on.
It’s remarkable that a mobile graphic user interface is hijacking an entire industry with such deftness but then what would you expect from one of the most respected companies in the electronics industry. I for one am super stoked to get a new Carplay head unit and can’t wait to write a review of its obvious awesomeness – apple rave over.
-Phil
