Porsche in the present day introduced an up to date My Porsche App that provides new automobile performance to the CarPlay expertise in Porsche automobiles. With the app integration, audio, local weather, consolation, lighting, and leisure capabilities will be managed immediately in CarPlay.
In response to Porsche, automobile homeowners can use the mixed My Porsche App and CarPlay function to do issues like change radio stations, management the in-car temperature, and alter the lighting. The automobile mannequin exhibits up by way of CarPlay, and there are wellness modes like “calm down,” “heat up,” and “refresh” that may be activated utilizing the CarPlay fast actions function.
All the out there automobile capabilities will be managed utilizing Siri voice instructions for hands-free changes when driving.
Porsche homeowners can activate the function by scanning a QR code displayed within the PCM, and new CarPlay capabilities will likely be made out there to Porsche homeowners as they’re developed. The primary automobile to help the brand new My Porsche App and CarPlay integration is the Porsche Cayenne, which is obtainable now. The up to date app will likely be rolled out to different mannequin traces sooner or later.
Be aware that whereas Porsche is utilizing a intelligent app integration to permit for automobile capabilities to be managed by way of CarPlay, this isn’t the next-generation CarPlay expertise that Apple has in growth.
Apple final yr previewed a vary of latest CarPlay capabilities which are within the works, together with multi-screen help and CarPlay controls for automobile capabilities. The subsequent-generation CarPlay will likely be out there solely in new automobiles, and the primary that help the up to date CarPlay expertise are anticipated later this yr.
