New CarPlay Ultra transforms your dash – and ditches the tech that drives us mad
ULTRA COOL New CarPlay Ultra transforms your dash – and ditches the tech that drives us mad
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SOMETHING a bit different. It's not a car review. It's a world-first look at Apple CarPlay Ultra.
Most of you with a newish car will hook up your iPhone and use the central touchscreen for music and maps.
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Apple's first motoring collab is with Aston Martin – but expect CarPlay Ultra in more motors soon
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It's all very slick. All very easy. All very Apple. No handbook required
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There's some cool updates on the central touchscreen too
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CarPlay Ultra allows you to use two screens. So you can have Waze or Apple Maps filling the driver's display in front of you.
Finally.
Apple's first collab is actually with Aston Martin but you can guarantee CarPlay Ultra will be popping up in other motors in the near future.
There's some cool updates on the central touchscreen too.
Swipe right for an Apple Watch-style dashboard with up/down toggles for weather, clock, calendar and more.
There's a simple button to deactivate the bloody annoying driving assistance tech. We like that too.
Plus, car-specific buttons for hill descent control and noisy exhaust mode.
Radio station favourites are linked to your device. So when you're driving you've got talkSPORT and when your partner's at the wheel they've got Magic FM. Or vice versa.
It's all very slick. All very easy. All very Apple. No handbook required.
The funny thing is, when the DBX arrived in 2020 it didn't even have a touchscreen. Now it's top of the class. Dreamy lines. V8 engine. Cutting-edge tech. Aston Martin is on it.
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