iOS 7.1 Update to install - so it goes
First of all, you must have the iOS 7.1 Update to install. The only way to CarPlay use:
- Start the settings App and switch to the tab "General". Start the Update with a tap on "software update".
- Alternatively, you can install the Patch via iTunes from PC download.
- Caution: those Who installed the Update, lose the Jailbreak. It is not possible to return to iOS 7.0.6.
What Apple's CarPlay is actually?
With CarPlay, the Apple operating system is now entering the car-on-Board computer! But beware: quiz duel & co. are banned in the road traffic, and dangerous.
- With CarPlay, iOS can be integrated into the new car generations.
- Drivers have access to certain functions of the iPhone. So you can make phone calls, for example, the music Player or the Apple Navi open. With iOS 7.1 you even read new E-Mails, messages, and iMessages via the on-Board computer.
- Among the manufacturers to integrate CarPlay in their new cars, Ferrari, Mercedes-Benz and Volvo. A short Video shows Volvo how CarPlay works in practice: On the Touch-screen Interface of the car control compatible Apps. In Parallel, you can continue to access the car's functions. For example, you can control your air conditioning and heating.
- BMW, Ford, GM, Honda, Kia, Mitsubishi, Toyota and Nissan want to nuance CarPlay also soon in your center console.
- Especially practical: Since CarPlay is integrated in the control system, it can also be started via the steering Wheel.
- Siri plays a big role, so you can keep your hands on the steering Wheel.
- CarPlay integrates even your contacts in the on-Board computer. Thus, the navigation System should be intuitive.
- CarPlay requires, however, necessarily have an iOS device with Lightning Connector. Owners of the iPhone 4 and 4S do not come in the enjoyment of the new Features.
- In 2014 the first cars will come with CarPlay on the market. For the first time, the new feature was unveiled at the Geneva auto salon in mid-March.
Apple's CarPlay in use
The car control is not the only new feature in iOS 7.1. The new Update also includes many other improvements.
