Apps
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Volvo is integrating the Waze app with its Android-based infotainment systems; owners can download it from the Google Play Store.
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Google Maps update includes EV charging integration
Google Maps now shows EV drivers which charging stations have fast charging, and cars with Google built-in will suggest the best charging stops.
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Porsche Track Precision app introduces free drive mode for those beautiful moments
The latest update to the Porsche Track Precision app allows drivers to use their smartphones to record special driving moments on the street and incorporate vehicle data to create 1-minute videos.
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Apple Maps in iOS 14.5 to get Waze-like accident reporting via Siri
Apple Maps is integrating Waze-like hazard reporting with the iOS 14.5 update.
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Now you can watch your Porsche 911 being built...remotely
The My Porsche app and online service is adding functionality to let buyers track their cars through the build and delivery process.
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Porsche Track Precision App expands its virtual driving coach functionality
The newest Porsche Track Precision App can now be displayed on a Porsche's infotainment screen as part of new functionality.
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Porsche wants to make the lives of 911 drivers even easier with the launch of its Porsche 360+ lifestyle assistant app for iOS. The brand announced the app's launch on Monday, which has the ability to handle numerous tasks and grants users access to a live human assistant. According to the company, Porsche 360+ provides a dashboard to track and control requests, such as the search for a last-minute gift, booking travel plans, or securing tickets to a sold-out event. And users have access to their assigned personal assistant 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. It's important to note the app and its...
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Waze now offering traffic data to US cities
Waze has helped many a motorist in recent years, but the app's data can now be used to help U.S. cities. The company announced on Tuesday that it is now leveraging its crowd-sourced traffic data to offer free alerts to all U.S. cities via its "Connected Citizens" program. Waze, which is owned by...
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The Hum Rider Jeep has the upper hand over traffic
If you're Verizon, how do you promote your new Hum platform? This is a system that uses an OBD dongle to transform your older model car by adding accessible diagnostic information, geo fencing, road-side assistance, and location and speed tracking via your smartphone. Apparently, the way to market...
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Motor Authority's Now On Apple News
We know you need your Motor Authority fix at all times, which is why you likely already have our iOS or Android application. For those of you with iPhones running iOS 9 that are now using Apple News, we have great news: Motor Authority's now on Apple News. The Motor Authority channel in the new...
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BMW Offers EnLighten App Connectivity To Predict Traffic Signals
BMW claims to be the first carmaker to offer the EnLighten traffic-signal app.
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Porsche Track Precision App Turns Your Phone Into A Data Logger
Porsche's new app lets drivers log lap times and performance data.
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These days developing the world’s premier supercar takes a lot more than simply ensuring you have the quickest acceleration or highest top speed or most outrageous styling. Today, supercar brands need high-tech interfaces and connectivity options just as much as they need horsepower, and one of the most advanced in this field is Sweden’s Koenigsegg. Koenigsegg is presenting at the 2014 Geneva Motor Show this week its limited edition One:1 supercar, whose 1,340-horsepower output makes it the most powerful production car on the planet and potentially the fastest too. But the One:1...
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Motor Authority iOS App 3.0: Get The Newest Features Now
The Motor Authority iOS app is already the best way to get your car photos, videos, news, and first drives on your mobile device. Today, it got even better: Version 3.0 is here. So what's new? Basically everything. We've rebuilt the app design and improved the interface to get you to your favorite...
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Chevy Announces 4G LTE Capable Models And Launches New AppShop At CES
At the 2014 Consumer Electronics Show taking place in Las Vegas this week, Chevrolet announced the first of its models that will be offering as an option the high-speed connectivity that only 4G LTE can provide. Those initial models include 2015 model year Corvette, Impala, Malibu and Volt that...
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Volkswagen XL1 Gets Augmented Reality iPad Repair App: Video
The Volkswagen XL1 isn't all that exciting on its own, though its application of technology is impressive (and a sporty version is in the works). Achieving 261 mpg from aerodynamics, weight savings, and an efficient diesel engine, the XL1 is a new breed of car. Accordingly, it's getting a new breed...
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Apple iOS In The Car: Siri, iMessage, And Maps Set For iOS 7
It was a mere year ago that Apple introduced its Eyes Free hands-free system. At the time we were told over the next 12 months automakers would begin to integrate this new system into new vehicle's infotainment systems. We're still waiting on that to unfold, but today Apple has another angle for...
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BMW Announces ConnectedDrive Updates For U.S. Market: Video
Just yesterday we brought you details about upgrades BMW plans to add to its ConnectedDrive infotainment system over the coming years, the highlight of which was a built-in SIM card that will turn the automaker’s cars into smartphones on wheels. Today, BMW has revealed which of those upgrades...
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If you have a fast car you're probably going to want to drive it quickly. You might also want to know just how well you're doing on your local track with regards to speeds and lap times. You could spend a whole lot of dough on a multitude of data logging devices, or you could find an app that has some information that you might find useful. BMW owners now have a new tool that straddles both worlds, and does do rather brilliantly. BMW has produced a new app for the iPhone (sorry Android...) called the M Power App, previewed here in this video made by the guys at Bimmerpost. What this does is...
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Future BMWs To Come With SIM Cards, Access To New ConnectedDrive App Store
BMW is further enhancing its ConnectedDrive infotainment system with the latest slew of updates focused on improving the level of online-based in-car services. The German automaker plans to do this by fitting many of its vehicles with their own built-in SIM cards starting from this year. This will...
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Honda Verifies Effectiveness Of New Congestion Minimization Technology
About a year ago we first told you about a new technology Honda was developing aimed at reducing congestion, by first detecting the potential for a traffic jam and then determining the best course of action for drivers in order to prevent one from occurring. It is based on the principle that...
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Ford’s Latest SYNC App Reads Newspapers And Magazines For You
Whether they’re in print or digital form, few of us have the time these days to actually read newspapers or magazines. Instead, we get our information (in the form of easily-digested sound bites, generally) online, in-between sips of coffee on our way out the door. Ford thinks it has a better...
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Motor Authority's iPhone And iPad App: Video Demo
We know how much you love reading Motor Authority while at your computer, but we've made it even easier to keep up with all the latest automotive news while on the go with our iPad and iPhone application. Our app deliveres the most up-to-the-minute luxury and performance news, exclusive first drive...
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Volvo Works With Ericsson On Global Automotive Connectivity
Volvo is looking to join the ranks of cloud-connected automakers, and it knows it has some catching up to do. To quickly close the gap on automakers like Audi, Ford, Nissan, BMW, Toyota and Honda, Volvo will partner will cellular giant Ericsson in developing cloud-connected cars. Volvo will debut...
Kurt Ernst