Mercedes-Benz plans to upgrade the old model CarPlay

Mercedes-Benz old users or will also enjoy the CarPlay car services Sina mobile phone news March 7 morning, according to foreign media 9to5mac reported that Mercedes Mercedes-Benz plan will be the end of this year for the old model to provide CarPlay installation of after-sales service. Earlier this week, Apple officially launched CarPlay-car services, and many carmakers, including Mercedes-Benz and Ferrari, have also announced that they will then launch new models to support CarPlay. So, that means the old model will be completely missed CarPlay? Just last night, foreign media 9to5mac received confirmation that Mercedes Benz will provide after-sales service for the old model users, upgrade CarPlay, and will be able to provide the after-sales service later this year, there is no more information on how to install CarPlay services. Before announcing the beginning of the CarPlay service, Apple has identified partnerships with a number of carmakers in addition to Mercedes, Volvo, Ferrari and others, including BMW, Ford, GM, Honda, Hyundai, Jaguar Land Rover, ATV, Mitsubishi, Nissan, Peugeot Citroen, Subaru, Suzuki and Toyota Motor Corp. At present, the foreign media is also on the issue of the old models of Volvo and Ferrari waiting for a bus factory, but for the time being no clear response. CarPlay is the iOS in car that was previously mentioned in iOS 7 release, and when the iphone is connected to the vehicle via CarPlay integration, Siri can access the address book, call, reply to missed calls, or listen to voice messages. When receiving information or notifications, Siri allows you to respond to requests through voice commands, and can also help you read information and respond with dictation, or make easy calls to ensure that the driver looks straight ahead without changing the view. In addition to basic communication functions, CarPlay can also provide map features that provide route navigation, traffic status and estimated arrival time. This car service, along with the iOS 7 update, applies to the iphone, which supports lightning ports, including the iphone 5s, iphone 5c and iphone 5. However, after the launch of the CarPlay service, the BlackBerry news website N4BB reported that CarPlay was based on the BlackBerry QNX on-board infotainment platform to replace the station. The BlackBerry acquired QNX in 2010 and used the technology of QNX in the BlackBerry Playbook tablet and the latest BlackBerry 10 software. So in a sense, Apple's new software is based on BlackBerry technology. (Qi Hin)