If you're running Android on your car's head unit, Car Penguin is the perfect companion to enhance your driving experience. By setting it as your default launcher, you'll have quick access to everything you need on the road. The user-friendly interface is designed to cater to drivers' needs, offering seamless integration with maps and navigation, a robust media player, easy access to phone calls and contacts, and much more. Car Penguin supports multiple languages, various themes, and even a bidirectional layout to suit your preferences.
Feature Summary
Customized Dashboard
The dashboard of Car Penguin is meticulously crafted to provide swift access to essential functions. You can customize the layout and content to fit your driving needs perfectly. Remember, each page within the app has its own options menu. Simply press the menu icon (often represented by a hamburger icon) while a page is open to explore its options.
Maps, Search for Places, Points of Interest, and Turn-by-Turn Navigation
With Google Maps integration, Car Penguin displays your current location, address, and traffic conditions. You can configure the maps with multiple themes and layouts for a personalized experience. Search for places on Google Maps, save them to lists for future navigation, and utilize Google APIs for precise directions and turn-by-turn navigation. Additionally, enjoy other navigation features like statistical information and trip logging.
Playing Music and Watching Videos
Car Penguin comes equipped with its own media player, offering control over local audio and video files, album lists, and shortcuts to other predefined apps. You can also integrate other popular media providers as external widgets on the dashboard or in the toggle bar for easy access.
Smartphone Integration
Effortlessly view and dial from your contacts or favorites list using the system's default dialer or transfer calls over Bluetooth to your cell phone. To enable features like call log syncing and SMS, you'll need to install the free Car Penguin Server app on your smartphone (available at http://carpenguin.com).
Other Features
- Car Graphics/Photos and Device Information
- Weather Information
- App Browsing and Shortcuts
- Screen Saver
- Sound Recording
- Speedometer
- Reading Calendar
- Raise/Lower Volume Based on Speed
- Notifications and Speed Warnings
Tags : Auto & Vehicles
