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. With its user-friendly interface, Car Penguin caters to all your driving needs, from maps and navigation to media playback, phone calls, and contacts. The app supports multiple languages, themes, and even offers a bidirectional layout for added convenience.
Feature Summary
Customized Dashboard
The dashboard is designed for quick access to essential features, with customizable layouts and content to suit your preferences. Remember, each page in the application has its own options menu. Just press the menu icon (hamburger icon) while a page is open to see its options.
Maps, Search for Places, Points of Interest, and Turn-by-Turn Navigation
Car Penguin integrates seamlessly with Google Maps, displaying your current location, address, and traffic conditions. You can customize the map with various themes and layouts. Search for places, save them to lists for future navigation, and use Google APIs for precise directions and turn-by-turn guidance. Additional navigation features include trip statistics and logging for all your journeys.
Playing Music and Watching Videos
Enjoy your favorite tunes and videos with Car Penguin's built-in media player. It offers media controls for 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 toggle bar.
Smartphone Integration
Easily access your contacts and favorites list to make calls using the system's default dialer or transfer calls over Bluetooth to your cell phone. To sync call logs and SMS, you'll need to install the free Car Penguin Server app (available at http://carpenguin.com) on your smartphone.
Other Features
- Car Graphics/Photos and Device Information
- Weather Updates
- App Browsing and Shortcuts
- Screen Saver
- Sound Recording
- Speedometer
- Calendar Reading
- Volume Adjustment Based on Speed
- Notifications and Speed Warnings
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