Aston Martin has become the world’s leading automaker in the world to provide more in -depth integration of Apple Carplay in the infotainment system of its vehicle with the beginnings of the new Apple Carplay Ultra.
Having been in development for several years, Porsche and Aston Martin revealed in 2023 that they would be among the first to offer the latest Apple infotainment offer, but the British sports car manufacturer beat all other manufacturers.
Apple Carplay Ultra relies on the existing Carplay platform, taking charge of the infotainment head unit and the digital vehicle instruments cluster the first time.
The new carplay will initially be limited to the new Aston Martin DBX on the models ordered in North America and Canada, but arrives in other Aston cars and regions in the next 12 months. Apple also says that it works with Hyundai, Kia and Genesis to bring Carplay Ultra to more models.
What do you want to know about? Here are four things you need to know, as well as an image gallery to show what Carplay Ultra looks like in the last training of Aston Martin …
1. It offers a more personal experience
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From now on, pilots can select a certain number of digital options designed by Aston Martin for speed meter and tachometer dials, while the possibility of switching between live cards from a favorite navigation provider, as well as media applications, gives owners a means of “keeping their own multi-screen configuration”, according to James Bond’s favorite brand.
In addition, the British brand has also provided a certain number of themes of clusters of different instruments, as well as the ability to adapt wallpapers, color patterns and the general look of their personal tastes.
The key to doing the attachment work was to guarantee that Aston Martin had total control over the design, with Apple saying that Carplay Ultra allows car manufacturers to “express their distinct design philosophy with the appearance and feeling of their customers expect”.
2. It offers everything in the same place
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One of the largest bugs in the current Carplay environment is that users often have to leave it in order to interact with the key vehicle features, such as modification of driving modes or air conditioning adjustment, for example.
Apple Carplay Ultra banish this type of behavior at the naughty step and ultimately allows drivers to modify the radio station, adjust the climate control or launch heating seats inside the ultra interface via tactile screen commands, physical buttons or using SIRI vocal commands.
Better still, the British brand speaks of “the user interface of punch”, which essentially means that it has been able to bring for the first time menus and very specific parameters to vehicles.
So, if you did not want to adjust the balance and fader on the Bowers & Wilkins Chic, it is possible to do it via a specific menu screen which is housed in the Carplay Ultra environment.
3. He has a highly customizable cluster with more information
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Aston says that customers can also select from a certain number of widgets that can reside on the 10.25 -inch infotainment screen or on the digital pilot display for a highly customizable cluster. This could include things such as tire pressure monitoring, weather forecasts or advanced parameters of the driver’s assistance system.
Although it is not explicitly mentioned by Aston Martin or Apple, it is understood that the owners will initially have to couple an iPhone 12 or subsequent (executing iOS 18.54 and later) by connecting it or choosing the wireless option.
The system will automatically recognize the handset and the driver each time it enters the vehicle, even to know the region from which it comes, adjusting the measurement units accordingly.
Of course, it opens up easy access to things like emails, WhatsApp messages and the possibility of jumping on zoom calls, all without having to juggle between interfaces.
4. It happens to other car brands
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Unfortunately, Android users will not be able to benefit from a kind similar of Android automobile experience in the car, because it is a specific apple link.
Instead, Aston Martin provides physical buttons and switches for most of its features and explains that its new generation infotainment system, which made its debut on the brand new DB12 in 2023, is perfectly a perfectly decent digital offer as it is.
In addition, Carplay Ultra is currently limited to the new Aston Martin DBX, and only the models ordered in North America and Canada for the moment. Although it is deployed on other Aston models and markets in the next 12 months.
In addition, Apple said it worked with a number of car manufacturers to bring Carplay Ultra to a variety of new models soon, including those of Hyundai, Kia and Genesis.
The 10.25 -inch black touch screen technology of Aston Martin is relatively modest compared to many competitors, so it will be interesting to see what other manufacturers can do with larger and more impressive screen networks.
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