Porsche’s Own App Adds New Functionality within Apple CarPlay

• Porsche has up to date its Apple CarPlay assist, integrating My Porsche options immediately into the Apple software program.
• Customers can now change options together with sound profiles, local weather management, and ambient lighting with the Porsche app whereas utilizing Apple CarPlay.
• The up to date software program is obtainable now within the Porsche Cayenne, with plans to roll the adjustments out to different fashions quickly.

Apple CarPlay simply bought a bit of extra helpful for Porsche house owners. Underscoring additional simply how a lot house owners want third-party software program like CarPlay over the native producer techniques, Porsche has up to date its My Porsche app software program, permitting for additional assist inside Apple CarPlay. Customers can now make adjustments to issues that may in any other case solely be managed by the producer software program. Which means issues like cabin sound profiles, local weather management, and ambient lighting within the cabin can now be modified immediately from Apple CarPlay menus.

The brand new features can be added to new “wellness modes” like Calm down, Warmup, and Refresh, all utilizing CarPlay. Presumably probably the most thrilling a part of the replace comes from the flexibility to make use of voice activation and Siri for issues like altering local weather management or radio settings.

The added stage of integration comes on the heels of an identical replace Porsche launched in Could. In that replace, Porsche added assist for locating EV chargers within the native Apple Maps software program for the Taycan. The up to date system permits customers to view issues just like the car’s state of cost (SOC), anticipated visitors situations, and common velocity, in Apple Maps, moderately than the built-in Porsche model.

House owners can activate the brand new function with a QR code within the PCM (Porsche Communication Supervisor). The up to date software program is free and obtainable now for the brand new Cayenne SUV. Porsche guarantees to roll the brand new model to extra fashions sooner or later.

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