
Application Description
If you're driving with Android in your car, Car Penguin is the head unit launcher you need to streamline your driving experience. Set it as your default launcher and make every trip more enjoyable. With its user-friendly interface, Car Penguin caters to all your driving needs, including maps and navigation, media and music player, phone calls, contacts, and much more. The app supports multiple languages, themes, and even offers a bidirectional layout for added convenience.
Feature Summary
Customized Dashboard
The dashboard is meticulously designed to provide quick access to essential functions, with customizable layout and content to suit your preferences. It's important to note that each page within the application features its own options menu. Simply press the menu icon (hamburger icon) while a page is open to explore its options.
Maps, Search for Places, Points of Interest, and Turn-by-Turn Navigation
Car Penguin integrates Google Maps to display 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 utilize Google APIs for precise directions and turn-by-turn navigation. The app also offers additional navigation features such as trip statistics and logging.
Playing Music and Watching Videos
Car Penguin features its own media player, enabling control over local audio and video files, as well as album lists. It also includes a dedicated page for shortcuts to other predefined apps. Popular media providers can be added as external widgets on the dashboard or in the toggle bar for easy access.
Smartphone Integration
The app seamlessly displays your contacts and favorites list, allowing you to make calls using the system's default dialer or transfer calls over Bluetooth to your smartphone. To enable Bluetooth call transfer, sync call logs, and manage SMS, you'll need to install the free Car Penguin Server app on your phone, available at http://carpenguin.com.
Other Features
Car Penguin offers a range of additional features to enhance your driving experience, including:
- Car Graphic/Photo and Device Info
- Weather Information
- App Browsing and Shortcuts
- Screen Saver
- Sound Recording
- Speedometer
- Reading Calendar
- Raise/Lower Volume on Speed
- Notification and Speed Warning
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