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September 4, 2015

Your next car: a rolling robotic assistant

  • By plugging in your smartphone, even a base model Chevy Spark will give directions to restaurants and play the latest hits with voice commands.
    • By RYAN NAKASHIMA
    AP Business Writer

    LOS ANGELES — Playing deejay with voice commands will get easier for more Americans this fall as some best-selling cars get updated with software that integrates smartphones into the dashboard.

    With the 2016 model year, Apple's CarPlay and Google's Android Auto will turn cars as affordable as a base model Chevy Spark into rolling robotic assistants that give directions to nearby restaurants or play the latest hits with commands as simple as “Play Ellie Goulding.”


     
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