Car Penguin

If you've got Android running in your car, Car Penguin is the perfect head unit launcher to enhance your driving experience. Set it as your default launcher and enjoy a seamless journey. With its user-friendly interface, Car Penguin caters to all your driving needs, including maps and navigation, media and music playback, 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 of Car Penguin is designed for quick access to essential features, with the flexibility to customize both the layout and content. It's important to note that each page in the application has its own options menu. Simply press the menu icon (often referred to as the hamburger icon) while a page is open to access these options.

Maps, Search for Places, Points of Interest, and Turn-by-Turn Navigation

Car Penguin integrates with Google Maps to display your current location, address, and traffic conditions. You can configure the map with various themes and layouts. Search for places on Google Maps, save them to lists for easy future navigation, and utilize Google APIs for directions and turn-by-turn navigation. Additional navigation features include statistical data and logging for all your trips.

Playing Music and Watching Videos

With its built-in media player, Car Penguin offers comprehensive media control for local audio and video files, album lists, and dedicated pages for shortcuts to other predefined apps. You can also integrate other popular media providers as external widgets on the dashboard or in the toggle bar.

Smartphone Integration

Car Penguin displays your contacts and favorites lists, allowing you to make calls using the system's default dialer or transfer calls over Bluetooth to your cell phone. To enable Bluetooth call transfer, sync call logs, and access SMS, you'll need to install the free Car Penguin Server app on your mobile device (available at http://carpenguin.com).

Other Features

Car Penguin offers a range of additional features to enhance your driving experience, including:

• 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