The Impact of Smartphones on In-Vehicle Infotainment Systems

Technology inside the car is to serve us and make our life easier but managing all that amount of information and different features raises the driving workload. Sometimes we find ourselves in situations like setting a new destination, navigating the map, or lowering the air- conditioning which potentially make us lose the focus while driving. Driving is rapidly evolving, day-by-day the way we use cars is changing. Travelling long distances nowadays is easier due to the amount of technology inside the car. There are different effects that cars are embracing from miscellaneous innovations of smartphone¿s, which are affecting automotive industry and infotainment systems. One of the main concerns about these changes that are happening is the mobile phone usage inside the car,which is becoming a growing problem of driver distraction. Automotive industry cannot innovate as fast as smartphone industry due to its product life cycle. CarPlay from Apple and Android Auto from Google are trying to close this gap by bringing their technology into cars. They are claiming that negative impacts of smartphone¿s will be reduced, also will be utilizing more benefits of this fast evolving technology.