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"Apple is branching out into a new area: your car. The company was granted a patent last week for a new car dashboard that would make most of the manual controls in your vehicle digital, letting you control everything from the temperature in your car to the radio station using a touchscreen.\nThe patent is a continuation of a previous patent filed in 2011, and describes a system that can replace most of your car\u2019s existing instrumentation.\nSEE ALSO: 7 iPhone Concepts That Will Make You Salivate\n\nApple talked about bringing iOS to vehicles during its annual developer conference earlier this year.  While the company didn\u2019t go into much detail during the conference on what to expect from iOS from a vehicle standpoint, iOS 7 beta currently includes several clues such as an Airplay feature that will allow content from your phone to be beamed to a display in your car.\n\u201CiOS in the Car\u201D is expected to be released in 2014. Cars that support the service will allow your iPhone 5 to connect to your car\u2019s in-dash system make phone calls, send and receive messages access your music, and get directions. Siri support will also let you do all of those things hands and eyes free.\n\"Siri Eyes Free\" is currently available in GM's Chevy Spark and Sonic via the Chevrolet MyLink system. Nine other car manufacturers \u2014 including Toyota, Honda, Audi, Mercedes, BMW, Land Rover and Jaguar \u2014 have also announced plans to bring Siri support to their vehicles. \nWhat do you think of the patent? Is it something you'd like to see in your car? Let us know your thoughts in the comments.\nImage: Fotopedia\n"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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