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" Drop cap initial letterYou can&amp;#039;t underestimate the importance of Apple&amp;#039;s new CarPlay interface. Yes, it&amp;#039;s a milestone in Cupertino&amp;#039;s push to take over the world one device at a time. But it&amp;#039;s the thinking behind the system that&amp;#039;s significant. In a nutshell, CarPlay represents the moment when automakers finally, mercifully, cede infotainment to a tech company that can do it better.  READ THIS: Apple reveals CarPlay at Geneva Motor Show &amp;quot;Owning the space&amp;quot; is a phrase car companies regularly parrot. It means that when you get inside, say, a Hyundai Elantra, Hyundai gives you a door-to-dash Hyundai experience. Hence proprietary infotainment systems like Audi&amp;#039;s MMI, Ford&amp;#039;s Sync, Chrysler&amp;#039;s Uconnect, and so on. CarPlay changes that. Take the new Volvo interface: Connect an iPhone 5, 5s, or 5c via Apple&amp;#039;s Lightning connector, choose CarPlay on the touchscreen, and Apple&amp;#039;s system essentially replaces Volvo&amp;#039;s. The familiar iOS Maps, Music, and Phone icons appear, and the carmaker&amp;#039;s system hibernates in the background as the apps run off the iPhone&amp;#039;s network connection. It&amp;#039;s Apple&amp;#039;s familiar user experience, just in a Volvo.   Google is now working with Audi to create a similar system for its Android OS, and it&amp;#039;s reasonable to expect that most automakers will eventually offer both options. Finally, car brands aren&amp;#039;t thinking in terms of &amp;quot;giving up&amp;quot; a space. They&amp;#039;re focused on giving buyers exactly what they want. READ THIS: Google and Nvidia want to put Android in your car "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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