3 Fantastic Audio Entertainment
It’s no exaggeration to say that audio entertainment is critical to the driving experience. CarPlay comes with a predefined set of popular apps including iTunes Music, Audiobooks, and Podcasts. But you can also install third-party apps to stream your favorite songs from the likes of Slacker Radio, iHeart Radio, Spotify, and Stitcher. And a recent app promises to address one persistent criticism of CarPlay – namely its lack of traditional AM/FM radio. To rectify this obvious oversight, Gracenote released a demo app earlier this year that gives CarPlay a radio interface. The app allows drivers to not only navigate between radio stations from within CarPlay, rather than forcing them to switch to the car’s native interface, it also allows them to save their favorite stations and browse through a recommended list of stations based on their tastes and location. The best part of the forthcoming app is that it also allows drivers to stream from both radio and internet broadcasts, so you’re never bored or out of streaming options.
Here’s a list of other notable third-party audio apps currently supported by CarPlay:
- Amazon Music
- Google Play Music
- iPlayer Radio
- CBS Radio
- Pandora
- Tidal
- Audible
- Sirius XM
- NPR One
- VOX
- Clammr
- Downcast