Car Penguin

A car head unit launcher for navigation, media playback, contacts, and more essential driving features.

Have an Android car system? Car Penguin puts everything you need for your drive right at your fingertips. Set it as your default head unit launcher and enhance every journey. Its driver-focused interface delivers quick access to maps and navigation, music and media controls, phone calls, contacts, and other key functions. Car Penguin supports multiple languages, themes, and bidirectional layouts.

Summary of Features

Customizable Dashboard

The dashboard is designed for rapid access to essential tools, with options to personalize its layout and content.

Important: Each screen in the app has its own options menu. When viewing a page, tap the menu (hamburger) icon to see available settings.

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

View your location, address, and live traffic with Google Maps—customizable with various themes and layouts. Search for destinations, save places to lists for easy access, and get directions with Google's turn-by-turn navigation. Additional navigation tools include trip statistics and a complete travel log.

Music Playback and Video Viewing

Car Penguin includes a built-in media player for local audio and video files, with playback controls, album listings, and a shortcuts page for other media apps. You can also pin popular media providers as widgets on the dashboard or toggle bar.

Smartphone Integration

Access your contacts and favorites to make calls using the system dialer or via Bluetooth. To transfer calls over Bluetooth, sync call history, and read SMS, install the free Car Penguin Server app (http://carpenguin.com) on your phone.

Other features include:

- Car Image and Device Information

- Weather Updates

- App Browser with Shortcuts

- Screen Saver

- Voice Recording

- Speedometer

- Calendar Integration

- Speed-Based Volume Adjustment

- Notifications and Speed Alerts

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