The New Mirroring Technology in Your Car is said to Take Over Your Smartphone – Is That Safe?

You’ve heard of smartphone distraction leading to deaths? Despite how luxurious the car is smartphone usage while driving still kills! Digitization is strongly taking over minds and hands, even the phone geeks want their vehicles to mirror and interact with the technology in their smartphones. The desire has gotten closer to being realized.

Apple CarPlay and Android Auto are allowing their vehicle owners to use the larger screens of their cars and take advantage of the internet connected advanced features of their phones. “This is because of increased consumer demand, for more advanced in-vehicle connectivity, and the technology has reached this point but the integration sis still far from seamless”- said, Director of Automotive Consulting at J.D. Power.

This started in 2013 and since then two major issues were reported by the users including: Bluetooth pairing and misunderstood voice commands. Now, in 2016 the issues became 14 per 100 vehicles. According to the smartphone mirroring technology these concerns will soon fade out and the end result is definitely improved user experience. However, owners of Apple CarPlay and Android Auto express their appreciation for the other added functionalities.

The craze of converting everything into digital means is likely to grow the demand for this technology. So far 10 vehicle brands are offering one or both Apple and Android technologies in selective 2016 models. It will become reliable by 2017 and that is when many models will have smartphone mirroring technology. But for those who will look forward to this technology in Pakistan should also keep a good amount ready as vehicle quality and price will also increase along.

And as much as this news might excite people, it ring bells for Motor Trader to take note of the driver distraction concern. It’s more than important to create an appropriate balance between the owner demand for feature contenting and keeping driver distraction minimized. The individual on the driver seat is required to be focused and away from distractions, smartphone usage or smartphone mirroring technology seem no different.

So here are few tips for consumers ready to avail the technology:

• Remember that technology will advance and all such advances as smartphone in-vehicle information system, mirroring technologies and all other such hypes will always evolve. So keep yourself informed of the changes but it’s not recommended to try all such improvements.
• If such technology is important for you, test it but avoid making a part of your vehicle drive.
• Rather find technology improvements that will reduce your distraction while driving, if you haven’t heard of it, hear us saying this that a distraction of mili-second while driving can lead to severe consequences. Driving is a responsibility and it not only includes you in but it revolves around your family, the people in cars by your sides, the people in-front of you, and the ones behind you. Your distraction and a slip of second will take away the lives of all around you. Moreover, your carelessness should not pay the price of someone else’s damage.
• Make sure your in-vehicle technologies are fully functional and will hold the technology edge because even here, your disturbances of technology malfunction can likely act as incident causing factor.

Be safe and drive safe! If driving is an art, than become a master in it before showing your skill canvas on the roads.