Sony’s Latest CarPlay Receiver Features a Large 8.9-Inch Touchscreen That Hovers Over the Dashboard

Sony right this moment unveiled its newest CarPlay and Android Auto receiver with a massive 8.95-inch touchscreen that hovers over the dashboard, permitting it to suit into a smaller single-DIN house. Equipped with a three-way mount, the receiver’s top, depth, and tilt could be adjusted throughout set up in most automobiles.

XAV-AX8000

Sony says the XAV-AX8000 will probably be obtainable in December 2019 for a advised retail worth of $599.99 in the United States.

Aftermarket receivers like this one permit for CarPlay and Android Auto to be put in in older automobiles. This specific Sony mannequin is a wired CarPlay receiver, so an iPhone should be linked with a Lightning to USB cable. Wireless CarPlay receivers can be found from manufacturers like Alpine, Kenwood, and JVC.

CarPlay is Apple’s in-car platform that permits iPhone customers to entry a vary of apps from the dashboard, resembling Messages, Apple Maps, Apple Music, Podcasts, Overcast, Spotify, SiriusXM Radio, Pandora, WhatsApp, Downcast, Slacker Radio, Stitcher, and as of iOS 12, third-party navigation apps like Google Maps and Waze.