Car Home Ultra is a sophisticated car dock app designed to enhance your driving experience by simplifying phone management and entertainment. Upon detecting your car's Bluetooth connection, the app automatically launches, ensuring you're ready to go with just a tap on the home or overlay button, customizable through the startup options in settings.
This app excels in task automation, preparing your device for optimal in-car use. It adjusts display brightness, controls volume, toggles WiFi, and more, all automatically to suit your driving needs.
Key features of Car Home Ultra include:
- Customizable Shortcuts: You can set up an unlimited number of shortcuts to launch apps, make direct calls, or navigate to specific locations effortlessly.
- Media Controller: A dedicated media controller allows you to manage your music and podcasts with large, easy-to-use buttons, enhancing your in-car entertainment.
- Data Widgets: Stay informed with widgets that display your speed, location, weather, altitude, and other relevant data. These widgets also provide audio feedback when pressed, adding an extra layer of convenience.
- Aesthetic Customization: Choose from multiple skins and color schemes, with over 100 different looks available. Automatic day and night color schemes help preserve your night vision.
- Safety Features: The app includes an automatic SMS response feature to keep you focused on the road, and a speed alarm to help you avoid speeding tickets.
For those interested in a hands-free experience, Android 4.2+ users can integrate Google Voice Commands, as detailed here: Google Voice Commands.
Car Home Ultra offers a 30-day trial, after which a license can be purchased for unlimited use. This app has been praised by tech reviewers, such as Mark the Geek, who highlighted its effectiveness for in-car docking.
Additional features include:
- Data Widgets: Speedometer, Compass, Altimeter, Battery Meter, Clock, Current Weather Conditions, and Current Location, all with voice feedback.
- Other Features: Integrated media controls, location alerts, custom day/night color schemes, auto-switch based on sunrise and sunset, speakerphone mode option, automatic Bluetooth and WiFi toggles, display options in KPH/MPH and Celsius/Fahrenheit, full-screen mode, icon pack support, lock screen rotation, Android 5 Material Design, brightness and volume controls, tactile button response, mute alerts, various page layouts, sleep mode for power efficiency, and the ability to keep the display on or stop media on exit.
Car Home Ultra has also influenced the development of Android Auto, showcasing its impact on mobile technology for vehicles.
For any issues, users are encouraged to reach out via email at [email protected].
App Permission Descriptions:
- Device & App History: Necessary for the media controller to detect compatible media players.
- Contacts/Calendar: Required for direct dial shortcuts.
- Location: Essential for GPS-related features like speedometer, compass, altimeter, and weather updates.
- Phone: Needed for direct dial functionality.
- Photos/Media/Files: Used for the debug log feature.
- Camera/Microphone: The microphone permission is currently used for media player visualization and required for future voice-activated features. The camera permission is bundled but not used.
- Wi-Fi Connection: Allows the app to enable or disable Wi-Fi as needed.
Car Home Ultra is a comprehensive solution for anyone looking to optimize their smartphone use while driving, ensuring both safety and convenience.
