Apple advances its automotive pawns with dashboard software – 06/06/2022 at 20:59


by Stephen Nellis

June 6 (Reuters) – Apple AAPL.O unveiled on Monday a new version of CarPlay, its software dedicated to the automobile, which will make it possible to personalize the display of the dashboard of equipped vehicles, thus confirming its desire to play a role growing in the mobility market.

The American group has also announced that it has “completely remodeled” its MacBook Air laptop around its new M2 processor, which it presents as 35% faster than its predecessor, the M1. The M2 will also power the new 13-inch MacBook Pro next month.

The new version of CarPlay presented at the opening of the annual conference of developers of the group at the apple, the WWDC, will among other things display the speed and autonomy of the vehicle.

Apple said that several manufacturers, including Ford

FN, Nissan 7201.T, Honda 7267.T and Renault RENA.PA planned to use this new software on cars marketed from next year.

Among the many new features unveiled on Monday are the ability to edit a message sent from the iMessage application and a function called “Safety Check” (security check) to disable access to all sensitive information on all Apple devices. of a user.

Apple also announced the launch of “Apple Pay Later”, which will allow you to pay for your group’s product purchases in four instalments free of charge.

About an hour after these announcements, Apple shares gained 0.11% on the American market Nasdaq, whose flagship index

.IXIC then rose by 0.43%.

(Report Stephen Nellis in San Francisco, French version Marc Angrand)



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