
Application Description
Car Home Ultra is the ultimate car dock app designed to enhance your driving experience by simplifying the management of your phone. Here's how it works and what it offers:
Upon detecting your car's Bluetooth connection, Car Home Ultra automatically launches, ensuring you're ready to go without any manual intervention. You can easily return to the app by tapping the home or overlay button, customizable through the app's settings under startup options.
This app excels in task automation, setting up your phone perfectly for in-car use. It controls display brightness, volume, WiFi, and more, making your drive safer and more enjoyable.
Key Features:
Custom Shortcuts: Create an unlimited number of shortcuts to launch apps, direct dial numbers, or navigate to specific locations with ease.
Media Controller: Manage any music or podcast app on your phone with large, easy-to-use buttons for a seamless audio experience.
Data Widgets: Stay informed with widgets displaying your speed, location, weather, altitude, and other vital data. Features like the speedometer and current weather conditions even offer voice feedback when pressed.
Visual Customization: Choose from multiple skins and color schemes for a personalized look. Automatic Day and Night color schemes protect your night vision while driving.
Safety Features: An automatic SMS response feature keeps you focused on the road, while a speed alarm helps you avoid speeding tickets.
Additional Utilities: Enjoy features like location alerts, full screen mode, support for icon packs, lock screen rotation, and Android 5 Material Design. The app also includes brightness and volume controls, tactile button responses, and the option to mute alerts.
Power Management: Sleep mode saves battery life and reduces heat, with the option to keep the display on until you exit the app.
Bluetooth and WiFi Management: Automatically turn Bluetooth and WiFi on or off when entering or exiting Car Mode.
Measurement Preferences: Choose to display speed in KPH or MPH and temperature in Celsius or Fahrenheit.
Car Home Ultra also supports Android 4.2+ users with Google Voice Commands for a hands-free experience. For detailed instructions, visit this link: Google Voice Commands.
Trial and Licensing: This app offers a 30-day trial. If you find it useful, please purchase the CarHome Ultra License for unlimited use.
Permissions: The app requires various permissions to function optimally:
- Device & App History: For the Media Controller to detect media player compatibility.
- Contacts/Calendar: To set up direct dial shortcuts.
- Location: To access GPS for speedometer, compass, altimeter, and weather data.
- Phone: For the Direct Dial shortcut feature.
- Photos/Media/Files: For the Debug Log feature.
- Camera/Microphone: For future voice-activated features and current media player visualization. The microphone is needed to attach to the audio stream.
- Wi-Fi Connection: To enable or disable WiFi.
For any issues, please contact support at [email protected].
Car Home Ultra has been praised by Mark the Geek as the "Perfect App for in Car Dock," and its features have even partially inspired Android Auto. Enjoy a safer, more convenient, and fully customized in-car experience with Car Home Ultra.
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