Pioneer starts selling CarPlay-compatible equipment and Spotify signs up as a compatible app

CarPlay is taking time to take off more than we would like to enjoy full integration between our car and iPhone. Fortunately, Pioneer has announced a firmware update for some of its radios, thus becoming the first manufacturer to sell equipment compatible with this technology from Apple.

The Pioneer models already enjoying CarPlay Thanks to this update they are the AVIC-F60DAB, AVIC-F960DAB, AVIC-F960BT, AVIC-F860BT and AVH-X8600BT. If you are one of the owners of any of these models, the new firmware is now available for download from the Pioneer support page so you just have to download it and install it following the appropriate procedure.

In addition to bringing CarPlay to radios that are already on sale, Pioneer has also used the occasion to launch a new model, the SPH-DA120 which is characterized by having a 6,2-inch screen and WVGA resolution as well as Mirrorlink support in case we do not have an iPhone and we have a competing smartphone. At the moment there is no specific release date for this Pioneer radio but it should arrive shortly.

Spotify now supports CarPlay

Spotify has benefited from the Pioneer announcement because it has become one of the first applications to support CarPlay. Many users of the music streaming service want to enjoy their songs and playlists while driving, therefore the integration with CarPlay seems vital to be able to do all this safely while driving.

After Spotify update which is available from today, not only is it adds compatibility with AirPlay but also bugs and bugs of incompatibility with iOS 8 are solved.

As always, you can download the new version of Spotify by clicking on the following link: