Pioneer Announces AppRadio Family
January 9, 2012 by Amy Gilroy
Filed under Car News, Home Page Featured, Industry news
Since its introduction in June, the Pioneer AppRadio—that displays apps on the radio—has performed well, says Pioneer, so it introduced at CES a full family of AppRadios, including the new AppRadio 2.0 that works with Android AND iPhone apps.
Pioneer AppRadio 2
The AppRadio 2.0 also gets a larger screen, at 7-inches. The capacitive screen has pinch and zoom. It both controls and displays about 12 apps (via iPhone, with Android apps to be announced) including MotionX-GPS, Inrix traffic, Pandora and StreamS. It also includes Bluetooth, a rear view camera option and steering wheel option and two sets of pre-amp outputs. It should be available in April at $499 while the original AppRadio for iPhone only, remains in the line at $399.
Pioneer is also adding AppRadio capability to three 2012 head units including two AVIC in-dash models and one DVD/radio. They work with the iPhone only (4 and 4S) and include the AVIC Z140BH ($1200) and AVIC-X940BT ($800) and AVH P8400BH ($650). The former two models can control Pandora streaming over Bluetooth from an Android phone, as well as a new Aha Radio app for Android to be available this Spring. Both models also include HD Radio.
Pioneer will also show in Las Vegas starting Tuesday, a new head-up display that adds augmented reality. It should become available in Japan this year although a U.S. release date will be announced in the future.
Source: CEoutlook
