Featured
Apple Makes Siri a Steering Wheel Button
Updated! Apple announced today at its Worldwide Developers Conference that Siri will be offered via a steering wheel...
Update on Facebook in Car Audio
An amazing 50 percent of smartphones connect to Facebook every hour of the day. So you can see...
JL Audio Shortages To Resolve End of Summer
JL Audio said it is air shipping in magnets to alleviate subwoofer and enclosure shortages that have plagued...
Parrot Has Sold 25K Asteroids: Reuters
Parrot is in the news this week for aiming to become a Tier 1 supplier to the auto...
Ford Radios Get On-Demand Music
Just like radios from JVC Mobile, BMW and Mini, now Ford radios will control on-demand music of more...
Zapco Prepares for Comeback
Zapco is preparing a comeback after keeping a low profile since its heyday in the mid 90’s to...
Florida 12V Retailers Unite to Improve Sales
In an unusual act to improve their fortunes, competing Florida car audio retailers are banding together to hire...
SmartStart Update Today Lets Car “Talk” to You
After first showing it at CES, Directed has launched the SmartStart 3.0 update that lets your car “talk”...
Harman to Refocus on 12v Aftermarket
Harman has been putting a lot of focus on home and portable audio and is now investing in...
Sync Radios Now Save on Insurance
State Farm Insurance has joined with Ford to allow owners of some Sync radios to receive discounts on...
“Death” of Car Radio Possible in 10 Years: Study
A new report by IMS Research finds that aftermarket car radio sales will be cut in half by...
Rosen Ships OE Replacement Radios w/ Changeable Faceplates
OE Look-A-Like radios are great for matching the factory look of the radio, but they saddle the dealer...
Garmin Alters the Touchscreen
Garmin showed a new concept for OEM car infotainment systems that uses a large controller knob filled with...
Aftermarket Now in Talks for Siri-Like Car Radios
Imagine Siri that’s robust enough to work well in the car. Nuance announced it now has such a...
CEA and MERA Join for 12V Campaign
The Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) and the Mobile Electronics Retailers Association (MERA) will launch a campaign Thursday to...
Tips from a Model 12V Retailer
Mobile Edge, an award-winning independent retailer in the small town of Lehighton, PA is noting some out-of-the-ordinary activity in...
Expect Larger 12V Aftermarket Radio Screens
As pointed out in USA Today, screens are getting bigger on the dashboard, just as they’ve upsized in...
Toyota Teams with Nintendo to Control Radio
In Japan, Toyota and Nintendo have teamed up so that you can control a Toyota navigation system with...
Apple Lands Patent for Steering Wheel Control
Apple was granted a patent Tuesday for a steering wheel remote control for a smartphone or iPod-like device....
Audiovox Parent Sees Some Car Audio Gains
Audiovox Electronics parent VOXX Corp. announced gains in sales of OEM and traditional car audio for fiscal 2012...