By: Aseem Gaurav on August 29, 2012
South Korean technology giant Samsung has launched Drive Link, an in-car smartphone app that is designed for safe use while driving. Meant only for Galaxy S III users, the app offers an uncluttered user interface that has large buttons and clear menu – thus making it easy for the driver to access it while driving.
The app provides optimal use of smartphone for the driving purpose like: navigating to a destination, talking hands-free and listening to music. Since the app has been designed for quick and intuitive use – finding the information is quite easy. After you download the app, a welcome screen will appear showing time and weather information for the current location at the top edge of the screen. At the center, you’ll see the upcoming appointments saved in S Calendar along with a trio of links to set the event's address as a destination, to call a contact associated with the appointment, or to ignore the appointment.
Just below is the main menu, which has three large shortcut buttons for the Samsung music player app, the navigation app and destination search, and the hands-free calling system.
The app offers navigation facility using the smartphone’s GPS features, which allows users to select preset, recent or favorite destinations, or search for a specific address. To make thing more comfortable for a driver, Incoming text messages, emails, and social media updates are read aloud via a text-to-speech facility. Drive Link is compatible with MirrorLink, which basically connects your phone to car’s infotainment system so that you can read the incoming messages on the car’s own display.
According to Samsung, the app meets the safety regulations established by the Japanese Automotive Manufacturers Association. As of now the app is available in 21 countries across Europe, including France, Germany, Russia, and the UK. Drive Link is currently available on the Samsung Galaxy S III but in near future it will be made available on other smartphones running Google Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich).
Get more information here.
South Korean technology giant Samsung has launched Drive Link, an in-car smartphone app that is designed for safe use while driving. Meant only for Galaxy S III users, the app offers an uncluttered user interface that has large buttons and clear menu – thus making it easy for the driver to access it while driving.
The app provides optimal use of smartphone for the driving purpose like: navigating to a destination, talking hands-free and listening to music. Since the app has been designed for quick and intuitive use – finding the information is quite easy. After you download the app, a welcome screen will appear showing time and weather information for the current location at the top edge of the screen. At the center, you’ll see the upcoming appointments saved in S Calendar along with a trio of links to set the event's address as a destination, to call a contact associated with the appointment, or to ignore the appointment.
Just below is the main menu, which has three large shortcut buttons for the Samsung music player app, the navigation app and destination search, and the hands-free calling system.
The app offers navigation facility using the smartphone’s GPS features, which allows users to select preset, recent or favorite destinations, or search for a specific address. To make thing more comfortable for a driver, Incoming text messages, emails, and social media updates are read aloud via a text-to-speech facility. Drive Link is compatible with MirrorLink, which basically connects your phone to car’s infotainment system so that you can read the incoming messages on the car’s own display.
According to Samsung, the app meets the safety regulations established by the Japanese Automotive Manufacturers Association. As of now the app is available in 21 countries across Europe, including France, Germany, Russia, and the UK. Drive Link is currently available on the Samsung Galaxy S III but in near future it will be made available on other smartphones running Google Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich).
Get more information here.
