Hands On With Apple's CarPlay Integration With Volvo

Volvo and Apple offered the first public demonstration of CarPlay in the U.S. since its March debut at the Geneva International Motor Show, showing off how the system works during the New York International Auto Show on Wednesday.

Although CarPlay wasn't mounted in a Volvo vehicle, the demonstration unit did show how Volvo's hardware and software integrates seamlessly with the systemMashable got to go hands-on with CarPlay; here's what we found:

Interface dynamics

The first thing we noticed was that touchscreen and application-launch actions were as snappy and smooth as they are on the iPhone, so if you're already familiar with iOS, CarPlay will be a breeze to use Read more...