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2014 LOS ANGELES AUTO SHOW

Tuesday, 30 December, 2014 0:35 AM

Jaguar Land Rover introduces its justDrive app at 2014 L.A. Auto Show

 

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2015 Land Rover Range Rover Sport with the iHeartRadio app in the background

 

by Jason Rzucidlo
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LOS ANGELES -- Jaguar Land Rover used its press conference time during the Connected Car Expo to debut its new justDrive app. It essentially allows you to use select iPhone or Android apps while you are driving with voice recognition commands.

Not all apps are included, just ones that make sense to use in the car. The list of apps includes popular services such as Spotify, Twitter and Yelp. The automaker wants drivers to be able to stay connected while minimizing driver distraction. The goal is for drivers to keep their hands on the wheel and eyes on the road while their phone stays in their pocket.

"It primarily aggregates a number of services and features into one application such as navigation, telephany, texting, tweeting and aggregating a number of music streaming services," said Sat Gill, app portfolio and development manager at Jaguar Land Rover. "All of these features are voice-controlled, which allow the driver to have more focus on the road and basically simplify the task of searching and entering navigation destinations. All interaction with the apps is done via the touch-screen. It gives you weather, the option to play today's news from NPR, play is play the last track that was playing in the vehicle when you left, go is to go to a destination in your calendar."

justDrive joins 17 others apps available on the Jaguar Land Rover InControl Apps system. Those currently available include Stitcher, iheartRadio and Parkopedia. First, the driver must plug-in their smartphone using a USB cable. Then, select the justDrive app in your vehicle's center console.

Gill offered me a demo of the justDrive app inside a 2014 Land Rover Range Rover Sport at the L.A. Auto Show. We searched for Italian restaurants and it gave us a list of the nearest ones, along with phone number and directions of how to get there. He showed me the music function and we searched for Taylor Swift, then we were asked "the artist" or "the album" because she released a self-titled album. However, I threw the system a curve ball when I asked to play new pop artist Meghan Trainor, which the system did not recognize quite yet. Drivers may have to wait several weeks to search for top 40 hits.

"There is an option cost for the feature in the vehicle, but all of the third party applications are free," the app portfolio and development manager explained. "The justDrive app is free to Jaguar Land Rover customers. If people have cars that have the InControl Apps feature already fitted, we will be able to offer the justDrive application to them. There would be a software update required for the head unit."

justDrive is a free app that will launch in early 2015 for iPhone and Android users. It will work with all 2015 Jaguar F-Type cars and all 2015 Land Rover vehicles. It will be expanded for the entire Jaguar and Land Rover line-up by the 2016 model year.

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Jaguar Land Rover passed out free t-shirts to promote its justDrive app

 

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I sat in the driver's seat of this 2015 Jaguar F-Type

 

 

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