Apple has been granted a patent (quantity US 11816325 B2) for “Software Shortcuts for CarPlay.”
In regards to the patent
CarPlay is Apple’s tech that permits a automobile radio or head unit to be a show and controller for iPhones (mannequin 5 and later) working iOS 7.1 or later.
Within the new patent, Apple says that person interfaces on CarPlay could present a lot of software launch icons. Nonetheless, in some instances it’s troublesome to navigate to a desired app launch icon.
Apple’s patent entails a method that gives digital gadgets that assist CarPlay with sooner, extra environment friendly strategies and interfaces for offering shortcut entry to purposes. Such strategies and interfaces optionally complement or substitute different strategies for software shortcuts, in accordance with the tech big.
Abstract of the patent
Right here’s Apple’s summary of the patent: “The current disclosure usually pertains to changing an software affordance comparable to an software with a distinct software affordance comparable to a distinct software when the totally different software meets a predetermined standards.”
