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After eight years of driving a 1998 Toyota Camry, my husband finally upgraded to a 2017 Dodge Challenger - a modern reimagining of the 1970s muscle car that he could never afford as a teenager. For Frank, it’s a chance to go in a straight line faster than any human really needs to. But for me, it was a chance to finally evaluate Apple’s CarPlay thoroughly.

announced by Apple back in 2013 as a system to allow your car to connect to your iPhone. Although adoption was slow, today all major car manufacturers support CarPlay. Now that I’ve gotten to extensively

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