Pioneer announces CarPlay compatible car navigation, scheduled to be handled by summer firmware update

Car audio / navigation manufacturer'sPioneerIs an iPhone function for carsCarPlayWe released a model corresponding to. It is supposed to correspond to the existing model by the firmware update done around summer, and if correspondence advances as expected, it is expected to be the fastest CarPlay compatible car navigation on the market. CarPlay said Apple announced in March 2014Official announcementIt is a system that displays the function of the iPhone specialized for in-vehicle use on the monitor of the car with the function which it did.

Pioneer CarPlay
http://www.pioneer-carglobal.com/CarPlay/

Pioneer to upgrade 5 existing consoles for CarPlay, no new hardware required | Ars Technica
http://arstechnica.com/apple/2014/04/pioneer-to-upgrade-5-exisitng-consoles-for-carplay-no-new-hardware-required/

What made this announcement is Pioneer's affiliate in the USPioneer Electronics (USA) Inc.The following 5 models currently being sold in North America are scheduled to correspond. As aftermarket products compatible with CarPlay,Alpine also released CarPlay compatible models this fall in Europe and AmericaIf it is completed as planned, Pioneer's products will be said to be the earliest correspondence model on the market.

·AVIC-8000 NEX: $ 1,400 (about 143,000 yen)


·AVIC-7000 NEX: $ 1200 (about 12,200 yen)


·AVIC-6000 NEX: 900 dollars (about 92,000 yen)


·AVIC-5000 NEX: $ 750 (about 77,000 yen)


·AVH-4000NEX: $ 700 (about 71,000 yen)


As for the correspondence schedule in Japan, it is "Coming soon" in the site, so I'd like to wait for the presentation.