Car Penguin

Car head unit launcher for maps and navigation, media playback, contacts, and more.

Have an Android system in your car? Car Penguin brings the essentials for your driving journey to the forefront. Set it as your default head unit launcher and enhance every trip. With a driver-focused interface, the app provides easy access to maps and navigation, a music and media player, phone calls, contacts, and other key features. Car Penguin supports multiple languages, themes, and both left-to-right and right-to-left layouts.

Key Features Overview

Customizable Dashboard

The dashboard is designed for quick access to vital functions, with options to personalize both its layout and content.

Important: Every page in the app has its own options menu. To view these options while on a page, tap the menu (hamburger) icon.

Maps, Place Search, Points of Interest, and Turn-by-Turn Navigation

View your current location, address, and traffic conditions with Google Maps. Customize the map display with various themes and layouts. Search for places, save them to lists for easy future access, and get directions and turn-by-turn navigation using Google APIs. Additional navigation tools include trip statistics and a log of all your journeys.

Music Playback and Video Viewing

Car Penguin includes a built-in media player for controlling local audio and video files, browsing albums, and accessing shortcuts to other apps. You can also add widgets for popular media providers directly to the dashboard or the toggle bar.

Smartphone Integration

Access your contacts and favorites lists to make calls using the system's default dialer or route calls via Bluetooth to your mobile phone. To transfer calls over Bluetooth, sync call logs, and manage SMS, you'll need to install the free Car Penguin Server app (available at http://carpenguin.com) on your phone.

Additional features include:

- Car Graphic/Photo and Device Information

- Weather Updates

- App Browser and Shortcuts

- Screen Saver

- Voice Recorder

- Speedometer

- Calendar Viewer

- Speed-Based Volume Adjustment

- Notifications and Speed Alerts