Car Penguin

A car head unit launcher for navigation, media playback, contacts, and more.

Have an Android-based car system? Car Penguin puts what matters most for your drive front and center. Set it as your default head unit launcher and enhance every journey. With a driver-centric interface, it provides easy access to maps and navigation, media/music players, phone calls, contacts, and other essentials. 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 critical features, with options to customize both its layout and content.

Important: Every page in the app has its own options menu. To view it, press the menu (hamburger) icon while on that page.

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

Google Maps shows your current location, address, and traffic conditions. You can configure map themes and views. Search for places, save them to lists for quick future access, and use Google APIs for directions and voice-guided navigation. Additional features include trip statistics and a full log of your journeys.

Music Playback and Video Watching

Car Penguin includes a built-in media player with controls for local audio and video files, album lists, and a dedicated page for shortcuts to other apps. You can also add widgets from popular media providers to the dashboard or toggle bar.

Smartphone Integration

View contact and favorites lists to dial directly using your system's default dialer or route calls via Bluetooth to your phone. For Bluetooth call transfer, call log sync, and SMS features, install the free Car Penguin Server app on your phone (available at http://carpenguin.com).

Additional features include:

- Custom Car Graphic/Photo and Device Information

- Weather Updates

- App Browser and Shortcuts

- Screen Saver

- Voice Recorder

- Speedometer

- Calendar View

- Automatic Volume Adjustment Based on Speed

- Notifications and Speed Alerts