It's been a long time coming but automotive manufacturers finally get it that they won't be able to shove a built-in all-you-can-eat dashboard system with its own OS. The technology of the smartphone changes too fast (as with tablets - too bad most don't have mobile broadband - it's a necessity to kill off OnStar and alternatives). Manufactorers solutions as way too slow, take too long to develop, and this is how Apple CarPlay and Google's Android Auto come into the show. There was a play by Microsoft and Ford to have their attempts, but the systems was just not very good for he consumer. The price for even the GPS baked in (typically on a DVD drive) is prohibitively expensive when compared to using a smartphone's maps app (apple's or Google's or Waze or TomTom or Garmin or OSmAnd or Sygic - some free, some subscription or one time fee, some offline with limited download of maps - space limiting).
1. Hands free link voice activation -- can't be done in call
2. Voice activation button on left side of steering wheel to wake up Siri or Ok, Google
3. Integration with car stereo system for station changing -- hasn't been done yet
4. Mute button on left side of steering wheel
5. Mute all stereo playing when voice activation active
6. 8" in-dash display with large fonts and large buttons touch screen -- no typing needed nor squinting
7. D-pad on right side of steering wheel for dash cursor navigation
8. Volume controls on back of left side of steering wheel
9. Start call, hang up call
10. Play/pause button for music player on BYOB device
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