Car Home Ultra

Car Home Ultra is a versatile car dock app designed to streamline your phone usage while driving. It seamlessly integrates with your car's Bluetooth, automatically launching when a connection is detected, and can be easily accessed via the home or overlay button (refer to settings->startup options for configuration).

This app is packed with automation features to optimize your phone for in-car use. These include automatic startup, control over display brightness, volume adjustments, and WiFi settings, among others.

Key Features:

• Custom Shortcuts: Create an unlimited number of shortcuts to quickly launch apps, dial numbers, or navigate to specific locations.
• Media Controller: Effortlessly manage your music or podcast apps with large, user-friendly buttons.
• Data Widgets: Stay informed with real-time data on your speed, location, weather, altitude, and more.
• Customization: Choose from multiple skins and color schemes, offering hundreds of different looks.
• Night Vision Preservation: Automatic Day and Night color schemes adjust to maintain your night vision.
• SMS Auto-Response: Focus on the road with automatic responses to incoming text messages.
• Speed Alarm: Helps you avoid speeding tickets with timely alerts.

Additional Features:

• Data Widgets: Including a speedometer (with voice feedback), compass, altimeter, battery meter, clock, current weather conditions (with voice feedback), and current location (with voice feedback).
• Integrated Media Controller: Offers play/pause, next, previous, artist, and title controls.
• Location Alerts: Receive notifications based on your location.
• Custom Color Schemes: Switch automatically between Day and Night modes based on sunrise and sunset.
• Bluetooth and WiFi Automation: Options to turn Bluetooth and WiFi on/off with Car Mode.
• Display and Control Options: Choose between KPH or MPH for speed, Celsius or Fahrenheit for temperature, full screen mode, icon pack support, and lock screen rotation in various orientations.
• Power Saving: Sleep mode to conserve battery and reduce heat, with the option to keep the display on until you exit the app.
• Android Integration: Compatible with Android 4.2+ and supports Google Voice Commands for a hands-free experience. Android 5 users can enjoy Material Design.

Trial and Licensing:

Car Home Ultra offers a 30-day trial period. If you find the app useful, you can purchase the CarHome Ultra License for unlimited access.

Permissions:

• Device & App History: Required for the Media Controller to detect compatible media players.
• Contacts/Calendar: Necessary for setting up direct dial shortcuts.
• Location: Used to access GPS for features like the speedometer, compass, altimeter, and weather updates.
• Phone: Required for the Direct Dial feature.
• Photos/Media/Files: Needed for the Debug Log feature.
• Camera/Microphone: The microphone is used for future voice-activated features and current media player visualization. The camera permission is bundled but not utilized.
• Wi-Fi Connection: Allows the app to enable or disable WiFi as needed.

For any issues or questions, you can reach out via email at [email protected].

For more insights, check out Mark the Geek's review on YouTube: CarHome Ultra for Android - Perfect App for in Car Dock.

Android 4.2+ users can enhance their experience with Google Voice Commands, detailed at this link: Google Voice Commands Support.