Chevrolet Active Phone Cooling Keeps Your Smartphone from Overheating

OKEMOS, Mich.– Do you ever have issues with your smartphone overheating? New Chevrolet Active Phone Cooling keeps your smartphone from overheating while you drive.

The new feature that will be available in the 2016 Impala, Volt and Cruze was discovered during testing of a smartphone wireless charging feature, which will also be available in 2016. Engineers discovered smartphones ceased charging or shut off when under extreme heat, especially after just a few minutes inside the car’s cabin where temperatures can rapidly increase on warm or hot days.

Most smartphones are designed with thermal protection features to protect battery life by shutting them down until they cool down, but Chevy engineers realized how inconvenient this could be for drivers. As usual, they put their innovative thinking caps on and decided Chevy drivers like yourself would find it beneficial to have smartphone cooling technology in your vehicle.

Chevrolet Active Phone Cooling keeps your smartphone from overheating by way of an air vent attached to your vehicle’s air conditioning and ventilation system. It directs cool air to the wireless charging bin where your smartphone sits, and only works when you turn on your HVAC system.

Chevy expects this Active Phone Cooling will work well with the other smartphone features they’ve been spending a great deal of time developing, such as accessing features and apps through the MyLink radio.

Considering how attached you are to your smartphone these days– don’t worry, we all are– it might do you some good to own a vehicle that helps you keep your device in tact and at a level of accessibility that you can’t afford to be without. In that case, we think it’s a smart idea for people to take a deeper look into the New Chevy Cars and New Chevy Trucks that are coming out. Check out the inventory at our Lansing Area Chevrolet Dealer and see what we mean!

Hank Graff Chevrolet Okemos is committed to providing you with integrity and convenience, all close to home. Let our friendly team of Chevy professionals at Hank Graff Okemos help you – simply call us at (517) 349-8300 or visit our showroom, located at 1748 W. Grand River Okemos, MI 48864. We’re just minutes from Lansing!

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2016 Chevy Models Integrate New Smartphone Technology

OKEMOS, Mich.– We live in a world where technology is making rapid advancements that alter how we get through the day. One of the preeminent technologies we now use are our smartphones. It’s practically vital to our lifestyles today, so it makes a lot of sense why the 2016 Chevy models will integrate new smartphone technology that works with Android Auto and Apple CarPlay.

By providing this technology through Chevy’s MyLink infotainment system, drivers are able to connect their Android smartphone or iPhone to any of Chevy’s 14 different 2016 models. And by offering this technology in more models than any other automaker, Chevy definitely climbs to the top of the automotive technology pyramid! 

The new MyLink integration will be accessible through a 7-inch screen that supports both Android and Apple, as well as an 8-inch screen only capable with Apple until later on in 2016 when Android will most likely join. Regardless, integrating new smartphone technology in 2016 Chevy models will allow you to stay even more connected with the ability to access multiple features of your smartphone.

Android Auto features that will be available include: Google Maps, Google Now, a Google voice service and audio and messaging apps. Apple CarPlay features will include: Phone, Messages, Music, Siri and third-party apps.

To make driving with this technology convenient and simple, 2016 Chevy models will include a button on the steering wheel that allows you to access your smartphone’s features with a simple voice command. Just make sure that you have an Android smartphone operating on Android Lollipop 5.0 or later, or an iPhone 5 or later. 

We don’t need to sell you on why Chevy makes the best vehicles – Advancements such as this smartphone technology do all the explaining for us! Do the smart thing and get into a Chevy! View our inventory of New Chevy Cars and New Chevy Trucks or visit our Chevy Dealership!

Hank Graff Chevrolet Okemos is committed to providing you with integrity and convenience, all close to home. Let our friendly team of Chevy professionals at Hank Graff Okemos help you – simply call us at (517) 349-8300 or visit our showroom, located at 1748 W. Grand River Okemos, MI 48864. We’re just minutes from Lansing!

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