Mercedes-Benz integrates Apple iphone , Siri into all-new A- Class

The paradigm has shifted. Normally an automaker's variety -topper receives the most recent and best technological innovation, but with the introduction of the all-new A- Class, Mercedes-Benz is flipping that order on its head.

At next month's Geneva Motor Show, Mercedes will present off the subsequent A- Class and with it, its up-to-date COMAND infotainment method. The person interface has gone through a full overhaul, ditching the black and beige color scheme for a sharp, modern-day, three -dimensional layout and a array of new characteristics and features, just about all of which are centered on the Iphone 4S.

The new Digital DriveStyle app allows drivers to stream AUPEO! radio (Europe's equivalent to Pandora), link with Facebook and Twitter to study out position updates, discover your car in a crowded parking ton and get authentic -time visitors info and stage -of- fascination queries by a new Garmin navigation method. All of which is offered with the entry- levels "Audio 20 " setup.

Far more intriguingly, Mercedes is the very first automaker to help and integrate Apple's Siri voice-recognition engineering, letting users to make appointments, ship text messages and email messages, get climate position and access all their tunes by means of voice instructions.

Though all these features will be restricted to the Euro-only A- Class at very first, Mercedes states that the Apple iphone - integrated COMAND Online suite of services will be coming to the B-, C - and E- Class styles this fall. Strike the jump for the full facts.