MirrorLink

MirrorLink is a device interoperability standard that offers integration between a smartphone and a car's infotainment system.

It transforms smartphones into automotive application platforms where apps are hosted and run on the smartphone while drivers and passengers interact with them through the steering wheel controls, dashboard buttons and touch screens of their car's In-Vehicle Infotainment (IVI) system.[1] MirrorLink utilizes a set of well-established, non-proprietary technologies such as IP, USB, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, Real-Time Protocol (RTP, for audio) and Universal Plug and Play (UPnP).[2] In addition, MirrorLink uses Virtual Network Computing (VNC) as the baseline protocol to display the user interface of the smartphone applications on the infotainment system screens and to communicate user input back to the mobile device.

  1. ^ O'Donnell, Jayne (4 May 2012). "Disconnect in the distracted-driving blame game". USA Today. Archived from the original on 3 July 2012. Retrieved 17 July 2012.
  2. ^ "New Car Connectivity Consortium aims to put In-Car Infotainment into high gear". Nokia. 16 March 2011. Archived from the original on 11 November 2012. Retrieved 5 August 2012.