MirrorLink

MirrorLink: Standardize Your In-Vehicle Experience

A software standard enabling seamless app access from smartphones on in-vehicle infotainment systems, connecting vehicles and mobile devices via USB or Wi-Fi for navigation, music streaming, and more.

What is MirrorLink?

MirrorLink is a software standard developed by the Car Connectivity Consortium that allows smartphone apps to be accessed from a vehicle's infotainment system display. It establishes a connection between a MirrorLink-certified smartphone and a MirrorLink-enabled in-vehicle head unit via USB cable or Wi-Fi.

Once connected, MirrorLink projects the smartphone's display onto the vehicle's infotainment screen. This allows the driver to access navigation, music streaming, messaging, and other apps safely through the dashboard rather than handling the phone itself while driving. Control of the apps is still done through the smartphone's touch interface.

MirrorLink aims to promote mobile device-vehicle connectivity and compatibility standards across automakers and smartphone OEMs. It is designed to work with both Android and iOS platforms. Key members of the Car Connectivity Consortium that support MirrorLink include Volkswagen Group, Toyota, PSA Group, Honda, Hyundai and smartphone vendors like Samsung and Huawei among others.

Some of the benefits of MirrorLink include increased driving safety from dashboard app access, universal connectivity between devices and vehicles, and consolidated hardware costs using the user's existing smartphone rather than embedded vehicle apps and navigation systems.

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