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What is Samsung MirrorLink?

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What is Samsung MirrorLink?

Samsung MirrorLink, like Apple CarPlay and Android Auto, allows you to hook up your smartphone to your compatible infotainment system and use a range of apps, such as music and navigation, safely. Initially a development project by Nokia, it led to the formation of the Car Connectivity Consortium, which brought together major players in the automobile and mobile phone industries, certifying apps and devices that are both useful and safe for drivers to use.

How does MirrorLink work?

As with CarPlay and Android Auto, simply plug in your smartphone to your car’s USB port via USB cable and the infotainment system will automatically sync data from the phone. The home screen is very similar to Apple CarPlay, offering large easy to touch icons and similar functions.

Samsung MirrorLink works with CarmodeStub App that give you more control other features as compared to other MirrorLink devices.

What makes MirrorLink stand out is that it’s open source, meaning that mobile phone developers can adapt it to suit their own models. An app may need to be downloaded so that you can use MirrorLink depending on the make of your phone.

What apps work with MirrorLink?

Results may vary, but when we tested MirrorLink using a Samsung Galaxy S8, we found the functions very limited compared to CarPlay and Android Auto. Google Maps is currently not compatible with MirrorLink, so you have to download a navigation app called Sygic, which we recently reviewed in our Free Navigation Apps blog, though you have to pay for the premium version to use it with Mirrorlink

By default, music is accessed through Google Play, though you can download an app called RockScout that’s compatible with popular music apps like Spotify and enables you to control the app via MirrorLink.

Text messages can be accessed and you can dictate your messages through voice control. You can also customize a widget screen for quick access to apps; music, weather, contacts or calendar.

Which cars support MirrorLink?

The official MirrorLink website offers a partial list of cars that support MirrorLink and also lists apps and smartphones that support it. Note that only selected trims feature it and, in some cases, is an optional extra.

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