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all right check it out this is the biggest story from a technology point of view here at the entire Geneva show in 2014 apples in the - this is car play any of the five class phones 5 5 s 5c will work on this through their Thunderbolt cable not through bluetooth at this point with whom would you like to speak call John Appleseed calling Johnny Appleseed aside from the basic Apple functions we also find Spotify I Heart Radio and stitcher here in the Mercedes implementation now this is a live search to navigation Apple Maps implementations you can call out a search where would you like to go find an Italian restaurant I suspect car makers and Apple are going to keep the assortment very tight though third party API details aren't set yet Mercedes has yet to say which models this will be available on as well as its cost but know that it will reside alongside their own command system as a parallel rather than a cross integrated pair of systems same goes for their own voice command tech which will live alongside Siri Volvo is the other mainstream brand showing car play here at Geneva its destined for the xc90 SUV and with a touchscreen expect both these car makers to have car play in showrooms mid to late 2014 we'll have much more on car play Android and car and mirror link in episode 39 of C net on cars that comes out April 12 you