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Car apps: In a few years, we'll wonder how we did without them, just as we have with smartphones and apps since Apple introduced the iPhone seven years ago (January 9, 2007, in fact). These apps can be used either to control basic car functions or do something while in the car, such as finding a pizza place wherever you are, or ordering the pizza.
Yes, you can already find and order a pizza from your phone, but you shouldn't be doing that while driving. These apps aim to make the act of finding and ordering a pizza—or finding a parking place, or keeping up with social media—safer and perhaps even easier from your car than it is from your phone in the car. They represent a sea change in how people use their cars—not just for simple mobility, but for getting things done while mobile—and they were the biggest car-tech news out of CES 2014.
Your TV has a remote, and your car should, too
Just last night I was walking to my car after work when suddenly the car next to mine started with a roar—without anyone in it. I jumped, and then I realized, Oh: This is the 2014 Jeep Grand Cherokee, and it has the UConnect remote-control app that we tried last fall. As I clicked a button on my key fob to unlock my car—so '90s—the guy who owned the Grand Cherokee had started and unlocked the car remotely, and he just jumped in and left while I was still fumbling around for my seat belt. Even if you don't care about newfangled infotainment systems or whiz-bang safety features, you'd probably love to have a remote-control app like this for your car.
Chrysler's Uconnect remote-control app. Even if you don't want any other tech on your car, being able to control some basic car functions from your phone is the a big step up from today's key fob.
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