CES 2011 – Android goes in-car with Parrot Asteroid

The new Parrot Asteroid is in-car entertainment the Google way – a stereo head unit running the Big G’s Android OS.

Sadly the 3.2-inch screen isn’t touch sensitive, but there’s plenty of other things to get excited about. Firstly you can stream internet radio if you pop a 3G SIM in it, and it’ll also stream music from your A2DP Bluetooth device.

USB means you can plug an iPod or USB key straight in for wired music, and as you’d expect from Parrot it’s also been designed for hands-free calling.

It can also use geo-location services when combined with the supplied GPS dongle and a 3G SIM. That means live traffic info and Parrot Maps to tell you where you are.

Due early 2011, price yet to be decided.

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Dan Grabham Editor-in-Chief

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Dan is Editor-in-chief of Stuff, working across the magazine and the Stuff.tv website.  Our Editor-in-Chief is a regular at tech shows such as CES in Las Vegas, IFA in Berlin and Mobile World Congress in Barcelona as well as at other launches and events. He has been a CES Innovation Awards judge. Dan is completely platform agnostic and very at home using and writing about Windows, macOS, Android and iOS/iPadOS plus lots and lots of gadgets including audio and smart home gear, laptops and smartphones. He's also been interviewed and quoted in a wide variety of places including The Sun, BBC World Service, BBC News Online, BBC Radio 5Live, BBC Radio 4, Sky News Radio and BBC Local Radio.

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Computing, mobile, audio, smart home