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Mini Cooper Connected app adjusts music based on driving style

When cruising with 10km/h, the temperature is high and women and sea are within the vicinity, it switches the music to the latest R&B hits, it turns up the volume and lowers the windows and/or the sunroof. :P

Android version? No sugar for the android kids? :P

 
 

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via Engadget by Zach Honig on 4/28/11

We're always looking for excuses to get behind the wheel, so naturally the new Dynamic Music function in the Mini Connected app made us yearn for a chance to hit the road. Version 2.0 brings this headline feature to the iPhone, which includes exclusively-composed music that adjusts based on things like a compatible Mini Cooper's "longitudinal and lateral acceleration." In other words, the faster and crazier you drive, the more exciting the music becomes. So instead of having mom in the passenger seat begging you to slow down, there's music that encourages you to do the opposite. The press release even references a "hallmark Mini go-kart feeling," so you might want to make sure everyone's buckled up before you plug in. Should anyone fail to do so, a new feature called Mission Control will let you know, also nagging about poor driving conditions. How's that for a mixed signal?

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