Porsche adds digital keys, in-car gaming to 2026 Macan Electric
Briefly

The vehicle gains a trained parking feature that records up to five parking routines and can take over parking when it recognizes a known environment, but requires the driver to remain in the car and cannot be controlled remotely by phone. A new reversing assist can remember up to 160 feet (49 m) of a recently traveled route and automatically reverse back the way it came, which is useful for narrow access roads or winding parking garages. The infotainment adds AirConsole for in-car gaming with phone or Bluetooth controller support and an App Store of games. The voice assistant receives improved AI, the charging planner now lets users prioritize individual charging stations, and towing capacity increases from 4,400 lbs to 5,500 lbs.
There's also a trained parking feature, which lets you record up to five parking routines. Once the car recognizes it's in a parking environment that it knows, it will offer to take over the job of putting your car away for you, although only with the driver in the car-this does not appear to be a remote parking feature that you control by phone.
And there's a new reversing assist. This can remember up to 160 feet (49 m) of a route that it has just traveled forward, so that it can automatically reverse back the way it came, which Porsche says should be "ideal for narrow access roads or winding parking garages." The AirConsole in-car gaming platform that we started seeing in other German luxury cars of late has been added to the infotainment.
This lets you pair your phone as a controller or use Bluetooth games controllers, and the App Store contains a bunch of games, including a passable Mario Kart clone, last I checked. Porsche says it has also beefed up the in-car voice assistant with better AI, created a better charging planner app that lets you prioritize individual charging stations, and increased the towing capacity from 4,400 lbs to 5,500 lbs (1,995-2,495 kg).
Read at Ars Technica
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