It's pretty sweet! Plays video from the USB Drive as well as the BD/DVD drive. Michele Zarrillo Discografia. You can even be playing. As it prepares to roll out its CUE touch-screen instrument panel, Cadillac adds an iPad app and promises a new iPad for 2013 Cadillax XTS buyers.

Taking a spin in the 2016 Cadillac ATS Coupe Full disclosure: My grandfather owned a Cadillac. Actually, a series of Cadillacs. But being the land yacht brand for the AARP set is an image the carmaker has been vigorously trying to shake off for years. And with the 2016 ATS Coupe ($56,415 as tested), Cadillac is finally making some progress. Although it's mollified some of the earlier edgy, rude boy styling (the company referred to it as art and science), this certainly isn't my grandfather's Cadillac. It's a gutsy ride with an intelligent suspension system and an up-to-date in-dash system that includes CarPlay support for Apple fans. Credit: Cadillac In-Dash Tech GM's vehicles are some of the most connected cars on the market.

The company's OnStar service, which provides human help at the push of a blue button, has long been a standard-bearer in the industry. You get one full complimentary year of OnStar service, including automatic crash emergency assistance, and then subscriptions kick in starting at $19.99. The Incredible Hulk Pc Game Crack Free Download more. It's an excellent, albeit pricey, service, and includes its own smartphone app, OnStar RemoteLink, for remote start, lock and unlock, and viewing information such as tire pressure and fuel levels. The Cadillac ATS also supports 4G data connectivity so that you can turn the car into a Wi-Fi hotspot for passengers. Prices range from $5 per month for 200MB to $50 per month for 5GB of data. Credit: CadillacBut you don't have to subscribe to OnStar to stay connected. Cadillac includes its own CUE (Cadillac User Experience) connected car system that works with smartphones and which GM unashamedly modeled after the iPad.

The 8-inch touch-screen LCD system includes SiriusXM satellite radio, HD Radio and Bluetooth support for connecting phones. The early versions of CUE were a bit twitchy and overly reliant on the touch-screen controls. The updated version in the Cadillac ATS has ironed out a few of the kinks. The touch-screen controls work well, with proximity sensing that anticipates your taps, and haptic feedback so that you know when the system has recognized a command. It supports pinch-and-zoom and drag-and-drop moves to customize the layout of the screen. Icons are large and legible at a glance. Support for Apple's CarPlay works smoothly.

There's still the issue of the volume control. The Cadillac ATS has an up/down bar located just below the screen. Stylistically, it's seamless with the rest of the chevron-themed design, but ergonomically, it's still weird.

You can tap the silver bar to adjust volume in steps up or down, or touch the area above the bar and slide your finger across for up or down control. Both options are slow and imprecise, however, and I usually defaulted to the volume buttons on the steering wheel.

Support for Apple's CarPlay works smoothly. Plug in an iPhone 5 or later model, and the CarPlay option appears.

It's simple, crisp and easy to read at a glance. Music options popped up quickly, and I was comfortable selecting a playlist, for example, without becoming distracted. MORE: GM has said it will support Google's Android Auto as well, but it's not available yet. However, Android owners can enjoy one major convenience feature already in the Cadillac CUE system that iPhone owners can't: You can wirelessly stream Pandora to the dashboard from an Android phone. This may seem like a minor advantage, but when I was running errands and hopping in and out of the car, having my phone automatically connect and pick up my last song from where I left off — without taking the phone out of my pocket — was a major benefit. The car also has a hidden compartment behind the HVAC and volume controls for your phone.