A car dock app that makes it easy to listen to music, and manage your phone.
About Car Home Ultra
Car Home Ultra is an auto & vehicles app developed by TheSpinningHead.
Download Statistics
Car Home Ultra has been downloaded 2 million times. In the last 30 days, the app was downloaded 1 times.
User Ratings
Car Home Ultra is rated 3.51 out of 5 stars. The rating is based on 11 thousand ratings.
App Information
Car Home Ultra is FREE to download. The APK download size is 4.72 MB. The latest version available is 4.94. The last update was on November 5, 2025.
Technical Requirements
Car Home Ultra requires Android 5.1+ or higher. The app has a content rating of Everyone. The app has been available on Google Play October 2010.
Description
Car Home Ultra is a car dock app that makes it easy to manage your phone while in the car.
It can startup automatically when your car’s BT is detected, and you can always easily get back to CHU by tapping either the home button or the overlay button (see settings->startup options).
Car Home Ultra has many task automation features to setup your phone for use in the car. This includes: Auto Startup, Display Brightness control, volume control, WiFi settings, and more.
More Features: • Customize an unlimited number of shortcuts to launch apps, direct dial numbers, or even navigate to a specific location. • Use the media controller to manage any music or podcast app on your phone with big easy to see buttons. • Keep aware of your speed, location, weather, altitude, and more with the built in data widgets. • Multiple skins and color schemes for 100s of different looks. • Automatic Day and Night color schemes to preserve your night vision. • Automatic Response for SMS messages lets you focus on the road. • Speed Alarm to help you avoid tickets • Full Feature List Below
Mark the Geek: "CarHome Ultra for Android - Perfect App for in Car Dock" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9g-Aonh645Y
Android 4.2+ users can also use Google Voice Commands for a completely hands free experience. See this link for details: https://support.google.com/websearch/answer/6031948?hl=en
**This is a 30 day trial, if you like the app please purchase CarHome Ultra License for unlimited use**
Data Widgets: - Speedometer (speaks when pressed) - Compass - Altimeter - Battery Meter - Clock - Current Weather Conditions (Speaks when pressed) - Current Location (Speaks when pressed)
Other Features: - Integrated Media Controller (Play/Pause, Next, Previous, Artist, Title) - Unlimited number of custom shortcuts - Location alerts - Custom Day/Night color schemes - Multiple skins and color schemes - Auto switch between Day/Night based on Sunset and Sunrise - Set to speaker phone mode when docked (optional) - Starts CarHome when bluetooth connection is detected - Auto Bluetooth on with Car Mode (optional) - Auto Bluetooth off when exiting Car Mode (optional) - Auto Wifi on/off with Car Mode (optional) - Displays speed in KPH or MPH - Displays temperature in Celsius or Fahrenheit - Full Screen Mode - Support for Icon Packs - Lock Screen Rotation (landscape, portrait, reverse landscape, and reverse portrait) - Android 5 Material Design - Brightness and Display Mode Controls - Volume Controls - Tactile Button Response - Mute Alerts - 3 Page Type: 6 button, 8 button, and media controller - Sleep Mode: saves power and reduces heat - Keep Display On until you exit the app - Stop music/media on exit - Android Auto partially inspired by this app (yes, that’s true)
HAVE A PROBLEM? Please send me an email: contactus@thespinninghead.com
App Permission Descriptions: Device & App History – Required for the new Media Controller feature to detect if a media player is able to accept media requests.
Contacts/Calendar – This is required to setup a direct dial shortcut. Calendar is bundled with the contact permission.
Location – This is required to access the GPS for the speedometer, compass, altimeter, weather, etc…
Phone – This is required for the Direct Dial shortcut.
Photos/Media/Files – This is required for the Debug Log feature. Photos & Media are bundled with the permission, the app doesn’t need those.
Camera/Microphone – The app will need the microphone permission for any voice activated features in the future. It is required right now for the media player visualization feature. Attaching to the audio stream requires the mic permission. Camera is bundled with the mic permission, the app doesn’t use the camera.
Wi-Fi Connection – The app needs this permission to enable/disable Wi-Fi.
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Best car environment to use. Keeps the music and navigation apps as they are, unlike android auto, that make Tidal, Spotify or Plex or Waze, Google Maps, etc. look weird. The only issue I have found is that on the music viewer page. The covers from Tidal do not work (controls do, but no covers). This doesn't happen with Plex, preamp, Tidal, Amazon Music, etc. All those show music covers fine. There is something with Tidal that makes it a bit incompatible. I hope someone fixes this issue.
★★★★★Moti Goldshtein· May 7, 2021
Excellent app, been using it for several years now with multiple Android devices - works flawlessly. Auto launch is great, and the direct call feature is wonderful to minimize interactions while driving.
★☆☆☆☆Mike Jacobs· Aug 2, 2023
8/2/23: used app for years, but now "Direct Dial" no longer works or appears. Where's my refund? Stopped reading texts in 2016.
★☆☆☆☆Stephen C. Webster· Oct 3, 2022
Update: After years of use across a dozen different phones, Car Home Ultra has stopped launching on my Google Pixel 4 XL and forced me to switch. This complaint is not about the auto launch feature. The app simply will not open anymore. I would like to switch back, and I hope to hear that you guys fix this problem.
★★☆☆☆K. Callis· Apr 8, 2021
Once upon a time, this was my go-to app for auto interaction. Back then, my biggest complaint was the integration with the phone app. Now in 2021, there have been no updates in 2 years and definitely does play nice with Android 11. For instance, I have CHU exit when the initiating Bluetooth device shutdown. Or the least I thought it worked. Now, even with the Bluetooth device turned off, CHU keeps turning itself on until I do a force stop of the app. Not cool!
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