Volkswagen Turns Your Parked Car Into A Game Console For $149 A Year
AirConsole launches on six Volkswagen models with 20 games. Smartphones become controllers while the vehicle is parked. Gaming requires VW’s $149-per-year In-Vehicle Premium subscription. Cars are increasingly becoming computers on wheels, so perhaps it was inevitable that we’d eventually start treating them like game consoles, too. Volkswagen is taking that next step for 2027, adding N-Dream’s AirConsole gaming to several of its U.S. models. The system lets you play everything from Tetris to Pac-Man on the car’s infotainment screen. There is, naturally, a subscription involved, because how could these games work without an internet connection? AirConsole will be offered on the 2027 Atlas, Atlas Cross Sport, Tiguan, Golf GTI, Golf R, and ID. Buzz. Volkswagen says that makes it the first volume-market automaker to offer the gaming platform in the United States . Notably, AirConsole is already available through premium br...
