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Alfa Romeo, Audi, Genesis, Jeep, and Kia Debut New CarPlay Vehicles at LA Auto Show
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Just like another company that seems too preoccupied with one aspect of design.
Ok, I misspoke. It actually uses both. The point I was very poorly attempting to make is that a WiFi radio is required on the receiving CarPlay device. These new BMWs contain both Bluetooth and WiFI radios, making this possible. The vast majority of vehicles of course do not.
Under the hood, it seems that CarPlay is really just AirPlay. That is, it's beaming imagery to the screen as an encoded video stream, which then reacts to touches. BT wasn't really made for that.
in terms of honoring a post-purchase commitment in a timely manner, hyundai wins hands down!
i purchased a 2016 tuscon this year, and within days of its purchase, i had both carplay and android auto added to the system retrospectively. the screen is gorgeous and the apple carplay although limited but flawless.
since it has its own wifi chip, i only hope hyundai goes on to add wireless carplay. that would be kickass.
i purchased a 2016 tuscon this year, and within days of its purchase, i had both carplay and android auto added to the system retrospectively. the screen is gorgeous and the apple carplay although limited but flawless.
since it has its own wifi chip, i only hope hyundai goes on to add wireless carplay. that would be kickass.
Well, thats how it works actually. To simplify it, car models are sold the year before their stated model year. A brand new to the market car, sold in 2016 is a 2017 model. So a brand new to the market car sold in 2017, is a 2018.
Tesla copied the Maserati. Their design is not original.
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But they aren't luxury cars when you spend time inside. We had a CX-5 for about a year. My wife hated it. It felt big, didn't handle that well, felt slow. The Nav system was bad and difficult to use, the iPod integration was so horrible and slow you couldn't use it. It would take 10 minutes to examine your library every time you switched to the input! Wait 10 minutes to listen to music? No thanks. So instead you use BT to listen, but then have to control from your phone or just select next song from head unit.
People can knock the VW nav systems and head units, but they actually work. My Touareg can take addresss from the iPhone phone book (most of the time at least) and does a good job offering 3 routes and compensating for traffic. The only thing the CX5 had that worked better was it was better at compensating for traffic ahead because it used a different traffic system.
The model year is derived from the earliest year that the car will be sold on the day Jan 1. So if you start selling the car on any date between Jan 2, 2017 and Jan 1, 2018 it would be a 2018 model.
This does not seem overly scandalous to me, and I definitely don't think that when a car is "shown" should be a factor on setting the model year at all.
Toyota is so far behind they nearly are lost. Refusing to go electric and actually bashing it in favor of hydrogen. 1.2Billion dollar criminal fine (largest ever) for concealing safety defects. I would not be surprised if they were out of the car business in a decade...
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Not always. My 1997 Dodge Viper was built in November 1997. Tesla car year also reflects the year of manufacture.
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Do you mean they copied this massive screen from the 2012 gran turismo??
I can't be positive but my guess is the Bluetooth spec doesn't allow for the control that Carplay needs and/or have the ability for graphics.
I have a 2017 Audi A4 with Car Play and I'm extremely disappointed. There are frequent random times when the podcast stops playing. Half the time when I plug my phone (iPhone 6s) in it either doesn't connect, or the video pops up on the screen but the audio comes out of the iPhone speakers forcing you to disconnect and reconnect in hopes that it gets it right. Sometimes it connects immediately, sometimes it takes a couple minutes. All in all not a good experience.
The wife's new Kia Sportage SX turbo she wanted has carplay which she likes. She doesn't mind having to plug it in, we simply have the chord shortened by looping it on itself and it doesn't get in the way or cause problems. I was going to find a way to mount a dock in there to use but that comes later.
Because they're allowed to do so? 1/1/2017 is when they are allowed to market their cars as 2018s
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No... that's one part of the process. In that video you posted, there's a prompt where the guy is asked to turn on WiFi and enable wireless CarPlay...
I owned two different aftermarket CarPlay head units. Both of them give a similar experience, a very mediocre one.
When it is working as intended, I would give it a 3/5 stars. If it wasn't so limited, I would give it a 5/5. The ability to use Waze would be nice.
The software is inconsistent and full of bugs.
I would like wireless CarPlay, but I wonder how a user could fix the bugs if they cannot simply unplug/replug their iPhone. Well, considering that is the best way to do it with non-wireless.
It's actually a *second* screen in the Audis and hardly an afterthought. The entire dash is also a screen that can display nav map (google earth) or whatever.
The MMI system in Audis takes some getting used to but in my opinion is far preferrable to touch screens that are often jammed with too much information and require you to take your eyes from the road to operate.
But with respect to Carplay, it's okay, but not great. There are many obvious features missing, like a streaming radio app, for example. Siri is slow and sucks at so many basic things. There is no apparent calendar integration which would be incredibly useful. And many or most of the functions often overlap or conflict with manufacturer supplied systems.
i use this in my 16' tucson. of course, under the USB port is a nice little cabin/tray where i can lay the phone. everything's neatly tucked in, invisible, and neat.
