Considering Mercedes is one of the "supported" brands in this new CarPlay implementation, I expect all of those screens to be Apple-fied soon enough.
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Apple Announces Multi-Display CarPlay With Integrated Speedometer, Climate Controls, and More
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Apple can't make everything, I am happy with this implementation. I wish they would make routers again though.
While I have no idea, it’s safe to assume that no, current cars will not get this. You will need to buy a car that has these newer features listed as supported.
For example, bmw added support for Apple Maps via CarPlay on their digital gage cluster and HUD.
You needed a new car though as even though older bmws had HUDs and digital gage clusters, they were not supported.
Ultimately, they probably could do it but the risk of introducing a bug via a firmware update for your car is high and the reward (maybe they could charge you $200 and give some business to their dealerships) is low. Plus, they’d prefer you to just buy a new car all together.
Which is crazy to me that people don’t keep their cars for at least 10 years or 100k miles because they’re such a bad use of money.
Why Apple Shouldn't Be Allowed to Turn a Car Dashboard into an iPhone — Streetsblog USA
Apple's new CarPlay dashboard (!) is prompting a conversation about why regulators aren't taking action on "infotainment" systems that induce the very dangerous driving that manufacturers claim will do the opposite.
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And this is why you have things like front assist, lane assist etc. so that if your eyes are off the road, you still stop in timeWhy Apple Shouldn't Be Allowed to Turn a Car Dashboard into an iPhone — Streetsblog USA
Apple's new CarPlay dashboard (!) is prompting a conversation about why regulators aren't taking action on "infotainment" systems that induce the very dangerous driving that manufacturers claim will do the opposite.
Glad to see Infiniti aboard. They gave a free upgrade to wireless CarPlay, which I love. Might have to get a 2023 q50 red sport.
I would like to see the sample size and more data on on this because I have never seen someone tap on their Carplay screen longer than I have seen people looking down texting and driving. Apple already highly limits what apps are even available on carplay the most "touch intensive" apps I can think of are probably music and podcast.Why Apple Shouldn't Be Allowed to Turn a Car Dashboard into an iPhone — Streetsblog USA
Apple's new CarPlay dashboard (!) is prompting a conversation about why regulators aren't taking action on "infotainment" systems that induce the very dangerous driving that manufacturers claim will do the opposite.
To my knowledge android auto even only just recently got a simpler design layout, I know back when I had my S20 Ultra I certainly spent more time on the screen to navigate it (using older Android Auto) compared to Carplay.
Ok, maybe I'm stupid but how the hell am I supposed to easily adjust the volume and climate control without a knob or button?
The next-generation CarPlay experience will be able to provide content across multiple screens within a vehicle, and deeper integration with a vehicle's hardware will allow users to control the radio, adjust climate controls, and more directly within CarPlay.
And of course the $80k Apple Car is driving through gentrified North Oakland.
Not my photo, but my '22 Audi A6 has three screens. The gauges behind the steering wheel are all screen-based, and you can basically make the whole area around the gauges into the Nav-map, but only with the Audi Nav, not the Carplay Apple or Google maps. The center console screen (just to the right of the steering wheel) is the one that can be taken over with wireless Carplay. The lower console screen has climate controls (all haptic screen based), that one would probably still be proprietary in the new full dash Carplay and isn't shown in their mockups. Volume controls (and forward/back on the songs) are on the steering wheel and also the one little knob under the climate screen just above the cup holders.
Its the WWDC, so this is the place to trigger ideas from developers. One app that could make use of this new CarPlay: Road Trip HD (car statistics). And maybe Furkot Planner could have an app version too.
As a half step, Tesla recently promised to support AirPlay. Frankly dropping Bluetooth for AirPlay is the most important thing when it comes to Apple Music. As far as I know Apple Music via your iPhone or iPad already has better audio quality than the built in Spotify on your Tesla
However I don’t know how they will mitigate this, but AirPlay is not “automatic” like Bluetooth. Getting into the car will not let it automatically choose Apple Music and start it like it would Bluetooth. I would have to click the little icon, and choose the car every time.
i hope it will be automatically done: right now AirPlay 2 ”automagically” switches between iPhone, iPad & HomePod. No, it isn’t 100% effective, but it usually works. Yes, obviously the Tesla would be a third party device, but at least in theory it could be made to work
Xzibit: "Dawg, we heard how much you like CarPlay...so we put CarPlay in your Apple Car!"
I own a Tesla Model 3 Long Range since February 2022 and Tesla UX is not decent at all.
The car is nice, but the software is 💩.
Among other things, it can't…
…find chargers except Tesla SuC
…control playlists or podcasts
…call back caller
…navigate to destination from contacts by name, because it always needs the explicit address
…use Wi-Fi captive portal authentication
…show lanes in 3D navigation
I'm getting a new Tesla Model 3 in September and that will be the last Tesla I'll buy until Tesla supports CarPlay.
??You certainly can find other chargers — you can set it to search for different charger categories.
I listen to podcasts via Overcast all the time, never had a problem. Same with playlists via Apple Music/iTunes. To the extent that playlists are problematic, I need to clean up my huge playlist collection - it goes back decades of iTunes crust.
Call backs work fine, I just locked the recent calls, and tap on the one I want to call back. Is it perfect, no. But waiting for CarPlay makes no sense, it will never come to a Tesla, the new version is clearly intended for car companies incapable of writing their own software, ones that are strictly buying third party software right now anyway