I don’t carry information on all car specifications in my head.
Seems like a perfectly reasonable way of conducting business 😊
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100 mile round trip commute every day in a Model 3, home charger at 7.68kW recharges that in a little over four hours regardless of summer or winter in my unheated garage. Never had a problem.
I honestly don't get people's obsession with carplay... It's just a damn phone interface blown up on your car screen with very limited functionality.... The next generation of carplay that Apple demo'd recently looks promising because it will actually integrate with the car and provide controls.. but for now you are 100% right the current iteration of carplay does not hold a candle.
No....
Seriously, I doubt it ever happens. Unlike almost all other vehicles on the road today, Tesla built out a complete UI full of native apps for a number of services. They don't need a "crutch" like replacing or overlaying the OEM screen and UI with a standard Apple CarPlay launcher.
All they really need is to add native support for a few more popular apps people keep using CarPlay to launch. I'd say that would include Pandora, IHeartRadio, possibly MLB At Bat, and Waze navigation.
100% this. It’s funny because I waited a year when buying a car to make sure my VW Golf R came with CarPlay back in 2015. Having now switched to Tesla, CarPlay is essentially a kid’s toy in terms of UI by comparison. It’s not even close. If CarPlay ever comes to Tesla it will need to be a completely bespoke version, not the basic interface you see on pretty much every car.
Ah ok, thats understandable. I didn’t even think of that because I was thinking only from my perspective and I exclusively stream. For listening to music stored on your phone, I agree that the Tesla system needs improvement and is not a match for CarPlay. Have you tried moving it to a usb storage device vs playing from the phone via Bluetooth? I’ve never tried it, but I wonder if it would give you more functionality (ie the ability to navigate albums, playlists etc on the Tesla screen). It’s still another step and less seamless than CarPlay, so I get what you’re saying.
So you are one of those ice-truckers from the TV-series 😁 If so, it's okay you don't go for an EV but keep your diesel truck
Why do people want CarPlay on a Tesla? Care to remember that it was made to be an alternative to the garbage infotainment systems that cars came with?
Tesla's UI isn't bad and has more features as well. I don't know what more you guys want but this is enough Apple stuff, just hoping that it comes with Dolby Atmos since the car definitely has support for it.
Tesla's UI isn't bad and has more features as well. I don't know what more you guys want but this is enough Apple stuff, just hoping that it comes with Dolby Atmos since the car definitely has support for it.
Part of that problem is also crappy Spotify. Let’s see if Apple Music will work better.
The main reason anybody would want CarPlay is for Apple Music, which this solves.
Text messages etc are handled just fine through the Tesla UI, as long as you enable message access on the iPhone itself (labeled as Show Notifications, in your iPhone BT settings)
Or for using other apps like Waze, or messaging apps like WhatsApp. I rarely supercharge and would prefer to use Waze unless I'm going on a long road trip. However, the rumor is that Tesla will introduce an App Store soon so if Waze and other messaging apps are compatible via third party app, I'd be happy. Until then I would prefer to use CarPlay most of the time.
yes, I forgot the Waze users, Tesla needs to enable that App Store sooner rather than later. That or, allow a floating CarPlay window like other large screened car manufacturers. They don't even have to make CarPlay show up by default, just have it there for people who want it.
However, I do prefer the Tesla text messaging interface over Apple's, because it does show you a message bubble, and you can respond with your voice. (Toyota does this too even, it is only CarPlay that doesn't, but I get it, safety).
my interest is in having a similar ease-of-use accessing the music on my phone
I don’t care if Tesla make their own app, just improve on the current setup