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Apple Music Integration Coming to 'Nearly All' 2022 Audi Models
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Hope this is not a prelude to discontinuing free CarPlay in favor of an Audi subscription service to get connectivity to Apple Music.
Would love to see direct Apple Music integration in more audio streaming products that could actually resolve the HD audio properly. It’s amazing how big of a miss their HD play is at this point, but half the time they can only get 15 seconds of a song to play so I’m not holding my breath.
Not everyone uses their phones/cars the way some of you do...it may seem redundant, but my wife, for example, does not use CarPlay and never connects her phone (wired or wireless). And there are plenty of non-techy people out there that just want to get in and drive and hear their music.
I have kept my Sirius/XM subscription just for this reason (and I don't mind the variety sometimes), but DAMN, I would love to be able to just climb in the car and access my Apple Music account without connecting to CarPlay/my phone sometimes (and all of the time for her).
I also have issues with many CarPlay interfaces not showing the music info on the main dash while I'm looking at Maps, so I actually mount my phone to see what is playing on Apple Music while the CarPlay screen shows Maps. The dash on my 2019 VW just shows "Apple Music" or some generic symbol with the name....doesn't say what is playing (but Sirius does show channel/names...weird). I know that is a VW/car manufacturer thing, but still...
An I added CarPlay to my Audi....a 2009 S5....hah
CarPlay in 2009 Audi S5
Too bad this update won't help me...
I have kept my Sirius/XM subscription just for this reason (and I don't mind the variety sometimes), but DAMN, I would love to be able to just climb in the car and access my Apple Music account without connecting to CarPlay/my phone sometimes (and all of the time for her).
I also have issues with many CarPlay interfaces not showing the music info on the main dash while I'm looking at Maps, so I actually mount my phone to see what is playing on Apple Music while the CarPlay screen shows Maps. The dash on my 2019 VW just shows "Apple Music" or some generic symbol with the name....doesn't say what is playing (but Sirius does show channel/names...weird). I know that is a VW/car manufacturer thing, but still...
An I added CarPlay to my Audi....a 2009 S5....hah
CarPlay in 2009 Audi S5
Too bad this update won't help me...
My favorite Audi are the 1980's quattros but they will never have car play ?
Honestly, 5 times a week when I go for a run ! I dont run with it, and I dont want to leave it unattended in the car as it's also a digital key
The idea that cars now have apps is really annoying. Will cars soon have the same privacy problems as smartphones? Can I opt out of having any apps in my car?
This will also be great for people that want to be able to text and do social media while they drive. /s
I’m afraid your 2019 will almost certainly be MIB2. You need an MIB3 head unit for OTA upgrades unfortunately.
True enough.
But ask some people if they have an Apple Watch if it's the cellular version, as the reason for getting the cellular version means leaving the iPhone at home which is the point of not carrying the iPhone.
why would i use in-car data for anything? why should my traffic flow through the mobile packet core of audi/vw/random car manufacturer?
and for god's sake, why all those stupid touchscreens everywhere? i hate to look for things in the car. using touchscreens for everything is a pretty dumb idea w/o haptic feedback.
and for god's sake, why all those stupid touchscreens everywhere? i hate to look for things in the car. using touchscreens for everything is a pretty dumb idea w/o haptic feedback.
Totally... and bellow the touchscreen, keep climate and other controls outside the screen. hate all the controls inside a digital interface like Tesla
Redundant? Yes and no. I've ordered a VW ID.4, an electric car made by the company that owns Audi, so there's a lot of parts and feature sharing.
There have been some reviews of the ID.5 (coupe variant) in Germany, and it comes with the upcoming Version 3.1 software update. One review of the 3.1 software I looked at showed that it is offering both Apple Music and Spotify. The car also has wired and wireless CarPlay and Android Auto, so you can use whatever you prefer. I would be quite surprised if Audi didn't have Spotify as a choice if Volkswagen does.
The car does come with a few years of wireless control (start/stop climate control and so forth), but I'm not sure if there's an immediate fee for connectivity. I don't know if I'm going to pay for it after the complimentary period runs out. We'll see. If I don't, no big deal. Somebody else out there will make use of it.
I plan to use wireless CarPlay most of the time, since everything's already set up the way I like it, but having Apple Music built-in is handy for me (I don't use Spotify, personally). Normally, I do have my phone with me, but if for some reason I don't, it's nice to have another option.
Another consideration: VW uses Verizon for in-car services. Verizon has a pretty good network in many areas, and there may be times when the car has a signal but my T-Mobile phone doesn't. I might want to keep listening to random songs instead of just using my local library of podcasts and songs.
There have been some reviews of the ID.5 (coupe variant) in Germany, and it comes with the upcoming Version 3.1 software update. One review of the 3.1 software I looked at showed that it is offering both Apple Music and Spotify. The car also has wired and wireless CarPlay and Android Auto, so you can use whatever you prefer. I would be quite surprised if Audi didn't have Spotify as a choice if Volkswagen does.
The car does come with a few years of wireless control (start/stop climate control and so forth), but I'm not sure if there's an immediate fee for connectivity. I don't know if I'm going to pay for it after the complimentary period runs out. We'll see. If I don't, no big deal. Somebody else out there will make use of it.
I plan to use wireless CarPlay most of the time, since everything's already set up the way I like it, but having Apple Music built-in is handy for me (I don't use Spotify, personally). Normally, I do have my phone with me, but if for some reason I don't, it's nice to have another option.
Another consideration: VW uses Verizon for in-car services. Verizon has a pretty good network in many areas, and there may be times when the car has a signal but my T-Mobile phone doesn't. I might want to keep listening to random songs instead of just using my local library of podcasts and songs.
Agreed, although it's nice to have the dedicated music app, it's best to also have control over other features and the Map capability.
I have no idea if that is a mockup or if that is Audi's actual UI for their infotainment systems, but that looks sleek. I have no idea why car stereo systems mostly look like they are running on windows CE circa 2002. They're getting better, but they are still mostly a long ways away from where they should be for 2022.
I'm not talking about a car. I'm talking about the app on my phone never working right
Yes that's a real picture, my A6 looks exactly like that. The nav view in the dashboard (virtual cockpit) is really neat as well, but it only works with the native AUDI Nav and doesn't work with Carplay Nav apps.
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