Apple Podcasts App Arriving on Tesla Vehicles Next Week

[MacRumors]

The Apple Podcasts app is set to arrive on Tesla vehicles with the company's 2023 Holiday Update that rolls out next week.

Tesla Model S, 3, X, Y, and Cybertruck owners in almost 50 countries and regions will receive the app via a free, over-the-air software update. A Premium Connectivity subscription is required to stream Apple Podcasts over a cellular connection.

Following the update, users will see the Apple Podcasts app in the Tesla's App Launcher. It can be opened on top of the map or dragged to the My Apps dock at the bottom where it will remained pinned. When opening the Apple Podcasts app for the first time, users must use their iPhone to scan an on-screen QR code to open a corresponding webpage and sign-in using their Apple ID.

The Apple Podcasts app for Tesla vehicles features the Listen Now tab, Up Next queue, Latest Episodes, Recently Played episodes, Browse tab, Top Shows, and Top Episodes, just like its counterparts on Apple devices. It also contains a user's entire podcasts library, enabling them to see the shows they follow, saved episodes, and the latest episodes from shows they follow.

Playback is synced across devices so, when the driver arrives at their destination, they can continue listening from where they left off on another Apple device. Apple Podcasts is also directly integrated into Tesla's search experience, allowing users to search for specific shows, people, and topics and browse relevant results.

Article Link: Apple Podcasts App Arriving on Tesla Vehicles Next Week

 

[iphonehype]

Awesome, hope they bring Books soon too!

 

[dominiongamma]

Have to pay to use it?? wow

 

[Mac Fly (film)]

Have to pay to use it?? wow

Correct, Tesla does't provide a cell connection to its cars free of charge. Yes, CarPlay would work through the iPhone, but you know, Tesla won't give up that control. Safe to say Apple wouldn't either in their position.

 

[one more]

What about going fully in and just enabling CarPlay?

 

[dominiongamma]

Correct, Tesla does't provide a cell connection to its cars free of charge. Yes, CarPlay would work through the iPhone, but you know, Tesla won't give up that control. Safe to say Apple wouldn't either in their position.

I know, I’m shocked car companies charge to use such features, but I guess if you can afford the car, you can afford to 🫠, but in principle it boggles my mind

 

[ThexBurning]

What about going fully in and just enabling CarPlay?

I’m a big fan of CarPlay but I also own a Tesla and there is just no reason for it with the Tesla interface. Tesla’s integration of Apple Music is so much better than CarPlay itself.

 

[Mac Fly (film)]

I know, I’m shocked car companies charge to use such features, but I guess if you can afford the car, you can afford to 🫠, but in principle it boggles my mind

I'm certainly not defending any car company, but I'm just wondering if you expect car companies to provide you free cell and data coverage?

 

[WarmWinterHat]

I’m a big fan of CarPlay but I also own a Tesla and there is just no reason for it with the Tesla interface. Tesla’s integration of Apple Music is so much better than CarPlay itself.

I'm in the market for an EV, but don't want one with a active cell connection seperate from my phone. CarPlay doesn't need a seperate data plan.

My wife had a Model 3 when we met and while the interface was nice, I didn't like the constant data stream between Tesla and the car and there was no way to use Waze; there was also no service for about half the county I lived in. She has since sold it.

 

[oldmacs]

I’m a big fan of CarPlay but I also own a Tesla and there is just no reason for it with the Tesla interface. Tesla’s integration of Apple Music is so much better than CarPlay itself.

I much prefer CarPlay over Tesla’s software. Why not give people the choice?

 

[tomtad]

The Apple-Musk love in continues

 

[falkon-engine]

Here’s an innovative revolutionary idea from outer space, how about just enabling CarPlay ?

 

[GDF]

I know, I’m shocked car companies charge to use such features, but I guess if you can afford the car, you can afford to 🫠, but in principle it boggles my mind

Why shocked? Car companies should give you free cellular connection to stream? Not that much to get a cellular connection in your car, which is the premium connectivity. Well worth it compared to most streaming stuff you pay for and cheap.

And if you want free, just use your phone to stream via bluetooth or usb connection. 🙂

 

[djplong]

Have to pay to use it?? wow

No. You have to pay for the connection. The Premium Connectivity is basically the $10/mo charge to provide cell service to the vehicle so that you get things like live traffic (for navigation), video streaming (while parked - like when you're charging) and other over-the-air features, some of which can be done your phone with a Bluetooth connection.

If you're paying for Premium Connectivity already, you don't pay ANYthing extra for Apple Music, or Podcasts.

 

[WarmWinterHat]

No. You have to pay for the connection. The Premium Connectivity is basically the $10/mo charge to provide cell service to the vehicle so that you get things like live traffic (for navigation), video streaming (while parked - like when you're charging) and other over-the-air features, some of which can be done your phone with a Bluetooth connection.

If you're paying for Premium Connectivity already, you don't pay ANYthing extra for Apple Music, or Podcasts.

...and massive tracking/logging by Tesla. The amount of data the collect and keep is unreal.

 

[kenny7]

Apple bends the knee🤭

 

[stevet]

I know, I’m shocked car companies charge to use such features, but I guess if you can afford the car, you can afford to 🫠, but in principle it boggles my mind

shocked that a car company is charging you to use the cell bandwidth for entertainment?

 

[Scrundel]

Have to pay to use it?? wow

No, you pay $10/mo for the cellular connection to enable certain features. You can also connect to your phone’s hotspot for the same functionality.

I’m not a Tesla fanboy but let’s at least be honest about the facts

 

[Scrundel]

...and massive tracking/logging by Tesla. The amount of data the collect and keep is unreal.

My wife’s Ford collects just as much data. Do you drive a privacy-focused car? Please share

 

[mattopotamus]

shocked that a car company is charging you to use the cell bandwidth for entertainment?

How many cars can you access Netflix/youtubetv/etc from and have a live look at your cameras from your phone? It's a lot more bandwidth than just maps or streaming music.

 

[WarmWinterHat]

My wife’s Ford collects just as much data. Do you drive a privacy-focused car? Please share

I drive a VW, and I don't let it connect to VWnet. I disconnected the internal cell antenna and everything still works fine.

Either way, this data collection should be opt-out without any decline in functionality.

U.S. Senator: What Do Our Cars Know? And Who Do They Share that Information With?

U.S. Senator Ed Markey of Massachusetts has sent a much-needed letter to car manufacturers asking them to clarify a surprisingly hard question to answer: what data cars collect? Who has the ability to access that data? Private companies can often be a black box of secrecy that obscure basic facts...

www.eff.org

 

[tonyob]

If you don't want to pay for Tesla Premium Connectivity to get LTE in the car, then you can just connect the car over WiFi to your iPhone's personal hotspot and then use the Tesla apps in your car. Only catch it that you have to make this connection manually at the beginning of every drive.

 

[Scrundel]

Here’s an innovative revolutionary idea from outer space, how about just enabling CarPlay

Are there any other cars with a large tablet user interface that have CarPlay? I like CarPlay fine, I just don’t see the CarPlay and Tesla UIs as being compatible. Apple would need to do a major overhaul, or fork a separate UI for cars with a big tablet that’s also used as the speedometer and to control core vehicle functionality. Just having a CarPlay popup picture-in-picture window would not look great

 

[Scrundel]

I drive a VW, and I don't let it connect to VWnet. I disconnected the internal cell antenna.

Either way, this data collection should be opt-out without any decline in functionality.

U.S. Senator: What Do Our Cars Know? And Who Do They Share that Information With?

U.S. Senator Ed Markey of Massachusetts has sent a much-needed letter to car manufacturers asking them to clarify a surprisingly hard question to answer: what data cars collect? Who has the ability to access that data? Private companies can often be a black box of secrecy that obscure basic facts...

www.eff.org

You can decline all data sharing in a Tesla, it’s right there in the options. You can get 100% of the same functionality as paying them money and sharing data by connecting the car to a cellular hotspot for data.

 

[Scrundel]

If you don't want to pay for Tesla Premium Connectivity to get LTE in the car, then you can just connect the car over WiFi to your iPhone's personal hotspot and then use the Tesla apps in your car. Only catch it that you have to make this connection manually at the beginning of every drive.

You don’t anymore, the car will treat it like a normal WiFi connection and there’s an option to connect automatically while driving