Possibly, but leaving Apple Maps behind is a big one for a car.
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Apple Podcasts App Arriving on Tesla Vehicles Next Week
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Possibly, but leaving Apple Maps behind is a big one for a car.
They should at least let you use your cellphone as some kind of a Wi-Fi hub.
Apple doesn't host the Podcast files, so they can't control that. They only give a link and it's streamed/downloaded from wherever the podcaster decides.
Amazon hosts and delivers the files to you.
Or you can just use your phone as a hotspot. Apple Music works just fine without premium connectivity. You can also have a Shortcut enabling/disabling wifi hotspot when connected/disconnected to your Tesla.
No kidding - that's mostly for the AI/ML FSD stuff - which you can opt out of VERY easily. I mean, they're sending video files so, yeah, that's a LOT of data. Then there's the on-board data that can get polled after an accident which gets used in court cases (usually to prove the driver isn't remembering how things actually happened)
Tesla has to pay for the cellular connection to bring podcast audio to your car. Why are you shocked that they need to recoup the cost by charging for the $10/month premium connectivity service?
This is great news! I wonder if my letters to Elon and Tim played a role 😂. Now I don’t have to mess with my iPhone when driving 70 miles an hour. I wonder if the Tesla’s voice control will work.
Same reason Apple doesn't give the choice to run Android on iPhones.
I'd like it too, but unless people stop buying Teslas because of it then it isn't coming. Most Tesla owner's (including myself) think Tesla's UI is good enough and not worth chasing another EV that has CarPlay over the other benefits Tesla brings.
I think there may be a couple of reasons for it. One is Apple Maps isn’t as good as the Tesla maps.
Second, Apple Maps doesn’t have any idea about the state of charge or EV trip planning.
Third, it is a source of income, I assume, for Tesla to have that Premium connectivity.
Good grief for the $9.99 that Tesla charges for basically unlimited AT&T LTE, they are hardly price gouging.
OnStar is now $35/month to be able to unlock your doors in an app and run diagnostics.
Glad to see Podcasts app come to the interface. Right now its probably the main reason I sometimes switch from the built-in Apple Music to a bluetooth connection.
OnStar is now $35/month to be able to unlock your doors in an app and run diagnostics.
Glad to see Podcasts app come to the interface. Right now its probably the main reason I sometimes switch from the built-in Apple Music to a bluetooth connection.
Lol I wouldn't know, I have a pretty old car, but I added Wireless CarPlay in it. Then if they do, what's the problem?
I have 80GB of data on my phone that I don't really use (it's one of the cheapest plans I can have...), so the day I switch to a modern car, I'll be glad to use my cellphone and won't pay any monthly fee for cell data to a car maker.
I was going to say, "Don't people find this outrageous?" Then I decided to look up with Tesla means by Premium Connectivity and I see that basically only one cellular function comes standard which is Navigation. Everything else that would require cellular connection will need that so-called Premium Connectivity plan.
Then I'm thinking, if you don't already have a Premium Plan, just use your cellphone to stream podcasts if the episodes are not downloaded already. 🤷♀️
I pay by the year which comes out to just over $8/month. I think thats reasonable for what you get (live traffic, satellite imagery, streaming, etc). I hope the Podcast app is not run like the Apple Music in that it just redraws the website version of the application. I found the Apple Music (at least in my 2018 75D MS with HW2.5) to be a bit sluggish and slow compared to Spotify. But over all I'm glad more options are coming, hopefully we get an app store so that real developers can create much better and smoother app experiences.
I haven't explored all of my Tesla's apps yet but not having Apple maps nor Waze kinda stink. I rented a Carplay vehicle on vacation and realized what I had been missing.
There really isn't a problem. People just like to complain, especially since Elon is an *******. Also $100 a year for the ability to stream music, netflix, web browsing, and remotely viewing the cameras on the car is not bad.
I use CarPlay and don’t have to pay extra each month to each something I already own, I still fail to see why people need to pay for something you can just plug your phone into.
If you want CarPlay, you have the choice of ALL other cars ...
I don't see how CarPlay could integrate in Tesla ecosystem ...
Screen layout, Tesla apps for battery stats, controls, access to battery data/consumption, charge planning ...
My wife has CarPlay in her car, I was fan before using it, but it's absolutely not well integrated with the rest of the interface.
You constantly need to switch in or out CarPlay, you have conflicts for phone management (CarPlay or BT of the car ?)
When you don't use CarPlay, it popups each time you receive a notification.
It's a very good workaround for cars with a very poor entertainment system.
But I prefer to have a good integrated system, built for the car with it's constraints and benefits and build-in apps to access my services.
Apple Podcasts was missing, and I am super happy that it comes.
No need for any other app.
I don't see how CarPlay could integrate in Tesla ecosystem ...
Screen layout, Tesla apps for battery stats, controls, access to battery data/consumption, charge planning ...
My wife has CarPlay in her car, I was fan before using it, but it's absolutely not well integrated with the rest of the interface.
You constantly need to switch in or out CarPlay, you have conflicts for phone management (CarPlay or BT of the car ?)
When you don't use CarPlay, it popups each time you receive a notification.
It's a very good workaround for cars with a very poor entertainment system.
But I prefer to have a good integrated system, built for the car with it's constraints and benefits and build-in apps to access my services.
Apple Podcasts was missing, and I am super happy that it comes.
No need for any other app.
Do you have to have the constant connection? That sours my cyber truck fantasies.