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BMW i4 Showcases Fully Integrated Apple CarPlay in Instrument Cluster
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Touch screen displays while you're driving are hopeless. Yeah, it's all easy when you're stationary but not when you're actually driving.
My cars temp controls are all touch & haptic nonsense as well.
Give me back my physical controls.
My cars temp controls are all touch & haptic nonsense as well.
Give me back my physical controls.
OK, so Apple Maps directions aren’t displayed between the dials (built in Tom Tom ones are) - but this isn’t that special.
My little 2020 Peugeot 208 has two screens, one for dials and driving info (with a 3D effect) where the physicial dials would be in an older car and then a wide one angled towards the driver in the middle. With CarPlay on the main screen.
I suppose the only difference with this and any other recent car is that it can use a second display (or the first depending on how you look at it) as a limited second screen for CarPlay?
My little 2020 Peugeot 208 has two screens, one for dials and driving info (with a 3D effect) where the physicial dials would be in an older car and then a wide one angled towards the driver in the middle. With CarPlay on the main screen.
I suppose the only difference with this and any other recent car is that it can use a second display (or the first depending on how you look at it) as a limited second screen for CarPlay?
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The i8 was retired over a year ago and was always a hybrid. Their new "flagship" electric is the iX.
Really not a fan of their grill change. I bet it's gone in a few years.
No, CarPlay is free for BMW since MY2019+
As to the original article point. The video isn’t clear how detailed the map projection is for CarPlay. It showed the directional line, but not much more detail and it also didn’t show the HUD. So very hard to know how well it stacks up against the BMW built in NAV, but cool to see BMW improving in this area anyway. They seem to be the OEM most interested in pushing the boundaries with CarPlay.
Tesla's lack of CarPlay and Android Auto is a serious negative.
They don’t anymore. For once people complaining about subscriptions changed things. Just got a 330e and was seriously going to go with another maker if they tried that scam with me. I don’t mind paying for things but hate getting ripped off.
With a wide screen display, I expect that there will be those who expect you can run a Zoom or Teams or Facetime meeting and have lots of people's faces in little boxes all across the display. What about some youtubes too!
Wouldn't want to have to look up very much to see what's going on with your driving progress while you collab!
Wouldn't want to have to look up very much to see what's going on with your driving progress while you collab!
I think the chances of Tesla adding CarPlay are extremely slim. They have their own plans for enhancing their system which is better than most already. There were rumors over the past couple of years of them adding Apple Music, but that seemed to go away.
I don't think BMW knows what it's doing with their design. Why does the i4 and the iX have huge fake grills even though it's an electric vehicle? I don't mind the big grills that much when it's on an ICE vehicle, because at least it's functional. What the heck does an electric vehicle need those huge kidneys for?
It’s “head-up display” (singular), since it applies only to the (singular) driver, referring to how they can look at the display with their head up.
”Heads up” is, I believe, an expression from American football.
”Heads up” is, I believe, an expression from American football.
Apple does not charge auto manufacturers for Car Play. There is no reason for BMW to had tried to charge for it (they since relented) other than to pad their own revenue.
Tell it to Merriam Webster
Or tech companies who make them
Heads Up Display | BrightView Technologies, Inc.
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Was just redesigned last year. In practice you are rarely on that launcher screen.
so if you can’t afford something it’s all the sudden “cringe worthy”?
Who says cringe worthy to cars anyway? People's attitude on this forum is really next level "cringe worthy" 🤣
I don’t like the direction the industry is going with on screen only controls. Really going to be hard for me to decide on a replacement for my 2016 vehicle when the brand I enjoy is going this same path as BMW for screen only controls for most functions.
I definitely like cars of this class, but also enjoy wearing gloves and having chunky buttons, knobs and switches to operate when needed.
I definitely like cars of this class, but also enjoy wearing gloves and having chunky buttons, knobs and switches to operate when needed.
What part of their post gave an indication of their income level or ability to afford this vehicle?
This. It’s so much worse than Google Maps in the UK. It’s got better, but it’s still nothing compared to Google Maps - which can find literally anything anywhere. It almost stopped me switching to iPhone because I didn’t want to switch then just install all the Google apps I used on my Android phone on the iPhone. But I got a new car with built in Tom Tom sat nav, which circumvented the problem.