CarPlay is Coming to Pontoon Boats

[Isentropic]

In 500 ft, turn right into the Mariana Trench

 

[Taq'aix]

Wow. Amazing. I just ordered my first pontoon boat.

 

[SteveJUAE]

When is it available for submarines, this is a deal breaker for me 😀

 

[jay-A]

Bloatplay

 

[GuilleA]

Is it still CarPlay when it’s a boat?

BoatPlay (っ´ཀ`)っ ( • )( • )

 

[Mantahoe]

Hear me out... then if it's added to Chariots it can be called Apple HorsePlay.


I logged in for this. I am proud of it and now I am logging out! Peace to all.

 

[IIGS User]

Makin' waves and catchin' rays up on the roof
Jumpin' off the back, don't act like you don't want to.
Party in slow motion
Out here in the open.
Mmm. motorboatin'

 

[SlightWince]

I'm not a pontoon boat kinda guy, but as a nerd, I approve.

 

[MNWildFan]

Bahahaha, all the boat puns here are killing me

 

[iStorm]

Wait is this a boat or a car im confused lol
(Apple ought to call it Apple BoatPlay if this is a boat)
(And at this point put CarPlay in airplanes (Actually don't haha))

Oh boy apples missing a selling opportunity of introducing the new and exciting innovation of the brand new Apple BoatPlay

Shouldn’t that be BoatPlay?

Good to know. Surprised to see it being made available for a boat and that it has the name 'CarPlay'.

Apple should do an ad for this with that Lonely Island song.

Nobody owns a boat, most peope have never even driven one, let alone one with an infotainment screen.

Apple, can we please put your finger back on the pulse of your avaergae consumer / and filter out these managers calling the shots to shift resources or even suggest projects like these. Please reassign them to another department

Perhaps 'CarPlay for Boats' isn't ideal.

People might get confused. 'Boatplay' of course, is ridiculous. They just need to drop the play part. Apple Nav for Boats.
This way you can add other vehicles.

Guys... Apple isn't doing anything here and isn't involved with this. The boat company is just adding a display unit that works with CarPlay. Another company is developing a CarPlay-compatible app to use for boat navigation.

 

[OldNewMBP]

Start thinking about cockpit scenes in Airplane!

Switches, switches, more switches, 3 screens for their own separate tasks, even more switches...

 

[P-Rip]

Everything but a Tesla. CarPlay coming to smart fridges in 2028.

The main feature for smart fridges will be the “Suck it, Jian Yang” mode.

 

[dontwalkhand]

BOOO THIS IS CARPLAY NOT BOATPLAY!!


/s

 

[dontwalkhand]

...Great. Smartcars, Smarthomes, Smartvessals, now what? Smartaircraft?

Technically already possible. Just get one of those Carpuride units from Amazon, and stick it to the windshield of your aircraft.

 

[xpxp2002]

Apple should do an ad for this with that Lonely Island song.

And here I keep thinking of the song Pontoon.

 

[bmustaf]

Lost me at Pontoon Boat...it's like saying "we're only putting CarPlay in our minivans"

 

[bmustaf]

Tesla doesn't need car play. Their software is substansially better then android auto or carplay.

Bingo! Love CarPlay on all my cars but do NOT miss it on my Teslas, and in fact, would hate it if it was there. The highest compliment I can give Tesla's software: I don't even notice it. I can't actually tell you much of anything about it either way (good or bad).

Likely unpopular hot take: software you notice after the first 5 min of using it is almost never a good thing (e.g. you spend the first 1-2 min confused and bewildered and then it should wow you for the next 4-3 min and then you should be taking it for granted bc it's just so damn good and natural until the next major update [not minor, these also should be unnoticeable from reality/art] at which that 5min moment repeats).

There are basically only two types of reactions to this:

1. The laugh/disagree that just means they haven't actually used/been in a Tesla for more than 5 min (or at all)
2. The complete agree
3 (may as well not exist from a product marketing perspective). Of course, there is the esoteric, and overwhelmingly small, "yeah, you are technically not wrong" and/or small edge case that really matters to like 0.1% of people where they are right, CarPlay does something that's a deal breaker for them, but this basically doesn't count numbers, spend, strategically, tactically, or otherwise.

 

[iFunk]

Love it. As a watercraft enthusiast myself… I’d say one thing it won’t help…. People with brand new lifted trucks who can’t back in a boat or watercraft to save their life. Just checkout The Big Dan Show on YouTube. 😝

 

[Non-Euclidean]

Well that was certainly a critically underserved market that Apple threw a lifeline to.

 

[Revel Boats]

Ever since we launched this on the Revel RS25 in 2025, the feedback has been awesome. We really wanted to blend some automotive design into the lineup, and it's turned out to be a fan favorite.

 

[SAvery417]

"What the hell are you going to do in a pontoon boat? Retake Omaha Beach?"

No, just anchor at Party Cove, LotO and blast some yacht rock... Pretty much what everyone does with a pontoon boat. Might even enjoy some adult beverages and play in the water.

 

[Non-Euclidean]

“Siri, play some Jimmy Buffett music while I wrestle my hand from this here alligator.”

Clearly you don't know the type dealing with alligators. Much more of a Lynyrd Skynyrd crowd.

 

[Non-Euclidean]

"What the hell are you going to do in a pontoon boat? Retake Omaha Beach?"

Wrong boat.

Try this.

 

[boswald]

Wrong boat.

Try this.

It's from a movie, but thank you.

 

[blodyholy]

There’s a ‘Yacht Rock’ joke lurking in the depths somewhere here…