Early Apple CarPlay Reviews Cite Ease of Use, Excellent Siri Voice Integration

[Tech198]

What was it like before ? Not so excellent ??

 

[12vElectronics]

What was it like before ? Not so excellent ??

What are you referring to?

 

[JHankwitz]

I can afford a new iPhone, but I simply can't afford a new car with CarPlay to go with it.

 

[ratigator]

Its not as cool as I was expecting...

What were you expecting? I thought it was pretty clear from the original announcement what we were getting: quick, safer access to music, messages and maps in a familiar Apple interface. Personally, I am pretty impressed with it.

 

[JHankwitz]

apple map ruins the whole thing.

What's wrong with Apple Maps? It works great for me, and far better than the maps built into my car's navigation system.

 

[sentiblue]

Thanks guys .... for the replies...

Apparently the website that you referred is an excellent source of information...
http://www.crutchfield.com/g_300/Al...=AG_iPod/iPhone Control|FFiPhone_5_Compatible

The Honda Civic 2010 that I wanted to buy definitely fits all of the NEX systems from Pioneer that I've been eyeing...

Have a good day! Now I know I can go buy that car and have CarPlay working without worries....

 

[RGT70]

What's wrong with Apple Maps? It works great for me, and far better than the maps built into my car's navigation system.

After I experienced several times being guided to someplace else than my destination, I went back to google map and have never tried it again.

 

[britboyj]

Just drove from SF TO PHX. I have an iPad as a gps mounted in my car. Never touched the ipad. Got directions, found food, played music, sent messages, made reminders and appts and dinner reservations...all on Siri.

That's great, but those are all basic functions and pretty far away from what both Cortana and Google Now can do.

 

[wav]

Does the 'Hey Siri' feature work with CarPlay or do you have to touch the display to activate Siri?

 

[DudetheObscure]

Does the 'Hey Siri' feature work with CarPlay or do you have to touch the display to activate Siri?

Hey Siri works with CarPlay, although not consistently in my experience.