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Google Announces 'Android Auto' CarPlay Competitor
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If you truly did not care, you would have moved on. Visiting the article and this comment thread means it piqued your interest enough that you rationalized in your mind it was worth spending time and energy and doing something in it.
Seriously.
They literally went on for like 10 minutes about how they've (apparently) just invented drop shadows.
lol no... Listen, I'm a self admitted Apple-holic(?) but some of these fanboys absolutely KILL me with their rhetoric.
From what I read, isn't CarPlay, and I'm assuming this new Android Auto, installed as a part of OS on the phone? I think car manufacturers are just designing their media consoles with the ability to project the installed app from the phone to the screen in the car and using the controls installed (volume up/down, voice commands, etc.) with the app.
If you didnt get anything out of their new UI design, I dunno what to tell you. Multiple layers and floating controls would be considered the word of God if Apple got to this first and not "just inventing the drop shadow".
You guys keep saying that but then you don't offer any reason as to WHY it is "better."
It was very easy and discussed when Carplay was demonstrated.
Apple Car play is a module that runs on QNX. AndroidAuto should be as well. Should be an easy toggle back and forth on the infotainment system.
Google is probably just riding on top of the work and hardware specifications Apple and auto makers have already hashed out.
To be fair.. this is Apple news. Some company announces their competitor to an Apple product. They discuss at length the similarities between the two services. It is kind of Apple news. Although, not front page worthy.
I would not buy a vehicle with an Apple OS in it. I just want a plain car with an AUX port. I think all this tech reliance these days what with the iWatches and Carplays is so ridiculous :)
Funny. Apple spent 15 minutes about how they invented transparency during their WWDC keynote.
Who is "you guys"? Here is my reasoning. CarPlay is a black screen with 6 icons. Android Auto is a phone based extension with a "card" like display. It looks so much better.
It's voice-operated. Look at a CarPlay video - clearly usability was not given too much thought there, and it requires plenty of physical button presses to operate.
The interface manages to pack a lot more information yet manages to be more readable because it's not using an illegible typeface.
CarPlay is extremely basic. It's a frontend for a couple of apps and that's it. Android Auto gives you tons of information and is extremely integrated.