Hands-On With CarPlay in iOS 13: Everything That's New

[Pokeymon]

Upgrading my iPhone 6 just so I can move forward with the new CarPlay in iOS 13... well that and watchOS 6.

iOS13 will run on the 6S. If that's not what you have, you barely missed it. I have a 6S and am wondering if that won't run the next version of iOS [after 13](?).
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I have a physical "Map" button in my head unit on my car, which when pressed with carplay running launches apple maps, wish there was a way to define what the default map app was in car play so that it would launch waze instead.

With iOS 13 you will be able to ask Siri to launch and run Waze.

 

[seinman]

These replies are still quite vague. I know that only Apple Maps is the only navigation app currently offered to end users that uses Dashboard, but has Apple made Dashboard available to third party developers?

Nobody knows for sure, but there have been zero indications or leaks to indicate that they have. All the known information at this point leads us to believe that it will be exclusive to Apple Maps for at least the near future. A lot of people are making assumptions and/or hoping for the best, but there is absolutely NO solid evidence that anything other than Apple Maps will work with the dashboard view.
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Apple's CarPlay is an absolute piece of garbage. Limited applications.

This is by design. Apple only allows certain categories of apps, because it's something you use while driving so safety is a high priority.

I want all my apps on my CarPlay not what Apple says what I can have. F* that.

Jailbreak and use CarBridge. It's $5, and allows any app to try to use CarPlay. I use the word "try" because some apps work really well, some do not. But you can at least launch them all and see how they run.

Plus I have to pay for CarPlay subscription?

No, you don't. Well maybe if your car manufacturer is being an *******. But CarPlay itself is free to use, and the vast majority of vehicles and aftermarket stereos do not require any recurring subscription to use it.

I can live with Bluetooth, that's all CarPlay is good for... a fancy bluetooth connectivity.

It's so much more than that, but okay then. Having CarPlay does not block you from using Bluetooth. Use whichever you prefer.

I have a 12.9" screen, and your maps is less than half the screen size. WTF?You can even write an app that can learn screen size? It sucks when Apple decides what you can have, that's robbery!

That's only in dashboard view. Open your navigation app directly for fullscreen view. It's up to you.

 

[BlandUsername]

Looks like it's finally worth investing in... is there any good headuniton on the horizon?

I'm looking for:

• Dual-Slot
• short depth
• no-eyecancer-display (>800x480 would be highly appreciated)
• physical buttons for basic funcitons (volume previous next and so on)
• wireless carplay
• capacitve touchscreen prefered
• neutral look, no high tech design. It's to be installed in my car, not the cockpit of a spaceship
• Spotify integrated would be nice, but not a must
• no no-name device

When you find that unit that matches those requirements: do share :>

 

[FastLaneJB]

CarPlay needs a WiFi connection to be wireless, and as far as I know neither wireless charging nor smartphone integration work using WiFi..... yet(!)

BMW's had this for a few years. I have wireless charging and wireless Carplay in my car.

I don't use Carplay much though because as someone else has mentioned there's issues vs the inbuilt system BMW put in. I cannot get my maps on the HUD, cannot pick songs on the HUD, split screen doesn't work as well, etc. I do like though that iOS 13 will do a second screen so in the future it should be able to also take over the HUD.

Need a new car for that of course but I imagine it'll be a few years before any cars have that added to them as well.

 

[brilliantthings]

Nobody knows for sure, but there have been zero indications or leaks to indicate that they have. All the known information at this point leads us to believe that it will be exclusive to Apple Maps for at least the near future. A lot of people are making assumptions and/or hoping for the best, but there is absolutely NO solid evidence that anything other than Apple Maps will work with the dashboard view.

Great. That's what I was after. Thanks

 

[seinman]

Great. That's what I was after. Thanks

Don’t get me wrong, I really, really hope it happens. I’m a dedicated Waze user. But I am not optimistic given what we currently know.

 

[AZhappyjack]

Nobody knows for sure, but there have been zero indications or leaks to indicate that they have. All the known information at this point leads us to believe that it will be exclusive to Apple Maps for at least the near future. A lot of people are making assumptions and/or hoping for the best, but there is absolutely NO solid evidence that anything other than Apple Maps will work with the dashboard view.

Frankly, it's hard to say... since third party maps will obviously require an update to possibly work with the split-screen mode. Google Maps and Waze may well have already have working prototypes, but since Apple is not approving apps created with the iOS 13 SDK, we won't know for a while...

I'd say it's a good sign that other audio apps appear in the split-screen mode... but while we won't know until closer to launch day, we cal hope.

 

[seinman]

Frankly, it's hard to say... since third party maps will obviously require an update to possibly work with the split-screen mode. Google Maps and Waze may well have already have working prototypes, but since Apple is not approving apps created with the iOS 13 SDK, we won't know for a while...

I'd say it's a good sign that other audio apps appear in the split-screen mode... but while we won't know until closer to launch day, we cal hope.

True. However, consider the following: WWDC does not exist to announce new products. It exists to teach developers about how to use the new products. When navigation apps were first introduced to CarPlay, the details of the APIs required were discussed at WWDC. At this year’s WWDC, several new CarPlay APIs were discussed: custom screen shapes, screen resizing, and second video feed support, to name a few. However, an API for third party mapping on the home screen was never once mentioned. In any of the CarPlay-related workshops. I take that as a very bad sign.

 

[brilliantthings]

Such great replies! Thanks everyone

 

[szw-mapple fan]

I think that’s his point.

Just been thinking today when the new iPhone comes out I’m going to treat myself to a CarPlay unit (nothing as flash as this) with the money I will get from selling my iPhone 8+

On second reading, you're probably right. I assumed "upgrading my iPhone 6" meant upgrading the OS.

 

[dmfresco]

I have my iPhone XS running the latest version of iOS Public Beta in my 2019 Honda. My experience with this review is pretty consistent, but I don't have Calendar in my CarPlay. How do I add apps like Calendar? The only non-default app I have seen shown up in my CarPlay, is a NPR streaming app. Everything else is a subset of what you see on the Dan from MacRumors report here. Thanks for any advice.

 

[AZhappyjack]

I have my iPhone XS running the latest version of iOS Public Beta in my 2019 Honda. My experience with this review is pretty consistent, but I don't have Calendar in my CarPlay. How do I add apps like Calendar? The only non-default app I have seen shown up in my CarPlay, is a NPR streaming app. Everything else is a subset of what you see on the Dan from MacRumors report here. Thanks for any advice.

You cannot add apps willy-nilly. Apple only allows certain categories of apps to work with CarPlay.

However, with iOS 13, Calendar is one of the approved apps for CarPlay.

On your phone, go to Settings > General > CarPlay ... tap on the CarPlay device > Customize and make sure it's in the INCLUDE section of the settings.

 

[CLS1]

Really looking forward to this update.


With that said, since it has been mentioned in the above comments. I prefer idrive over CarPlay when I’m driving the //M. My F80 M3 is a rolling computer, and having to constantly exit out of CarPlay in order to change settings on the fly became an annoyance. Also when I’m connected to CarPlay several features aren’t available. The HUD is one of my favorite features on the //M. So I like taking full advantage of it when I can. I’m aware that my user experience is not the norm, so it would be foolish of me to use my own experience and simply say CarPlay “sucks.”

BUT..I do prefer Apple CarPlay over Ford Sync 3, as it performs much better.


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[4487549]

For the life of me, I can't activate the Dashboard. I keep swiping left and and tapping the "home" menu but I'm trapped in the matrix. The only thing I can think of is that I don't have Crapple Maps installed on my phone...

EDIT: yep, that was it

 

[seinman]

For the life of me, I can't activate the Dashboard. I keep swiping left and and tapping the "home" menu but I'm trapped in the matrix. The only thing I can think of is that I don't have Crapple Maps installed on my phone...

EDIT: yep, that was it

Yup. And this is one of several why I highly doubt there will be third party mapping support for the home screen any time soon. As is, it doesn't even give you the option without Apple Maps installed.

 

[AZhappyjack]

More weirdness. Updated to iOS 13.1 beta.

 

[seinman]

More weirdness. Updated to iOS 13.1 beta.

This happened to me on one of the 13.0 betas. It was fixed with the following update.

 

[danpass]

Will it display text messages on screen now?

IN STEAD OF REA DING IT TO YOU IN RO BOT VO ICE AND SPE LLING OUT U R L S LIKE AICH TEE TEE PEE COLON .... lol

Always hated that about car play. Having my phone in the dash mount has been twice as productive, including maps.

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[seinman]

Will it display text messages on screen now?

IN STEAD OF REA DING IT TO YOU IN RO BOT VO ICE AND SPE LLING OUT U R L S LIKE AICH TEE TEE PEE COLON .... lol

Always hated that about car play. Having my phone in the dash mount has been twice as productive, including maps.

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No.