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Hands-On With the Apple Music App for Tesla
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Re: will only open purchased songs in the store; will not open matched or where copyright changed. This ”bug” was introduced with MusicApp (music match) and TVApp (home sharing) in macOS; was working with iTunes. iTunes would do something like a search for matched songs, as it has the exact artist and album name. Have to manually enter album name and search now.
It's rolling out for people in FSD, too. Version 2022.44.25.5 is the holiday update for people in the FSD beta.Probably should note - if you're using FSD beta software, you don't have/get this update with Apple Music, yet. The FSD folks are on a different branch.
I'm in this situation and the wait is rather painfulMaybe next week?
Looks like around 4% of people in the beta have received it so far. They'll probably expand it to ~20% tomorrow, ~50% Thursday, and to everyone by Friday. That's about the pace they normally release updates, so long as they don't discover any issues that make them pull it before it reaches everyone.
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As for people complaining that this version isn't perfect, it's NBD. Tesla will continue to release updates at a pretty quick pace. You'll deem it perfect in a few months and then they'll keep improving it in ways you didn't know you wanted.
I tried it today. I was hoping it would eliminate the need to pay for Spotify for me, but, like Tidal, it doesn't support gapless playback. While most these days rely on playlists, I listen to a lot of albums that have smooth transitions between songs. Having that pause is frustrating and jarring no matter how entitled those particular very important, always correct people here will tell me I am for complaining in any way about this "free" upgrade.
I will say, though, that I like the overall UI more than any other service. Spotify was Ted so much space throwing up irrelevant crap and made it so hard to find anything that was actually in your library besides only a few of the surface level results. Apple Music is showing much, much more useful content overall.
And since I don't often rely on playlists, the 100-song limit isn't a direct bother for me, but I do still think it's dumb. Gapless, though, is a huge issue.
I will say, though, that I like the overall UI more than any other service. Spotify was Ted so much space throwing up irrelevant crap and made it so hard to find anything that was actually in your library besides only a few of the surface level results. Apple Music is showing much, much more useful content overall.
And since I don't often rely on playlists, the 100-song limit isn't a direct bother for me, but I do still think it's dumb. Gapless, though, is a huge issue.
Well… in my CarPlay enabled car I usually just play downloaded music. So I think it’s reasonable to think about giving people the ability to download parts of their library so they can listen to it while driving (streaming only works if there is cellular service which isn’t available everywhere).
I’ve had my MS for 4 years now and it has been the best car I’ve had. Referred my brother to a 2021 MS and he equally enjoys it. I’m also with you when it comes to Elon and his antics. I could give 2Fs what he says or does. I love the car and the tech. I doubt everyone questions what the ceo says or does for anything they buy, why would this be any different.
Anyway I’ve tried CarPlay in my wife’s 2014 Q7 (by way of a Carlinkit) and the Tesla integration is far superior. Having a much larger screen really makes a difference. I do find the navigation to be a little sluggish for me but hopefully that will improve as the Spotify UI is much snappier.
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It’s the same for any streaming service on the car. No one thinks they are streaming on teslas cell for free.
Just to be clear, these are web apis, it’s as if you’ve opened a web browser and logged into applemusic.com . I don’t think Tesla has control over that sorting but to say Spotify is better because you can’t sort playlists is kind of weird critique.
You forgot about Sydney and other similarly densely populated cities as well. And if someone has a relatively light need for travelling around nearby areas, a car might not be that essential.
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Apple Music in a Tesla is like lipstick on a pig.
Car manufacturer Tesla last week rolled out a holiday software update that added Apple Music support to Tesla vehicles, so we thought we'd check it out for those who are interested in a hands-on demo of how Apple's streaming music service works on the Tesla platform.
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Apple Music support for Tesla cars is something that Tesla owners have long been waiting for, as the electric car company has previously only worked with streaming services like Spotify.
The experience works as you might expect, and the full Apple Music service is available. The navigation experience is superior compared to Spotify, such as options for tapping into songs from a playlist to get to the entire album along with better interface interactions.
Navigation is also straightforward, though it's worth noting that it does not appear that iTunes Match content is available for access. Lossless and Dolby Atmos also do not appear to be available at this time in Teslas, and it is not clear if that functionality is going to be enabled at a later date.
If you're a Tesla owner, you will need the 2022.44.25 Tesla Holiday Update to access Apple Music, which has been rolling out over the last seven days.
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So after you listen to 100 songs, which is about 5 hours of music, you have to chose the second page? Lol.
My playlist cover art shows.
When I first start it up it also picks up playing right where it left off.
I would like the Apple podcast app. But the Apple Music update has been amazing so far.
You don’t need apple music for that, just load music onto a thumb drive and plug it into the usb port in the glovebox.
Can someone tell me, does the Apple Music app in the Tesla have voice commend support?
Part of what I love about using Siri over Bluetooth in my Model 3 is so I can just say “hey siri play random music from my library” and it will.
Does Tesla integrate anything into voice commands here?
Part of what I love about using Siri over Bluetooth in my Model 3 is so I can just say “hey siri play random music from my library” and it will.
Does Tesla integrate anything into voice commands here?
it’s all improving but Carplay is still the best interface for music
I can leave the rest of the apps
good to have Apple Music now, see how it works for me
But how, exactly?
I've used CarPlay for years in my BMW. Why is the Apple Music implementation in a Tesla demonstrably worse? I realize there might be some niche differences like 'oh I can only see 100 songs on my playlist' or similar. But for ever person annoyed by that behavior in a Tesla, there is someone else that appreciates the bigger screen and/or more info displayed on the Tesla screen vs. even the biggest CarPlay screen available today.
Yes. Lots of the new cars have bigger and better implemented screens than the Model 3 and Y. The 3 and Y were good 1st gen large screens. 2nd gen are really nice.
Depends completely on where you live, I are up in a small town were most people lived 10-15 miles away from any kind of store or any thing.Not necessarily. There are large numbers of younger people that don't drive or see it as essential as previous generations. It's been written about many times over the past several years. Here's one:
The Reasons Why Millennials Aren't As Car Crazed As Baby Boomers, And How Self-Driving Cars Fit In
It has been looking gloomy that the latest generations are not buying cars as much anymore and also eschewing driving, for which there are some crucial underlying causes that are identified in this piece and furthermore the future will be different once the advent of driverless cars occurs.www.forbes.com
I mean I can, and have, played downloaded Apple Music AND iTunes Matched music via BT/hardwire from my iPhone to the car.
That’s obviously not CarPlay sadly. Carplay is likely not to happen, pro’s & con’s to every manufacture; I’ll take the excellent Supercharger network over CarPlay any day.