And the hits just keep on coming. Maybe test your stuff next time, Apple.
This happens every year. Because the car system, 3rd party speaker etc folks don't all bother to get the developer previews, test and report back to Apple. They wait until the software is live and then shove the blame on Apple. Which it might be but there is no way that Apple can test every single device out there. So a little help would be in order.
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Paging scott forstall. Dr forstall. Please report to the emergency room.
This happened under Forstall also. Go back and read the history of various boards and there were issues like this with iOS 4, 5 and 6. I believe 6 was actually the worst because that was the switch over to BLE and no one on the car stereo side was ready for it.
And Forstall had other issues as well. He was not some foolproof super genius so folks should drop the whole 'this wouldn't have happened under Steve/Scott'. it did or worse
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I've never seen so many public issues with iOS (and even OS X) before iOS 8, besides Maps in iOS 7, especially in subsequent public builds. What the hell happened to your quality control, Apple?
there really aren't that many issues (oh and Maps was iOS 6 not 7). It's just that the folks with issues have become exponentially more mouthy year after year. And the blogs and websites have become exponentially more greedy for page hits. Perfect storm for hyperbolic 'reporting' of issues which makes it sound like things are worse than they are. When actually any given issue is probably only happening to less than 1/100th of one percent of users and could in some cases actually be an issue that isn't about the software at all. Like that the car stereo is way old and doesn't support a new standard, someone spilled water on a phone and the bluetooth or wifi wiring is corroded. or maybe the guy that put that pretty silver sparkle face plate on your daughters phone brought something in the process.
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Apple only sells a limited amount of hardware compared to most companies.
because the issue isn't the amount of hardware or software that Apple has but rather the other side. There are dozens of companies making car systems, speakers, headphones etc. Apple would have to get every single possible combination of those (including ones no longer sold but some one person bought 10 years ago and expects to be able to use) to test with every single product they have produced. Unless they want to only update iOS and OS X every 3-4 years they can't test them all. Thus some of that has to fall on the other side of the fence. The software is available. $99 is peanuts to most of these companies, that is if they can't give Apple to just give them access for free.
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2014 Scion and 2014 Ram with iPhone 6.
No problems via Bluetooth or hard wired with lightning cable. Works perfect in both vehicles, thankfully.
Those are also both new cars with new and up to date tech in the car systems. That makes sense. The companies likely tested those systems because they are new.
a lot of the reports of issues are older cars or after market systems which likely were not tested by the manufacturers (why would they if they could get you to buy a new one instead)
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I blame their obsession with secrecy. They don't want to do public betas for iOS, they don't let anyone see new hardware before it's announced. It's ridiculous./QUOTE]
They have enough issues with folks getting the developer previews and screwing their stuff up or posting bad reviews of apps etc.
Also the companies can get the software if they ask. Apple has no reason not to give it to them if it means they can hype a long list of partners that will be ready when the software is. Looks great for both sides. The companies aren't asking or if they are they are only testing the newest gear
fan for that long if this is the worst roll out you remember. I love apple, but these things happen to one degree or another after most ".0" releases. I usually wait to upgrade. 
