It would be great if we could edit the dashboard; have Maps navigating but have Waze on hand to let’s know when there’s police. Unless just having it running in the background gives you notifications?
Yep as mentioned this works fine. Doesnt really matter what order you open things but if you open Waze at some point then it will run in the background and do notifications for things it has coming up both as voice notifications and pop ups over the top of Apple Maps. Works pretty well.
Two things to keep in mind doing this, though. First, Waze likes to crash in the background. I’ve yet to have it run for a full hour in the background without crashing. Second, the alerts are less accurate when you aren’t actively routed somewhere. Since it doesn’t know when you’re going to turn, if there’s a turn between you and the alert, it won’t sound it at the half mile point every time. Sometimes you’ll only have a few seconds notice for something like an accident or police alert. Some you’ll miss completely.
Most i've used it was about a 2hr drive and it seemed to run ok for that but i dont do it often enough to say Waze is stable etc. I appreciate the alerts wont appear as early as they would normally but its normally ok on the routes i use. For example on the section of M1 motorway that i often use on the way home if i get on at Junction 25 to get off at Junction 29 there or the other way coming into work there are 4 gantry speed cameras in both directions and you get 0.3 miles notice of each of them. It will be easier on motorways as there are less turns off etc but in the main its better than nothing.
Never has. At one point Elon mentioned phone mirroring (circa 2014), but it seems that idea was abandoned.
It's entirely possible it's more stable now than it used to be. When I started driving for Uber a year and a half ago, I experimented with leaving Waze in the background, as staying in the Uber Driver app to navigate is way easier than switching apps all the time. It never lasted more than an hour. After two or three months I gave up and just go without the alerts now. That was a while ago though, maybe it's time I gave it another shot.
Oh man, that's such a short little screen though! I have a 10" 16:9 screen in my car and having the extra vertical space makes CarPlay look SO much nicer. Like being able to see the name of the song playing when navigating, for instance. I know that short and super wide displays are the trendy thing right now, but they're so much less useful in my opinion.
Agree which is why it only ever runs in the background whilst Apple Maps is doing the main work.
My screen is taller, but it seems to only show the name of the song when a calendar event is not showing on the home screen. If it's just nav and now playing, it will show, but you add a 3rd item on the right side and it loses the name.
Oh good point. I never have the calendar view on, but apparently (I just went out and tested) even on my bigger screen it looks like that example with it enabled.
iPhone > Settings > General > CarPlay > {Select your vehicle} > Customize > Drag Waze to the top of the list
That just moves its location on the screen. Carplay will default to the last used navigation app. So open waze, start a route, and then go home. It will be on the home screen.
Junk is a stretch, but they do have their problems. Most cars these days are either a good car with dated technology
Nope and no Android Auto. They have their own setup and improves very frequent. Bought my car 6 months ago and it has improved a lot. Tesla needs to figure out a way to incorporate it seamlessly into their own environment which is harder than we think. I would hate it jumping in and out to use the car controls for example.
I don't think enough owners have been tweeting Elon about it to make it a priority. I mean we are going to be just now getting waypoints and that has been asked for since 2013 (vocally at that)...
