What to Expect From All-New CarPlay, Still Listed as Coming 'Late 2023'

[Crzyrio]

Yes, at least the version we see in the few available demonstration photos showing it running all the car's displays, because this simply can't work with phone dependency and projection. If you want a unified UI it has to run on the car, and new hardware will be needed, which is why no cars running it are being sold yet. Apple does make computers, you know. They design their own microprocessors, too. I hear they're actually pretty good at it.

None of this means Apple won't continue to develop a phone-based version of CarPlay, but it won't be the "next-gen" version being teased. In fact, they'll have to keep developing that version because next-gen won't be backwards compatible with cars on the market now, because the hardware isn't up to it.

And I sure wouldn't rely on CNBC for my technology information. They're guessing, and mostly do it very badly. Unfortunately the tech media isn't really doing a much better job of thinking this through. Not sure why. It really isn't so complicated.

That line is directly out of the Apple event by an Apple Employee and nothing to do with CNBC.

 

[IJ Reilly]

That line is directly out of the Apple event by an Apple Employee and nothing to do with CNBC.

You need to parse this language a little. "Communicates" with your iPhone is not the same thing as projected from your iPhone. If you believe gauges and other driving-critical systems can be run as projections off a phone, I'd be interested in hearing any theory about how this can be made to work reliably and safely.

 

[Crzyrio]

You need to parse this language a little. "Communicates" with your iPhone is not the same thing as projected from your iPhone. If you believe gauges and other driving-critical systems can be run as projections off a phone, I'd be interested in hearing any theory about how this can be made to work reliably and safely.

Again, I am saying it does not need to work reliably and safely because next-get carplay, to me, is not a competitor with Android Automotive or Car Manufacture's software. So just like how carplay works now, if you chuck your phone out of the car while driving the vehicle will simply switch to built in gauges. Apple is not taking over any driving-critical systems either.

 

[IJ Reilly]

Again, I am saying it does not need to work reliably and safely because next-get carplay, to me, is not a competitor with Android Automotive or Car Manufacture's software. So just like how carplay works now, if you chuck your phone out of the car while driving the vehicle will simply switch to built in gauges. Apple is not taking over any driving-critical systems either.

You really need to take another look at the photo illustrations for next-gen, because it's exactly what you say it isn't. They clearly show it taking over critical displays. These have to be rock-solid, which means they simply cannot be allowed to change while the car is in motion for any reason. Period. The carmakers would never want this and neither would Apple, so this should tell you something. A lot of people seem to be taking a very, very narrow view of what Apple's doing here, as if the company hasn't been working on car tech for a long time and has zero ambitions in that area. This is why so much of the reporting makes no sense.

 

[Crzyrio]

You really need to take another look at the photo illustrations for next-gen, because it's exactly what you say it isn't. They clearly show it taking over critical displays. These have to be rock-solid, which means they simply cannot be allowed to change while the car is in motion for any reason. Period. The carmakers would never want this and neither would Apple, so this should tell you something. A lot of people seem to be taking a very, very narrow view of what Apple's doing here, as if the company hasn't been working on car tech for a long time and has zero ambitions in that area. This is why so much of the reporting makes no sense.

I think your the one with the Narrow minded thinking here, that Apple will do things just like how they are currently done.

We just have to agree to disagree.