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I feel like all I really want is Chromecast/AirPlay and otherwise the car should mostly be a dumb terminal. Install the Volvo app on my phone, pair, done. don

• alex_duf 8y ago
  Same, I'd much rather it relies on my phone's computation power and act as a display to show the map and blast the music in the speakers. I don't care if the connection is cable, bluetooth wifi etc.
  • icc97 8y ago
    Yeah - I was thinking 'if only they had some simple way that you could upgrade the internal hardware every few years' aka buy a new phone. Plus you can stick the phone/tomtom on the windscreen. I find that rather than being something in my view that's annoying I end up using it as a heads up display, so I don't have to look down at my speedometer any more as it's right there on the windscreen.
• stetrain 8y ago
  That's basically what CarPlay and Android Auto are, with the addition of specific app UIs when they are projecting to the car display and a few other bits of shared data between the phone and car (for things like steering wheel controls). Volvo supports both of those as well in their current infotainment systems.