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Is that true? Not saying you are wrong but is it just an anecdote? I anecdotally know lots of people that just use their car GPS and don’t bother with CarPlay/A
by grvdrm 4y ago
Is that true? Not saying you are wrong but is it just an anecdote? I anecdotally know lots of people that just use their car GPS and don’t bother with CarPlay/AA
- scarface74 4y ago80% of new cars support CarPlay https://www.cnbc.com/2021/05/29/apple-carplay-massive-success-paves-way-for-automotive-entry.html https://www.cnbc.com/2021/05/29/apple-carplay-massive-succes... As far as I know, most cars that support CarPlay also support Android auto. I can’t imagine car manufacturers wanting to pay licensing fees to TomTom unnecessarily.
- r-w 4y agoWhich makes you wonder if there must be some good reason why they’re still doing it.
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- Nullabillity 4y agoAnecdotally, people just use phone holders. I have never seen anyone use either the built-in GPS or CarPlay/AA.
- Bud 4y agoFalse. People greatly prefer CarPlay if they are iPhone users, and already people are refusing to buy any car that doesn't support it. Phone holders are over. Even as early as 2017, the majority of car buyers already wanted CarPlay in a new vehicle and one-quarter of buyers said it was a "must have". That was five years ago. I'm sure the numbers are much higher now. https://www.cnbc.com/2021/05/29/apple-carplay-massive-success-paves-way-for-automotive-entry.html#:~:text=It's%20also%20a%20top%20feature,a%202017%20Strategy%20Analytics%20study https://www.cnbc.com/2021/05/29/apple-carplay-massive-succes.... Over 80% of new cars sold now support CarPlay. There's a reason for that: customers demanded it and walked out of dealerships if they didn't get it.
- Nullabillity 4y agoIs that a US thing?
- Bud 4y agoCould be more of a US thing, sure. I don't have data at hand right now about CarPlay adoption in Europe. From this list, though, it certainly looks like European carmakers have very robust CarPlay support: https://www.apple.com/ios/carplay/available-models/ https://www.apple.com/ios/carplay/available-models/
- thirdsun 4y agoAs a data point: I'm european and my next car will have Carplay, no doubt. On the other hand I currently use a phone holder because my car doesn't support Carplay and nobody in their right mind would get a new car just because of this missing feature. That's why the phone holder is such a popular solution. It's a slow process, but I have no doubt that most people will insist on Carplay / Android Auto whenever it's time to get a new car.
- GiorgioG 4y agoI use my CarPlay for NAV all the time.