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Most car companies don't "continue to improve" their software and that's probably what will happen here - they'll just stop updating those head units and leave
by izacus 4y ago
Most car companies don't "continue to improve" their software and that's probably what will happen here - they'll just stop updating those head units and leave them behind.
- bluGill 4y agoThat isn't quite right. Most companies continue to improve software, they just don't release updates. They fix minor bugs and add new features, but you can't get at that without buying a new car as they don't provide means to do updates. (major bugs trigger a recall, sometimes everyone gets the latest, sometimes they apply the fix to each branch) They might use the same hardware for 20 years (in that time at least a few parts will go obsolete to be replaced with something functionally identical), but if yours breaks you will get that hardware with the version of software released for your car even though the software from a later model year would run on the same computer and have more features. Note that just because the software will run doesn't mean the system will. Sometimes they change network interfaces in incompatible ways so the whole car will not work in some way which could be major or minor depending.
- cstejerean 4y agoWhen was that? Right now all 3 of my cars provide over the air software updates, because all 3 have cellular modems for things like remote lock/unlock or remote start. Even before this the previous generation Dodge I had could be software updated via a USB stick.
- bluGill 4y agoOnly select things get those updates. I doubt the engine code gets changed.