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Volvo recently switched to Android Auto from their own Sensus system and I originally thought was going to be great considering Sensus was never anything specia
by quartz 4y ago
Volvo recently switched to Android Auto from their own Sensus system and I originally thought was going to be great considering Sensus was never anything special...
Instead it has been a mess with Carplay support coming soon for something like a year now[1]. I'm not sure if Android auto is explicitly sold as "ship it half-done, you can always push updates!" or if that just happened with Volvo, but it has really turned me off from the platform.
[1] https://www.swedespeed.com/threads/22-xc60-no-apple-carplay.645988/page-19 https://www.swedespeed.com/threads/22-xc60-no-apple-carplay....
- yegle 4y agoVersion 2.2 (this is on mid-2022 XC60) release note announced Car Play support. But they retract the release on 06/27 and the release is no longer visible from their release page.
- noisenotsignal 4y agoI think versioning in Volvo and Polestar are somewhat in sync. For Polestar, CarPlay has only been retracted in 2.2 for US (which some hypothesize includes Canada) and UK. When the version was first released there was a bug where speed is shown in km / h instead of mph. Regardless, I’ve not been soured by the slow intro of CarPlay. Android Automotive is sufficient for what I need the infotainment for (maps and music), and frankly I’m not surprised a Google built OS is having trouble integrating an Apple product. That they have plans to offer CarPlay at all via Android Automotive was a surprise to me. Source: own a Polestar 2.