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I can understand the large screen, but really, it should just be a normal external screen your phone can output to.

• CharlesW 4y ago
  > I can understand the large screen, but really, it should just be a normal external screen your phone can output to. CarPlay is so good (and far safer) because it doesn't just mirror your phone's landscape view, but presents a driving-specific experience. Not-mirroring has another advantage in that your phone can still be used (by a passenger, of course) to do whatever while CarPlay continues to do its thing.
  • 2muchcoffeeman 4y ago
    Can’t you just add a “driving mode” that changes the view or displays a different view to the phone? If you externalise the smarts, all you need is external input and output support which all exists. Then any car can have better GPS. This way, I need a car that specifically has this extra cruft and probably can’t get upgrades easily. It’s the car equivalent to a smart TV.
    • __david__ 4y ago
      That's effectively what carplay is though. There are no smarts in the car, just some protocol to display video output and communicate back touch inputs. All the presentation, etc. is on the phone so that when you upgrade your phone you get the latest car interface as well. The protocol is stable, so your car can be stagnant but the experience still continues to improve as your phone does.
    • fomine3 4y ago
      Android Auto was available as an app without need any hardware, but it's gone.