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Car infotainment systems are terrible. That's the reason why everyone wants CarPlay and Android Auto. It's kind of like going back to flip phones after using sm
by jdlyga 4y ago
Car infotainment systems are terrible. That's the reason why everyone wants CarPlay and Android Auto. It's kind of like going back to flip phones after using smartphones for years.
- lotsofpulp 4y agoI also trust Carplay and Android Auto security since no data is sent out of the phone.
- ghostpepper 4y agoAre you sure about this? I seem to remember connecting my iPhone to a rental car and realizing that it had transferred my contact list into the car somehow.
- fshbbdssbbgdd 4y agoMy iPhone has asked me before if I want to give my contacts to a car, it’s never done it unless I said yes.
- Axien 4y agoThat is a Bluetooth feature.
- kalleboo 4y agoThat's if you connect it over old-school Bluetooth, and it shows a permission prompt asking you if you want to do it or not.
- pornel 4y agoEven if the infotainment OS was better than my phone’s OS, I’d still prefer to connect my phone. It’s because I already have all the apps and data there. I don’t want to retype addresses into the car, I want to click them in my email or calendar. And I don’t want to set up my emails in my car’s OS, especially not one that has a lucrative contract with Google.
- Tagbert 4y agoThis is exactly my feeling. It’s great of they think they can produce really great software and if so I may use it for some things. For the rest I want to use the apps I am used to where my data is already stored and my personalized settings are stored. I also is a couple of CarPlay apps that I know GM cannot recreate and it would not have my subscribed feeds anyway
- wlesieutre 4y agoEven if the infotainment is good today, GM is basically saying “trust me bro, 10 years from now maps on this decade old hardware are going to be so good you’ll want to pay a subscription for it.” I was thinking an Equinox EV would be my next car, but now I’m looking at gas vehicles and thinking I’ll give EVs a while longer to sort out which manufacturers earn a reputation for EV reliability, longevity, and good software. It’s a major benefit of CarPlay that you can get new map technology on a new phone. Would Apple Maps of today with its vector data and 3D buildings run on a phone from 2013? Is there any reason to think that whatever system is going into the 2023 Blazer EV won’t be a bad joke by 2033? The maps on my phone will probably be pulling in Apple’s lidar scans for very precise local road data.
- m463 4y agoremember the iphone came out in 2007 - and I'm certain there was a lag before cars even supported phones. By the time some GM phone connect system got through the pipes (several years), we might be carrying AR glasses instead of phones.
- iainmerrick 4y agoPossibly I misremember, but I’m pretty sure hands-free phone calls in cars via Bluetooth were a thing before the iPhone existed. (Looking it up... Yeah, around 2001, apparently.)
- m463 4y agoBut the iphone could play music over bluetooth, and that was something cars ignored for quite some time.
- iainmerrick 4y agoMost people didn’t have music on their phones back then. But you could plug your iPod into the headphone jack!
- RhysU 4y agoI don't want CarPlay or Android Auto. It's one more thing I have to fiddle with. One more thing to fight while someone beside me or behind me becomes impatient. Bluetooth is meh. I would rather have an aux cord. From the days when we connected systems by physically connecting systems. I am in the car to drive, a delightful escape from interacting with a phone.
- rblatz 4y agoWhat will you connect to your car with an aux cord?
- RhysU 4y agoOccasionally, a CD player.
- rwalle 4y ago1. You don't have to CarPlay or Android Auto if you don't want to. Just don't connect your phone. 2. Have you heard of a USB cable?
- RhysU 4y agoThe USB cable to the phone pesters me to install/enable Android Auto every time.