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Remember Nokia? They were not greedy Big IT. Instead the defined Bluetooth as standard. The Result? My iPhone can talk with me in my Audi A4 (B8,2008). And eve
by ho_schi 4y ago
Remember Nokia?
They were not greedy Big IT. Instead the defined Bluetooth as standard. The Result? My iPhone can talk with me in my Audi A4 (B8,2008). And even music because refit Bluetooth. And? Because the screen is set back in the center console (luckily no touch) I can place my phone there and use it for navigation.
Need for CarPlay? 0
Need for Android Auto? 0
:)
Carmakers should tell Apple and Google that they should come again with a free of charge standard remote protocol. SPICE or something similar. And carmakers with repeating fees? Don’t buy.
- 8ytecoder 4y agoAny pointers to how much Apple and Google charge the carmakers? Considering a car giant made this deeply unpopular decision, I was sure it should be easy to find. But I’ve had no luck so far.
- mikestew 4y agoApple doesn’t charge, I do not know about Google. No source handy. That’s what make the decision more galling: free wasn’t good enough, we demand recurring revenue!
- growse 4y agoI'm very on-board with the phone-in-cradle-plus-bluetooth setup. That said, there is something ergonomically appealing about taking the display that the car designers put in a useful (and usable) place and projecting the phone through that. Phones in cradles / perched on bits of the dash car sometimes be a bit awkward to interact with or set up (depends on the car though).