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It would also be great if they kept a bloody aux plug that could accept audio input from a phone without trying to drive the phone from the car hardware. Simpl
by jleyank 3y ago
It would also be great if they kept a bloody aux plug that could accept audio input from a phone without trying to drive the phone from the car hardware. Simple, clean hardware solutions that work well shouldn't be forgotten just because they're old. Such solutions are also quite robust vs. software changes as "process a signal" is way easier than control API's.
- exabrial 3y agoYeah, unfortunately we got rid of the headphone jack on phones because that was too complicated to use... :(
- jleyank 3y agoI lacked courage so I got a dongle. Works fine and lets me use an inline amp when needed (being harder of hearing than most). Kiss is a useful design principle and it’s widely compatible.
- mensetmanusman 3y agoTim Apple will give you courage.
- m463 3y agoThere are lightning to 3.5 dongles. (and lightning to sd card dongles. and lightning to hdmi dongles and ... etc)
- nocsi 3y agoYou ever drive somebody that wanted to play their music and demanded the aux cable? Yea, I’d rather not go back to those times
- jleyank 3y agoWell, when I drive I want to listen to my music and when I'm in a rental car I don't want to screw with software or syncing to a car I'll never be in again. So, YMMV - the aux port was and would be quite useful in the long-distance driving I do. Around town, no need for music. And when I cross into the States, I'm not paying all that roaming for streaming when I have a large-storage set of devices.
- windowsrookie 3y agoI get where you're coming from but I disagree. Bluetooth is great, I can have my phone connected to any rental car in less than 3 minutes. Then I never have to touch the radio again. "I'm not paying all that roaming for streaming when I have a large-storage set of devices." So put the music on your phone and connect to the car radio via Bluetooth to avoid streaming charges. None of the phones I have owned in the last ~4 years have even had a 3.5mm jack.
- longitudinal93 3y ago3 minutes can't be the case for On Star systems where you need to have an account, etc
- DANmode 3y agoThis is a human problem, not a technology problem.
- kadoban 3y agoYou're friends can't share appropriately, but are stymied by the lack of an aux cable? Doesn't exactly sound like a common set of circumstances.