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As a former iPhone and current Android user, I would be very hesitant to buy any car that has Apple software in it. I don't trust Apple's software to work well
by sunshowers 3y ago
As a former iPhone and current Android user, I would be very hesitant to buy any car that has Apple software in it. I don't trust Apple's software to work well with whatever phone I end up picking next.
- serial_dev 3y agoMy understanding is that most cars ship with both Android Auto and Apple CarPlay, so you (or your passengers) don't need to commit to one mobile OS only because of the car you bought.
- sunshowers 3y agoOh yes, current cars do. I'm concerned about the situation where Apple provides the onboard infotainment system, which is what's being talked about in the post.
- internetter 3y agoThe proposal is not replacing the infotainment with carplay. It's adding a second infotainment system
- sunshowers 3y agoI see! Okay, I guess I was confused then.
- eddythompson80 3y agoNo it’s not what’s being talked about. I’m not sure where you’re getting this. There aren’t a lot of details about CarPlay 2, but even this article says that CarPlay 2 is a way for the car and the phone to communicate more and allow the phone to control more of the car. What you’re thinking about is Android Automotive where there is an Android box in the car that is THE infotainment system. I have yet to see anywhere that Apple is building an iOS box that sits in the car itself that is the only infotainment system.
- kelnos 3y agoDo cars with systems built on Android Automotive (which is Google's infotainment OS, and is not the same as Android Auto) support CarPlay?
- sunshowers 3y agoYeah, I believe so! But the post talks about using your iPhone to do things like turn on climate control remotely. I'm incredibly dubious of the idea that Apple would build an Android app with the full feature set that they'd ship for iPhones. And I'm never going to accept a $$$$$ purchase locking me into any particular ecosystem.