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Doesn't matter because CarPlay and AA allow you to bring whatever apps you want to with you. If you listen to podcasts or books on your phone, you can continue

Doesn't matter because CarPlay and AA allow you to bring whatever apps you want to with you. If you listen to podcasts or books on your phone, you can continue them from the CarPlay/AA interface next time you drive. CarPlay and Android Auto give you the choice of your own app and full integration with the rest of your listening life.

ajross 2y ago
That's a statement about audio playing only though. To first approximation the core job of a car infotainment product is map and navigation display. Everything else is noise.
- lokar 2y ago
  Have you not used maps via CarPlay?
  - arcticfox 2y ago
    I think CarPlay is kind of stupid because the ONLY apps that make any sense are audio and maps. Both of which don’t need much variety… Google Maps, plus a handful of audio apps, and the infotainment system is complete.
    - seer 2y ago
      Hmm waze is hugely popular where I come from, because of all the police speed traps it crowdsources. And I’ve not seen that as part of an official infotainment system like ever. And to be fair I prefer waze, not just because it makes driving simpler, but the community feeling you get by marking stopped cars or other obstructions on the road for others to pay attention to. Unless automakers organize and come together to build a common os/ui layer, I don’t see apps like that ever being present in official infotainment systems. And audio book apps change all the time too - local variants with local libraries, language learning apps etc. There is quite the variety of stuff you could do in a car.
    - _flux 2y ago
      I imagine a lot of companies would like to integrate their apps to cars. Think the police, ambulances, taxis/Uber, etc. Currently they just solve the problem by mounting more devices to the car. And even if you want to use only audio and maps, then there are still a selection of audio streaming providers and map providers around.
  - dzhiurgis 2y ago
    Yes. It's awful. Plus CarPlay it's pretty unstable and requires cable on some cars.
- hollandheese 2y ago
  People listen to audio in their cars a lot more than they use navigation.
- katbyte 2y ago
  Offline maps such as Gaia don’t work on Tesla so that is it failing at its job compared to CarPlay
  - dzhiurgis 2y ago
    Maybe you can use your phone for when you actually go offline once a year…
    - katbyte 2y ago
      try every week or two? camping hiking etc bring me places without reception. driving between towns here (BC, canada) often mean long stretches of road without reception.

ajross 2y ago

That's a statement about audio playing only though. To first approximation the core job of a car infotainment product is map and navigation display. Everything else is noise.

lokar 2y ago
Have you not used maps via CarPlay?
- arcticfox 2y ago
  I think CarPlay is kind of stupid because the ONLY apps that make any sense are audio and maps. Both of which don’t need much variety… Google Maps, plus a handful of audio apps, and the infotainment system is complete.
  - seer 2y ago
    Hmm waze is hugely popular where I come from, because of all the police speed traps it crowdsources. And I’ve not seen that as part of an official infotainment system like ever. And to be fair I prefer waze, not just because it makes driving simpler, but the community feeling you get by marking stopped cars or other obstructions on the road for others to pay attention to. Unless automakers organize and come together to build a common os/ui layer, I don’t see apps like that ever being present in official infotainment systems. And audio book apps change all the time too - local variants with local libraries, language learning apps etc. There is quite the variety of stuff you could do in a car.
  - _flux 2y ago
    I imagine a lot of companies would like to integrate their apps to cars. Think the police, ambulances, taxis/Uber, etc. Currently they just solve the problem by mounting more devices to the car. And even if you want to use only audio and maps, then there are still a selection of audio streaming providers and map providers around.
- dzhiurgis 2y ago
  Yes. It's awful. Plus CarPlay it's pretty unstable and requires cable on some cars.
hollandheese 2y ago
People listen to audio in their cars a lot more than they use navigation.
katbyte 2y ago
Offline maps such as Gaia don’t work on Tesla so that is it failing at its job compared to CarPlay
- dzhiurgis 2y ago
  Maybe you can use your phone for when you actually go offline once a year…
  - katbyte 2y ago
    try every week or two? camping hiking etc bring me places without reception. driving between towns here (BC, canada) often mean long stretches of road without reception.