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Apple CarPlay may have given automakers just barely enough of an "out" that the pressure is reduced. The only time I use the system's own interface is to update
by fl0ki 2y ago
Apple CarPlay may have given automakers just barely enough of an "out" that the pressure is reduced. The only time I use the system's own interface is to update its firmware once a year, and the only time those updates have noticeably mattered was to make my car compatible with CarPlay over USB Type-C.
Given this, it's surprising to me to see reluctance to adopting second-generation CarPlay, but someone who knows more about the tradeoffs can certainly account for that better than I can.
- 0xbadcafebee 2y agoI just got an older (2020) truck with an older generation Ford infotainment (SYNC 3) with CarPlay/Android Auto. I use AA, and its huge latency and the difficulty of use (capacitive touch, the physical buttons on the media console are useless) make it hard to use. I notice my eyes are locked on the console for much longer than necessary because it's so hard to press things and then wait for a response, or go back if the wrong thing got touched. I don't have my eyes on the road and it feels dangerous. If they had just made the radio tuning knob into a scroll wheel for the UI, it would be so much easier, quicker, safer to navigate the screen. But I know they'll be going in the opposite direction due to tech trends. We need hackers to save us.