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This is really cool. Sort of related, what I find kind of silly, is that my car probably knows really well where I am, but can't help my phone figure out where
by dietr1ch 2y ago
This is really cool.
Sort of related, what I find kind of silly, is that my car probably knows really well where I am, but can't help my phone figure out where my car is pointing to despite being connected to it.
- MaxikCZ 2y agoThats still surprisingly unsolved problem. I was daydreaming about pulling my laptop out somewhere without known wifi and it automatically using my phone as a hotspot, without going trough manual process of enabling said hotspot. Somehow we connected the world but forgot to connect out devices..
- vineyardmike 2y agoThis has almost been a feature for Macs+iPhones for like a decade. You need to manually "pick a wifi network" but it'll turn on your phone's hotspot if you pick it from the list.
- pjerem 2y agoNever tried on my Mac, but on iPad, it’s totally automatic : the iPad automatically tells the iPhone to enable the hotspot (over Bluetooth I presume) then connects to it.
- wisenull 2y agoIs the hotspot truly off? I am asking because it was really common to see Whoever's iPhone whenever you were picking a wifi network.
- astrange 2y agoThe hotspot uses a lot of power, so it really is off when it's not being used.
- klausa 2y agoMy understanding of CarPlay is that it does offload GPS to the car (when available, not all units/manufacturers might support it).
- fragmede 2y agoIt does! Unfortunately for me, I rented this one Ford Explorer where the car's GPS was off by a mile, so that was the opposite of helpful, and I didn't find a way to turn that off in the short time I had it.
- longtimelistnr 2y agoThis is actually a problem for my Volkswagen Tiguan, the car GPS data is wildly inaccurate probably ~30% of the time. The only fix is force it to use wired CarPlay or turn of CarPlay and let my map grab my phone's data before reconnecting.
- porphyra 2y agoThis is one thing that is nice about using the Tesla in-car navigation. It always knows which way the car is pointed.