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CarPlay enables a car-friendly interface with big buttons, shortcuts to navigation/music/communication, and minimal distractions. I don’t know of any way to get

by rafram 3mo ago

CarPlay enables a car-friendly interface with big buttons, shortcuts to navigation/music/communication, and minimal distractions. I don’t know of any way to get that on the phone’s own display.

Propelloni 3mo ago
Can't speak for Carplay, but Android Auto does try to distract me with attempts of engagement like "Is the construction site still there?" and other shit. The car's (an Audi) system does not, but it fails on many other levels. Both make me angry, albeit for different reasons.
- simiones 3mo ago
  > Android Auto does try to distract me with attempts of engagement like "Is the construction site still there?" and other shit. That's not Android Auto, it's Waze doing that (and it would do it on Apple too). And it's not "an attempt at engagement", it's a cost for keeping the real-time map and traffic data that Waze is chosen for up-to-date. Use Google Maps if you don't like the interruptions.
  - swiftcoder 3mo ago
    Tbf, Google Maps also has these prompts. One probably sees them less due to Google having achieved critical mass, but in quiet rural areas I see them quite often
    - simiones 3mo ago
      Interesting, I hadn't noticed... Though related to the critical mass, keep in mind that Waze has been acquired by Google many years ago now (13, specifically).
  - xp84 3mo ago
    Sometimes Google Maps does that too, I’m pretty sure.
    - picofarad 3mo ago
      It does, I saw it in Houston this past weekend on android auto and google maps, "police reported ahead; still there [yes] [no]"
      - prerok 3mo ago
        Just came to say this as well. Happens in Europe too (well, obviously :) ).
- SoftTalker 3mo ago
  You'd think it would be much more efficient for road construction projects to update Apple and Google with their plans, rather than rely on random motorists reporting them.

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CarPlay enables a car-friendly interface with big buttons, shortcuts to navigation/music/communication, and minimal distractions. I don’t know of any way to get

by rafram 3mo ago

CarPlay enables a car-friendly interface with big buttons, shortcuts to navigation/music/communication, and minimal distractions. I don’t know of any way to get that on the phone’s own display.

Propelloni 3mo ago
Can't speak for Carplay, but Android Auto does try to distract me with attempts of engagement like "Is the construction site still there?" and other shit. The car's (an Audi) system does not, but it fails on many other levels. Both make me angry, albeit for different reasons.
- simiones 3mo ago
  > Android Auto does try to distract me with attempts of engagement like "Is the construction site still there?" and other shit. That's not Android Auto, it's Waze doing that (and it would do it on Apple too). And it's not "an attempt at engagement", it's a cost for keeping the real-time map and traffic data that Waze is chosen for up-to-date. Use Google Maps if you don't like the interruptions.
  - swiftcoder 3mo ago
    Tbf, Google Maps also has these prompts. One probably sees them less due to Google having achieved critical mass, but in quiet rural areas I see them quite often
    - simiones 3mo ago
      Interesting, I hadn't noticed... Though related to the critical mass, keep in mind that Waze has been acquired by Google many years ago now (13, specifically).
  - xp84 3mo ago
    Sometimes Google Maps does that too, I’m pretty sure.
    - picofarad 3mo ago
      It does, I saw it in Houston this past weekend on android auto and google maps, "police reported ahead; still there [yes] [no]"
      - prerok 3mo ago
        Just came to say this as well. Happens in Europe too (well, obviously :) ).
- SoftTalker 3mo ago
  You'd think it would be much more efficient for road construction projects to update Apple and Google with their plans, rather than rely on random motorists reporting them.