Manufacturers are contemplating how to win back control over the UI of their vehicles. They remain completely oblivious to why CarPlay succeeded in the first place.
Comment on GM blocks dealership from installing Apple CarPlay retrofit kits in EVs
tacofox@lemm.ee 2 weeks ago
Slightly related. Wtf happened to the Apple CarPlay 2.0 thing that was supposed to fully integrate into the center console and digital dashboard screens that would allow the in-built UI to be overridden completely?
muusemuuse@lemm.ee 2 weeks ago
Xatolos@reddthat.com 2 weeks ago
Possibly the fact many customers don’t want it. According to three Apple CarPlay site:
With digital car keys and the already seamless experience of Apple CarPlay, there are more ways than ever to take your iPhone on the road. With car keys, you can unlock and start your car with iPhone. And CarPlay gives you the ability to safely use what you love about your iPhone while you drive.
I don’t have an iPhone, so from all the marketing blurbs, it’s pretty much saying “Spend a ton of extra money for something you can never use.” I’ll pass on spending $1000+ on that useless"upgrade". And since Apple is notorious about locking iThings to Apple only hardware (or just not having full functionality when they do allow it), I doubt I’m alone in this thought.
tacofox@lemm.ee 2 weeks ago
Interesting pov. Thanks for sharing!
Petter1@lemm.ee 2 weeks ago
www.astonmartin.com/en-us/models/db12
I think, it is in this car
Obi@sopuli.xyz 2 weeks ago
That settles it then, I’m getting an Aston (like I needed more reasons to lust after them haha).
tacofox@lemm.ee 2 weeks ago
Just put it on the card. Oh that one is maxed? Put it on this one. Oh that too? Okay then use this card. Same thing huh? Well try this one here. Oh th-
AA5B@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
From an engineer at one of the legacy car manufacturers, they don’t want CarPlay 2 because it has privacy controls. They don’t want to give up so much access to the car, then have to access it over Apple APIs limited by privacy controls
tacofox@lemm.ee 2 weeks ago
I came to this conclusion shortly after posting this. Thanks for the confirmation.