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Enjoy CarPlay While You Still Can

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20 points fortran77 | 7 comments | 03 Nov 25 16:36 UTC | HN request time: 0.952s | source | bottom
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poulsbohemian ◴[03 Nov 25 17:29 UTC] No.45801685[source]▶
Maybe I'm an outlier here (but I don't think so...) in that CarPlay is an absolute non-negotiable. I don't care (and don't really want...) it to handle climate control, but music, podcasts, weather, messaging, phone, and navigation? Heck yes. The built-in systems are bollocks and 99% of the planet has already committed to Android or Apple for these features in the rest of their outside-the-car life, so the dumbest thing any auto manufacturer could do is push against the tide.
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1. SoftTalker ◴[03 Nov 25 18:17 UTC] No.45802302[source]▶
I don't want any ties to a phone manufacturer or OS, honestly. I'll have my car a lot longer than I have my phone. Just give me decent sound and an charge/aux connection. The rest I can do on my phone with a mount.
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2. turtlebits ◴[03 Nov 25 18:27 UTC] No.45802445[source]▶
There aren't any. Just don't use carplay/android auto and you just have the manufacturer supplied interface.
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3. jcotton42 ◴[03 Nov 25 18:33 UTC] No.45802533[source]▶
> I'll have my car a lot longer than I have my phone

Doesn't that make CarPlay/Android Auto a good thing? Provided the car supports both platforms, it means you can change phones during your car's lifespan without having to worry about losing features, and you get new phones as your phone upgrades without having to change your car.

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4. SoftTalker ◴[03 Nov 25 18:38 UTC] No.45802604[source]▶
I don't know, what if a third mobile OS is developed and gains traction (or is just one that I prefer) but it isn't supported by the car. What if future releases of iOS or Android are incompatible with a 10-year-old version of CarPlay or Android Auto?

I'd just prefer to minimize dependencies.

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5. SoftTalker ◴[03 Nov 25 18:39 UTC] No.45802614[source]▶
That's true, as long as they give me an aux port.
6. JCBird1012 ◴[03 Nov 25 19:22 UTC] No.45803228{3}[source]▶
CarPlay and Android Auto were engineered from the start to be as agnostic to the car's hardware as possible. Your car's stereo is really just a dumb screen (i.e. just a display and input/output interface) with the phone doing most of the rendering + a few other things (i.e. providing some car instrumentation, like fuel remaining, if the manufacturer enables it) - the hardware requirements aren't really strict from a performance standpoint (minus CarPlay Ultra, and even then, that's just a tighter integration).
7. reverius42 ◴[03 Nov 25 20:32 UTC] No.45804068[source]▶
Kind of a waste of the nice big screen built into the car, then. Are you just going to use it as a backup camera?