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Enjoy CarPlay While You Still Can

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20 points fortran77 | 2 comments | 03 Nov 25 16:36 UTC | HN request time: 0.001s | source
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marstall ◴[03 Nov 25 18:24 UTC] No.45802405[source]▶
I love CarPlay, but I do feel like I'm risking my family's life when it fails to connect and I'm left fiddling with it while driving. It seems like what GM's doing would at least eliminate that risk factor.
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swrobel ◴[03 Nov 25 18:44 UTC] No.45802672[source]▶
Wired CarPlay FTW
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tkcranny ◴[03 Nov 25 21:57 UTC] No.45804923[source]▶
I’ve spent a lot of time with both, and hands down the wired one is far more flakey. Granted I think that’s more a Mazda software issue, but a solid 10% of the time I get “CarPlay failed” and the only way to fix it is to turn the car on and off. Never once had an issue with wireless in a Hyundai.
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1. lacker ◴[03 Nov 25 22:24 UTC] No.45805186[source]▶
In my Mazda the wired CarPlay also seems to fail a lot. But whenever I rent a car with wireless CarPlay it's been fine. Take this one anecdote for what it's worth.
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2. pirates ◴[03 Nov 25 22:30 UTC] No.45805235[source]▶
My Mazda’s wired carplay has never once failed so…take this one anecdote for what it’s worth.