Just got a 2015 Azera. Love it. But as far as I can tell, CarPlay isn't enabler yet. It's got the new 7" display, but I think it will need an upgrade via SD card. Integration is much better than on my 2013 (got out of a lease early).
So when you take your car in for service are you planning to leave your phone with the dealership all day? When you take your car for a wash are going to give the vacuum guy your phone? How about the valet?
In BMWs the key fob also stores information about the car such as mileage, vehicle number, next service, etc. I know it would be nice to not have to carry it but it does come in handy sometimes.
valet key? ???? In every other car the car stores all that info
I think that the wording of survey questions and consumer's lack of familiarity with the difference between CarPlay and a factory navigation unit likely significantly skewed the results.
Yup. If they asked who has ever used their iPhone in their car because their car GPS either doesn't exist or sucks balls, you'd probably get a 90% affirmative response from actual iPhone owners. Throw in those who have ever used it for texting or music and that would go up to 99%. Now don't tell me that none of those people would be interested in a system that makes using the iPhone as they already do easier and safer.
valet key? ???? In every other car the car stores all that info
The valet key is the full fob minus the mechanical key. Although it is not a totally useless idea to be able to start your car with a phone, it doesn't really get rid of the need for the key fob. They would have to design a different key fob though if you wanted to keep it in the glove box just for valets because the car cannot be locked if the key fob is inside of the car.
The advantage of having the dealer information recorded to the key fob is that the service desk can read it before it goes into the garage to be hooked up to the computer. The same information is also recorded in the car and some of it is even in the cloud. Furthermore the dealer service needs full access to the auto including the trunk so a valet fob is not enough.
Are you sure they were aware of it? How do you know?
I think competition is gonna fragment things and lose awareness and interest in people. Seems Goog just wants to do stuff because Apple is doing it.
Would have been smarter if Goog would have partnered with Apple and both push the service together. But then again, this is the dumb a** company that back stabbed Apple to make a cheap iPhone knockoff.(both losing billions)
On a really important note:
If Apple Music incorporates that humongous podcast catalog and adds talk radio, I can see CarPlay awareness adoption skyrocket. I'd see a lot of Sirius XM people switching fast.
what are you talking about? they surveyed new car owners and asked which gizmos they used in the first 90 days.
"asked more than 4,200 new car owners and lessees about their experience with 33 technology features during the first 90 days of ownership."
what do you mean "they've never seen it" - it's there. in their new car, in the garage.
SpamSandwich is actually correct. Nowhere in the article does it says a single person in the survey even had CarPlay, or even Android for that matter.. I am betting none of them did being that you can't find a car with CarPlay if you tried right now. Volkswagen is just starting to get them, but only one model. The current in-car infotainment systems are terrible and haven't changed in years in some cases. No one uses them because they are using their iPhones for music and maps.
If JD Powers research methodology is as convoluted as their press releases, it's a wonder that anyone told them they wanted technology in their cars.
"In addition, owners who say their dealer did not explain the feature have a higher likelihood of never using the technology. Furthermore, features that are not activated when the vehicle is delivered often result in the owner not even knowing they have the technology in their new vehicle.
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valet key? ???? In every other car the car stores all that info
I think that the wording of survey questions and consumer's lack of familiarity with the difference between CarPlay and a factory navigation unit likely significantly skewed the results.
Yup. If they asked who has ever used their iPhone in their car because their car GPS either doesn't exist or sucks balls, you'd probably get a 90% affirmative response from actual iPhone owners. Throw in those who have ever used it for texting or music and that would go up to 99%. Now don't tell me that none of those people would be interested in a system that makes using the iPhone as they already do easier and safer.
valet key? ???? In every other car the car stores all that info
The valet key is the full fob minus the mechanical key. Although it is not a totally useless idea to be able to start your car with a phone, it doesn't really get rid of the need for the key fob. They would have to design a different key fob though if you wanted to keep it in the glove box just for valets because the car cannot be locked if the key fob is inside of the car.
The advantage of having the dealer information recorded to the key fob is that the service desk can read it before it goes into the garage to be hooked up to the computer. The same information is also recorded in the car and some of it is even in the cloud. Furthermore the dealer service needs full access to the auto including the trunk so a valet fob is not enough.
I think competition is gonna fragment things and lose awareness and interest in people. Seems Goog just wants to do stuff because Apple is doing it.
Would have been smarter if Goog would have partnered with Apple and both push the service together. But then again, this is the dumb a** company that back stabbed Apple to make a cheap iPhone knockoff.(both losing billions)
On a really important note:
If Apple Music incorporates that humongous podcast catalog and adds talk radio, I can see CarPlay awareness adoption skyrocket. I'd see a lot of Sirius XM people switching fast.
what are you talking about? they surveyed new car owners and asked which gizmos they used in the first 90 days.
"asked more than 4,200 new car owners and lessees about their experience with 33 technology features during the first 90 days of ownership."
what do you mean "they've never seen it" - it's there. in their new car, in the garage.
SpamSandwich is actually correct. Nowhere in the article does it says a single person in the survey even had CarPlay, or even Android for that matter.. I am betting none of them did being that you can't find a car with CarPlay if you tried right now. Volkswagen is just starting to get them, but only one model. The current in-car infotainment systems are terrible and haven't changed in years in some cases. No one uses them because they are using their iPhones for music and maps.
"In addition, owners who say their dealer did not explain the feature have a higher likelihood of never using the technology. Furthermore, features that are not activated when the vehicle is delivered often result in the owner not even knowing they have the technology in their new vehicle.
- See more at: http://www.jdpower.com/press-releases/2015-driver-interactive-vehicle-experience-drive-report#sthash.Gwa2hWW9.dpuf
In other words, drivers have no idea what technology is in their car.