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  • Drivers love CarPlay as car infotainment systems get worse overall

    mike1mike1
    masteric said:
    melwan said:
    If a car model doesn't have it, I won't even consider it.
    Same here. I love CarPlay. Both of our cars have it (and one of them has wireless CarPlay). There is no way I'd buy a car without it. 

    I also have two vehicles with wireless CarPlay. One is my daily driver and I have CarPlay set up with my phone. All is good. My wife rarely drives this car and when she does, she's fine with the factory infotainment and paired BT etc. Our other car is her primary vehicle but it is also our go-to car when we are together. While we both can set up CarPlay, I found that when both of us are in the car at the same time, the interface was clunky and confusing. Now, I just connect to her car through the factory infotainment system and she connects using CarPlay.

    Has anyone else had this issue?
    watto_cobra

  • Drivers love CarPlay as car infotainment systems get worse overall

    mike1mike1
    If I was a car maker, I would jump to new CarPlay as fast as I could.

    I just don't understand why the resistance.

    Besides wanting to control the experience for their customers, a huge issue is that so much of the car's interface is through and integrated into the infotainment system.
    I agree that CarPlay is a must have, but it is only a portion of a modern vehicle's functionality.
    watto_cobra

  • iPhone 16 Pro may ship in a new bronze color

    mike1mike1
    There may be a bronze, but I doubt it would be that yellow.
    beowulfschmidt

  • You may be able to unlock future Apple devices with only your heart

    mike1mike1
    apple4thewin said:
    Doesn’t apple do something similar with wearing a mask, face id will log you in as long as you wear your Apple Watch?

    Yes, but the authentication is between the phone and the already unlocked watch. Nothing to do with heart rhythm.
    watto_cobra

  • Friend is the creepy and dystopian iPhone accessory that might just work

    mike1mike1
    Why are even tech people so faint hearted as to find everything "creepy"? I see this word come up a lot in similar contexts. One might have no use for this product but it is far from creepy. This is nothing. 

    Oh. It's pretty creepy. 
    Really thought this was an SNL bit or something.
    Reminded me of their senior citizen version of Alexa from a few years back.

    That was funny.


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