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  • Apple isn't planning on limiting CarPlay just to a car's head unit

    dpkrohdpkroh
    This is GREAT news.  We have a 2018 Mazda CX-5 with windshield projected HUD and a 2020 Kia Soul with a HUD that projects into a pop up panel above the dash behind the steering wheel.  The HUD are excellent for keeping eyes on the road.  Despite Apple & Google Maps, and Waze being far superior navigation apps, I often use the native navigation in the cars,  so everything can be seen on the HUD and eyes can stay on the road.

    Even though both vehicles have CarPlay support and good sized central dash screens, those central screens are a distraction from the road, while HUD keeps your eyes on the road.  This is the Achilles heel of CarPlay... lacking HUD support,

    IIRC CarPlay was also built to allow control of some car functions, like the climate control, door locks, etc using Siri, but I don’t think it has ever been implemented in any car.  Again the Mazda and Kia have their own voice command systems, but they suck compared to Siri.... and sometimes accidentally activate instead of Siri when giving commands.  
    watto_cobra

  • Apple's iOS 13.2 release bricks HomePod for some users [u]

    dpkrohdpkroh
    The update did not immediately brick my HomePod.

    It’s banner feature individual user recognition did not work.  HomePod Siri Would tell my wife if does not recognize her.

    Checked all the apps settings as recommended by Apple and after still failing to make multi user authentication work I followed the steps on Apple’s website to reset HomePod.
     
    As per Apple instructions after unplugging and plugging the HomePod back in I pressed and held the top until the white spinning circle turned red. Siri on the HomePod Warned that the HomePod was about to reset. I waited for 3 beeps and the reset started.

    I must’ve waited for 10 minutes or Morrow wow the white circle was spinning on top but nothing else happening. Put my iPhone next to it with Bluetooth and Wi-Fi on. Made sure I was signed into the iCloud account with the Home app and Music installed and still nothing.

    chaickacaladanianwatto_cobraAlex1N

  • Apple rolls out tvOS 13.2 for Apple TV with Siri recording opt-in

    dpkrohdpkroh
    StrangeDays said:
    dpkroh said:
    minor point upgrade to iOS is a good thing but you are missing the biggest iOS 13 story completely.

    Until today HomePod has been stuck on version 12.4. Finally today Apple has released 13.2 for HomePod as well. It is been an absurd wait of about a month or more.

    I’m not sure which is the stronger feeling. The relief that Apple has finally released iOS 13 for HomePod or the fact that it took more than a month after the general release of iOS 13 to issue the same for HomePod.

    I am guessing nobody at Apple insider has a HomePod? LOL?
    Absurd wait? For new functionality you didn’t have before? I’m confused, did your HomePods stop working in the interim? Mine are still performing perfectly and I’ve suffered no losses. 
    Yes... the wait was absurd.  Had a HomePod when it first came out - sent it back as useless.  The very reason I decided to try HomePod again was due to the multi-user voice recognition.  Everything on Apple’s website after iOS13 was released that mentioned HomePods mentioned this feature.  No where at that time did it still say “coming soon”.

    Also when I upgraded my other devices like iPhone to iOS 13 I HomePod features broke. My iPhone started telling me I had to upgrade to newer software on my HomePod - newer software that was not yer available.  So it basically “broke” things until Apple later muted this message.

    This is an ECOSYSTEM not single isolated operating systems and devices.  There are features in iOS 13 and HomePod 13 that depend on both devices upgraded.  So yes it is very much absurd.  You may have slack standards, and that’s okay for you, but it doesn’t make it okay for Apple as a company.  Especially not when Apple promotes the idea of buying into an entire ecosystem that works together.
    mobirdsteveau

  • Here are the Apple TV+ shows that you can watch at launch, and what's coming soon

    dpkrohdpkroh
    sirozha said:
    How does a service with just a few shows compare to Netflix or Hulu, which have thousands of titles? 

    Apple TV should have become a streaming delivery platform for content providers to use. Kind of like a cable TV provider is a delivery platform for multiple content providers. This way, content providers could concentrate on the content and let Apple handle the technical issues related to streaming. 

    Instead, Apple decided to become a content provider with their own streaming service. It’s clearly a dead end approach, as people will only be willing to have a limited number of streaming services. 


    sirozha said:
    How does a service with just a few shows compare to Netflix or Hulu, which have thousands of titles? 

    Apple TV should have become a streaming delivery platform for content providers to use. Kind of like a cable TV provider is a delivery platform for multiple content providers. This way, content providers could concentrate on the content and let Apple handle the technical issues related to streaming. 

    Instead, Apple decided to become a content provider with their own streaming service. It’s clearly a dead end approach, as people will only be willing to have a limited number of streaming services. 


    Actually I think quality vs quantity is exactly the right approach. Used to be at least any NetFlix Original was guaranteed to be good to great. Netflix is now so full of crap it’s barely worth the hassle of bothering with. I would much rather subscribe to 10 really good shows with no crap content, then have to wade through the cesspool of mostly never should have been made crap that has to be waded through on a Netflix. I remember when I worked in London, UK in early 2000. Premium TV meant having 3 channels.... yes... just 3 good channels vs 300 channels of time wasting, can’t find anything , keep surfing hoping to find something that doesn’t suck... TV here in North America. Less is more when quality trumps quantity.
    lolliverronnAppleExposed

  • Apple Arcade available on September 19, play all you want for $4.99 a month

    dpkrohdpkroh
    Oh yeah one more thing.... to all the sleazy scum companies like Ubisoft, Rovio as examples of the very worst, plus many others.  Those who use every manipulative trick known to turn their apps into cesspools of pay to win, disposable, non-restorable on crash currency purchases in app......

    nah nah nah nah, nah nah nah nah, hey hey GOODBYE NOW ! 

    And good riddance.....
    lolliverwatto_cobraAppleExposed