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gatorguy said:

Does Apple normally release several research papers at such an early stage in developing features? 

This one hasn't really been tested yet, just 13 people have given it a try, but Apple is already announcing it?  I've always seen them as keeping their internal development quiet and under-the-radar and competitors guessing, before announcing to the world what they're up to with a consumer-ready feature all but complete.  Rather than these PR pieces intended to "delight the customer" it seems more likely this is meant to delight the market. 

designr said:

So the same thing Apple has been saying all along.

Nothing new here.

What would be new is admitting that this is primarily about money.

The sad thing is that this is one area where Apple is being remarkably short-sighted. A study of history—both in the recent tech world and in the longer scope of industry and technology—will show that closed (AKA "walled garden") systems eventually succumb to open ecosystems. Apple has a chance to get ahead of that and actually ride that if they were a bit more enlightened and less control-obsessed. Oh well.

mark fearing said:

8thman said:

Why go to an EV maker when they are all slowing from lack of sales. Tesla has a HUGE Lead, as do the Chinese, BYD brand

And I'm not so sure about Tesla having a lead. At least not in being a functioning profitable company. 

notwichred said:

So will this work on any car that uses CarPlay?  Or only new cars that integrate some sort of API going forward?