anantksundaram

mikethemartian said:

I was under the impression that Tesla had no desire to use CarPlay so I don’t know how they were “beat”.

Wording aside (on which I agree with you), as a brand new Tesla S owner, I have to say that their music/messaging interface is embarrassingly primitive: buggy, laggy, can't perform basic functions such as allowing you choose a playlist you want and so forth.

This is particularly surprising given how impressive much of its software interface is, e..g, maps, navigation, security features (e.g., Sentry), vehicle controls, etc.

I think it would really behoove Tesla to adopt something along the lines of CarPlay or at least come up with something reasonably equivalent. Right now, this commonly-used function by a vehicle driver.... to put it in one word: sucks.

PS: The vehicle itself is just magnificent. Easily the best car I've owned, overall.

At this point, it seems he's likely right.

StrangeDays said:

mike1 said:

CheeseFreeze said:

My prediction:

1. Apple will keep focusing having the TV app on as many major smart TV’s as possible to ensure mass access to their services.

2. Apple will sunset the Apple TV hardware 

I doubt it. While they will work to include on as many TVs and other devices as possible, they will not discontinue their own hardware. It is the only way they can deliver the best possible user experience. TV hardware is typically under powered and they tend to give up software support after a couple of years.

Agreed. I haven’t used a smart TV that didn’t suck due to being painfully slow (including a new at the time Visio with Apple TV app), not to mention terrible, terrible remote. I would never voluntarily give up my ATV for one of these supposed smart TVs. (Not to mention all the spying for advertising analytics.)

Try the newer TCLs. Fantastic TV for the price, and the best part is, it has AppleTV built-in (along with Roku, Prime, Hulu, Disney, and even Comcast programming... and more). It is extremely easy to set up and quite zippy in its response.

Sadly, AppleTV has become such a dated, cumbersome, messy, confusing product. I use it for almost nothing anymore. I'll probably keep buying new ones and updating it out of habit for a few more years, not much more.

Can't believe it was such a game-changer when it first came out, and it's disappointing to see it so completely passed-by.

It'll amount to a hill of beans in the longer run.

To paraphrase Frank Zappa's comment on jazz, "unions aren't dead, they just smell funny." They barely crack membership by 10% of the US workforce...