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  • BMW owners unable to access CarPlay due to apparent subscription service outage

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    rotateleftbyte said:
    Does Tesla support CarPlay? I can't remember seeing it as being available when I looked at a Model S (this time last year and before the Model 3 became available)?

    I have it in my EV and TBH, it is a PITA. I keep having to tell siri to **** off when using my phone out of the car but that is probably down to me more than anything.
    No, Tesla does not support CarPlay or Android Auto. Infotainment wise, they're a bit behind the curve. I've had CarPlay support in  my Hyundai Ioniq EV for a couple of years, and it's also my current Jaguar I-Pace - I would not buy a car without it. That's quite easy, as I think Tesla is pretty much the only one without.

    That said, I would not buy a car without a dashboard either - so 3 and Y were off the list anyways.
    ravnorodomcaladanian

  • Virtualization software maker Parallels bought out by Canada's Corel

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    borps said:
    Time to switch! Corel is a software graveyard.

    Alternatives: VMWare Fusion (better anyway)
    Virtual Box (free & open source)
    I didn't find VMWare to be better last I used it, but that was several years ago, I guess. What makes it better than Parallels? (I'm curious, as I probably will have to buy one or the other in the next month or two, as I let my last Parallels subscription expire.)
    And, Virtual Box, while free, sadly doesn't seem in the running unless price is the only factor. Kind of like Pixelmator vs GIMP.

    VMware works out of the box with Linux as they have open source drivers included with the kernel, Parallels has their own drivers which need to be recompiled for each kernel and frequently won't build.

    VMware also uses Metal for its virtualisation and DirectX support, which might have mattered if I played games in the VM.

    I've also had to use some evil VPN software at customer sites, which for some reason refused to work on Windows running on Parallels but worked on Vmware. 

    cgWerksols

  • Google Maps becomes first third-party navigation app with Apple CarPlay support

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    boltsfan17 said:
    For me personally, I think Apple Maps look so much better compared to Google Maps. On Apple Maps, all the houses and buildings are in 3D in my area and that looks way more aesthetically pleasing on the eye compared to Google Maps. One big pet peeve of mine on Google Maps is the lack of labeling on bodies of water. While trying out Google Maps in CarPlay this afternoon, I drove over a river and next to a lake. Neither were labeled. On Apple Maps, they are. There is a setting to show speed limits, but so far, I haven't seen any while use Google Maps in CarPlay. Apple Maps shows speed limits on all the roads where I live. 

    Apple Maps' capabilities varies by location.  Driving in Norway and Sweden, I've yet to see anything 3D. I don't think I miss it, though. No speed limits either. And while the POI database of Apple Maps is orders of magnitude better than when it was launched, it's still far behind Google's offering.

    For non-Carplay purposes, I could also add that Google maps shows public transport, while Apple maps doesn't support this.

    From my limited testing yesterday, Google maps was also much better at interpreting spoken addresses than Apple Maps via Siri.
    Carnagehobs