I'll be honest Andrew, I am pretty happy with CarPlay the way it is and I would plug it in anyway so as to not kill the battery. I chose my last car in part because it supported CarPlay. I never use anything but maps, music and the podcast app. That's all I need and they work fine just as they are now. I'd have to buy a new car to get those cool dash features and I won't be doing that for a long time so...
Yeap. I’m also happy with the current setup. I only use Apple Music and Waze. And phone calls too. The point is to keep it simple and out of the way. I rarely touch the screen once I start driving. When surveying new cars, CarPlay is a must have in my wishlist. But I have to say this though, I saw in one video the dashboard view on a square screen and that looks terrible!
I'm relatively new to CarPlay, and so for me, it's like **high** tech. I had no clue that the kind of displays you showed on your dashboard were even within the realm of possibility. So the things you mention would be great, but I'm still awed by having the software at all!
Personally I don’t want CarPlay to take over my dash just my central one. In addition having maps, music, podcasts, and Siri pretty much satisfies my needs.
Seems like there’s more and more manufacturers jumping on board with apple all the time so you don’t have much of a choice really, its the future of dashboards in all cars, I’m sure we’ll ll all love it when we get the chance to try it out.
Let's hope that Apple manages to bring its new integrated system into new car models soon. Recently Google introduced its integrated system into cars like the Polestar 2 and Renault Megane EV and it works brilliantly.
I want them to incorporate lossless audio through wireless CarPlay. Also show what format of audio is playing through CarPlay without having to go on your phone app. It gets annoying having to plug in if you want true uncompressed audio.
Bluetooth doesn't support lossless audio... it simply can't handle that much data. Until that problem is overcome lossless via wireless CarPlay is simply not possible
@@lucasdivine9131 this is true, Bluetooth is not capable of sending that amount of data transfer. But…. If you turn off your Bluetooth (completely in the system settings) after CarPlay does the start up handshake, the audio still plays through wifi. The audio does not transmit through Bluetooth as far as I can tell. This is why when you are hooked up with wireless CarPlay and pull down the Control Center, wifi is greyed out.
I thought Wireless Carplay would go over Wifi and Bluetooth at the same time (Airplay 2) and that has the possibility for losless audio, because it has very high data transfer rate.
I use Apple CarPlay daily. Mostly just for music, but a few times a year that I use the Maps app, I love that I can set the route on my phone while in my home, get in my car and it carries over to the dash screen. It pretty much is a must have, imo. I love what Apple showed off for the future of CarPlay, but I don't expect it actually becoming a thing for a very long time. Very likely won't be in any car I ever own, which is sad to think about. What is scary is car manufacturers are looking at monthly subscriptions for built-in features of cars. Things such as more horsepower or heated seats might come standard in all models, but require a monthly fee to activate.
A first party or over priced Belkin Wireless CarPlay Adapter would be awesome. I have one of the janky ones from amazon but it regularly drops out in certain parts of my commute due to what I can only guess is radio interference at those particular parts of the road
Seen some comments about their phones heating up. I recommend putting your phone in a phone holder in front of the aircon vent. You can get phone holders for all different cars but mine has done me well for 3 years now and never heats up. In winter tho you don’t want to have your phone in front of the vent as the heater will cause problems ahhaah
BMW tends to adopt CarPlay features first. For example they rolled out wireless CP years ago. I find apps over wireless CP have more issues than wired CP in my other two cars. Such as an app saying it can’t play a podcast although it has gotten better in iOS 16.
Also it seems to have a little delay, in another car i tried a usb to wireless carplay adapter, that was even worse. Cable no problems and the system is super smooth and responsive.
Major issue i have is connection issues with wired carplay. sometimes i have to unplug and plug back in or it doesn't work. second i would like to recommended developers to make a maps app with weather radar overlay. would be nice to know if I'm driving into something bad.
My only problem is that extending CarPlay to the gauge cluster screen is it doesn’t do anything better or more reliable than the OEM UI. Sure it is prettier but that’s the only improvement. It seems like they just need a reason to sell a more expensive version of CarPlay
agreed, I like my cluster as it is, only thing I need is the speed and that is displayed in the HUD. Maps is via voice and sometimes you do a glance, that is absolutely enough.
Ha! I’m out of town for the holidays and rented a Kia Forte, basically Kia’s version of the Honda Civic, somewhat basic car with upmarket features. I was shocked when I unplugged my iPhone and the CarPlay was still working! It was so nice to be able to then realize I could charge my phone via the cigarette light adapter and not worry about my music and navigation not working until I plugged it in. It’s shocking that this works on a budget car and other manufacturers aren’t supporting it. Kudos to Kia!!
Biggest negative for me is that CarPlay automatically plays after the truck starts or radio is muted/unmuted. Semi trucks auto mute when put in reverse.
If you want it i recommend looking at android headunits or something like a pioneer or headunit. I got mine for 350 almost 2 years ago and it’s awesome. If I bought it today tho I would 100% pay more for wireless Apple CarPlay because I drive friends around a lot and their phones are dead so I give them my charger and then my headunit is useless except for the backup camera
In every single car I’ve had car play has had a problem 3 different cars and 4 different phones Lag, audio out of sync, all of them had weird issues where it would just disconnect and loss of audio
I have a 2017 BMW and it is wireless CarPlay. I was surprised to find out others need to plug it in. I would love to have weather with radar offered. My car has a built in weather app but no radar. I believe I saw where BMW will have the full/multi screen CarPlay in some of the models.
I have a 2021 Mazda Cx5 and don’t know if it’s car play or what but it changes my channels, deletes them, calls my contacts, dims my display and so many more weird things all on its own. Big time glitching. Any ideas?
Hi Andrew, I just purchased a 2018 Nissan Leaf and I notice that blutooth audio works very well Pandora, TIDAL etc... but when using any music app through Apple CarPlay it contionusly stutters. Very frustrating, any ideas? I'm new to CarPlay but not to the iPhone. Is this a known problem? I'm hoping there is a simple solution, audio is a big deal for me and if I can't get audio working then CarPlay is pretty much worthless to me. Any thoughts or suggestions? Thanks
My car does have wireless carplay. But it constantly disconnects. It’s a problem to the point that the car model that came just after mine removed the wireless feature.
My car uses Car play but it is very limited, many of the functions of the car simply do not work thru the manufacturers app on the car with CarPlay. After numerous complaints from customers that the App simply does not work on many functions, there seems to be no attempt to fix the issues by the manufacturer or OIS. I should say Android Auto users do not have these functionality issues, so the choice is do we change to Android on next phone upgrade to have these functions working?
I use CarPlay all the time. I got a dongle to make it wireless. I think wireless CarPlay is nice for short trips but for long trips, the battery drain is pretty high. So you really have to use a wireless charger or plug it in. What would be nice is for vehicles to have a place in the dash so I can insert my iPad and use that screen and avoid the auto tech screen all together.
I dont think that will be a thing in a future, is your car screen that terrible, mine is pretty awesome. I also bought an adapter but send it back, because of the battery time, but most importantly the delay. I bought the newest and best version of it and had a delay when scrolling or music scipping and with wire the system is just so much smoother and more responsive.
I just got a 22 Chevrolet with carplay but I’m pretty confused on how it works. I can Bluetooth my music and calls but it doesn’t screen mirror. I don’t want to plug in my phone so I’m about to try some wireless carplay devices. SuperiorTek 5.0 Wireless CarPlay Adapter is going to be my first try
Can you please answer my security questions, I want to know if someone can view my phone in my car without my phone being in the car at the moment via Apple car play
And back then when I first use android auto, I was existing, but after seeing the exact same interface on all different cars, I felt boring and stop using it. And now I live with Bluetooth music and in car navigation, different cars with different interfaces give me fresh feeling.
I use Carplay all the time - in my car it integrates with the dash for navigation, my heads up display for navigation, and does Music, navigation, texting, calls and podcasts perfectly. Thats what I want it to do, and it does it wirelessly and wired without a problem. Oh and the apple homekit works great too for opening up and closing the garage door. I have no complaints at all.
I do love CarPlay and used it in multiple countries over the last 7 days. Can it be better? Truth be told, what's out there that can't be better? Looking forward to the improvements even as I enjoy using it today.
I think what is holding CarPlay from being utilized to its full extent is Apple themselves. Their full screen CarPlay seems like a copy of Android Automotive but fully dependent on your iPhone for it to work, as opposed to something integrated into the car's infotainment and gauge cluster.
My main gripes with CarPlay: -can’t even search for music within the Apple Music app. -scrolling through a playlist in my Apple Music library is extremely slow and makes me look down at the screen for far too long, would rather just pull out the phone to find a specific song. -Waze, Google and even Apple Maps all have a limited interface for example: when searching for a specific store or business (whatever it may be), it doesn’t show any details like the store’s hours, doesn’t zoom out to show you a view of other stores matching your search but instead only shows you a list sorted by distance and you basically have to guess which location it is if you don’t know the exact address. it’s a pain in the ass to get around, especially in somewhere you are not familiar with. (which almost always happens to me because i’m always traveling or taking trips out of state. -and to agree with the video, every app that is supported by carplay seems to be oversimplified and barebones. -no support for even the most popular of apps.
I love CarPlay like the fact that my garage door pops up on the screen with the ability to control opening or closing it when i get a certain distance from my house. But like you said it need work for sure
I love CarPlay. My last 2 cars had wireless CarPlay so I was surprised when I upgraded to a Hyundai Ioniq EV a few weeks ago that’s got a ton of tech but no wireless CarPlay and a stupid placement for where you have to plug it in, luckily I found a wireless dongle that makes it work relatively seamlessly.
Most European and Japanese cars don't support wireless CarPlay. Domestics have had this for some time, even on lower models. IMHO, while my Ford has wireless Carplay (and Android Auto), I prefer Ford's Navigation/SiriusXM and voice control over Apple/Google's offerings. However, Ford's offerings are subscription-based, so most people will never experience the manufacturer's full in-car experience.
my iphone 12 and Peugeot car play is always like Apple Maps will always work fine, but if i get the tmtm go, or sygic, i get problems trying to display the maps in full size. can either get half size or nothing !!
It's really easy to retrofit a car that supports wired-only CarPlay to support wireless CarPlay. You can get a CarPlay wireless adapter for $80-$100 on Amazon, wire it to your car, pair it with your phone, and never think about it again. I got one of these several months ago and I find it a lot easier than hooking my phone up every time.
The only problem I have with CarPlay right now is the lack of feature and apps. As described in the video, some apps just show little to no information. Even sportivi, a part from your most recent mixes, it shows nothing, you can’t skip to a different part of the song, you can’t look for artists, it’s pretty useless a part from skipping songs.
I love Apple Car Play and it's superior to Android. I've used both. As for the XM app. I prefer it over my Kenwood aftermarket car stereo. What I do is open the app in my phone first and pick my station. I then click "now playing" in Apple Car Play and XM app shows up and it's graphically superior with album art and song info. Android lacks this feature. I use Apple Car play for music, maps, phone calls, listening to messages and "listening" to youtube videos such as yours. I pay for RUclips Premium so I can download videos into my phone and not use data. I make a playlist and then listen to them through the "now playing" feature. A video still of the youtube video shows up on the screen. I'm very happy with Apple Car play.
In my last MINI,I could get a split screen with CarPlay and maps or the radio station song info. On my new MINI, I can’t and the Sirius app doesn’t function at all.
In Canada, CarPlay is terrible... we don't have access to the same app vs usa. I have so many problems with the music app. For exemple, I have to use the cable so, I start the car, plug the iPhone, and when a clic PLAY, CarPlay reboot in loop but stop if I go to fm radio. I call so many times to explain that but nothing change. My car is a Volt 2018.
I’d like to see CarPlay (wired with USB-A to Lightning) not overheat my phone. It’s the worst when using Waze. Although regular charging in the car via cigarette plug and USB-C to Lightning also seems to overheat the phone, with or without waze.
Not sure if mentioned but the problem that I have is when asking for messages to be read by voice and or clicking on the messages app then the message itself it will show that it’s going to read it and the progress wheel fills up like it’s reading the message but it doesn’t. I don’t know how to fix that or if there is a fix, I usually stop if I can to look at it on my phone.
I dont have this problem, I thing it is a problem of your car. Try to adjust the volume while reading, sometime this is tuned to 0 like Navigation that has a seperate Volume control.
I use Apple Play on all my vehicles. I couldn’t live without it, especially Apple Maps and Google Maps. Of course the App could be better with more useable features. I agree with you, maybe in the future it will be better.
I love using CarPlay and dread when my phone has a problem connecting to the car because I when I rely on the navigation, especially suddenly not having on the big screen really hinders the experience and causes trouble. I’ve had to sometimes stop my car, shut it down unplug restart my phone all sorts of things to get it to work eventually. It’s so frustrating I don’t know if this issue is with my 2021 GMC Acadia or with my iPhone itself I have a iPhone, 13 promax, my car does have airplay, but I can also directly plug it in, and both seem to fail often enough that it’s frustrating the hell out of me. I would love for the ability for example to have my instrument cluster in the center since mine is all digital to display my routing information rather than having to look through the center cluster.
I’m quite happy with a simple CarPlay. Set my route and music and off I go. My driving focus stopping distractions that could be fatal. I don’t mind the wired connection as I’ve noticed the battery can drain whilst using GPS so would need to have it charging anyway.
Im honest with you. At first it bothered me to plug in my smartphone, but after some days you get used to it and its a fraction of a second to just plug it in. I like my instrument cluster as it is, for climate control etc. I have physical Buttons, so I dont need that either. I use spotify, Apple Maps or Google Maps and Pace Drive for gasoline payment and they all work really fine and I like how minimalistic they are, cuz it has all what I need in a car. So actually Im pretty happy with carplay. I wish they would more integrate the scroll wheel, because I hate touch, its not convenient.
Are CarPlay app developers even able to pull the simplest real time car information such as speed or rpm, and display it using their app on the main CarPlay screen yet? I can do this, displaying this information on my apple mobile device with a simple Bluetooth device plugged into the car port now.
I am mostly satisfied with carplay at the moment. My screen is big enough that i can use splitscreen mode comfortably (the map is still big enough to see a lot of detail). If there is one thing that is simple for them to add is weather app and have the current temp and conditions show at like the top corner (something like the lockscreen weather widget).
There’s no way manufacturers will allow CarPlay to take over the dash display, that part is safety (& legislative) critical. Can you imagine something not working, who’s liable? I have been happy with Bluetooth, and no car play, it’s too many distractions whilst you’re meant to be driving, just look at one of many dash cam videos to see what distracted driving causes.
I love CarPlay although the calendar could use an option to show a combined calendar & reminder view being that CarPlay does not display reminders. There is also a Apple Maps bug being when approaching a round-about the spoken direction will advise “take the 1st exit” but the display indicates the 2nd exit? Doesn’t always happen but very frustrating.
I use wireless CarPlay in my 2022 Civic and it has connection issues. It works sometimes. That being said its a 100 times better than factory U.I. I refuse to use the built in voice commands and even the built in GPS looks like its from the 90’s. As a consumer I’ll be pushing back huge against companies like BMW that want to charge a fee to use CarPlay
The base CarPlay is honestly enough for me, but if I ever feel like I need an upgrade, I might just do one of those ipad set ups and run everything out of it.
I bought a Lexion unit for my Lexus. It has wired and wireless CarPlay. It comes with a 10.23" screen. I don't need the instrument cluster on CarPlay. I don't play Sirius XM either. Spotify and a number of radio apps and Google Maps all works great and is all I need.
Thanks for video I always enjoy them! My problem with CarPlay is this; when I’m trying to find a client’s address and I call them my screen is taken over by the call. This means my sat nav/Apple maps is no longer displaying where I am to tell said client. I have to press the map icon (which then fills the screen), then I have to press symbols to get back to maps and other utilities? Unless I’ve missed something in settings somewhere I can’t see a way round it? I’ve a new Sportage but had same issue in my Outlanders…I’m in the UK btw. It’s odd as lower spec new Sportage have wireless CarPlay but higher spec cars don’t 😮
Wireless CarPlay isn’t offered on most cars because it doesn’t really work: To connect your AirPods it’s easy. Open the box and it’s connected! With cars it’s not the same thing, you have to open the settings, click on your car, then it’s connected if it worked (not always the case). If it’s wired, it takes a few seconds and connect automatically
My car is equipped with wireless CarPlay and qi wireless charger but I still prefer to plug my phone in. Wireless chargers can heat up the phone with wireless CarPlay, my iPhone 12 will become overheated pretty fast. I’m also quite happy with the interface currently available, since what I only need is to play music and sometimes use google maps. Don’t get me wrong, the new CarPlay looks pretty cool and I would like to see those hit the market, but if I only got limited budget I would rather spend the money on better speakers or better build quality and higher resolution screens instead of fancy Apple CarPlay. I hope one day we can get a better wireless charging system that will not generate a lot of heat.
I’d love to see improved performance, stability. Honda CarPlay just stops working pretty regularly; toggling the side view camera fixes it. Better Siri interactions. Asking Siri to play certain playlists or music can be painful when it doesn’t get it right. Also even the Apple Music UI is poor, with missing options to quick play from the current list (only shuffle or song selection in some cases). This, from the company that invented the initiative click wheel UI.
I have an 2022 Audi A4 Allroad that has wireless carplay. It's really convenient BUT it absolutely destroys the battery. For short drives around town, I just leave the phone in my pocket but any travel over significant distances means connecting it to charge in the center console. Furthermore, the UI performance is a bit laggy at first connect and there is input latency when pausing or changing tracks. I have gotten accustom to wireless though. It completely throws me off when getting into my wife's 2018 Hyundai Santa Fe that only has wired carplay. Still, in my opinion It is a convenience feature more than a must-have feature.
I was disappointed when they Apple announced the new carplay updates which consisted only of the new vision and no update to the current, actual, CarPlay. As said in the video, car manufacturers aren’t gonna implement it, and even if some did, it’d probably be cars that most people can’t even afford.
I think the exactly oposite, but I dont know what apple charges for integration. Most like "budget" cars would really benefit of this, cuz you have a stable and good option for everything, without having to do an own solution.
The proposed CarPlay across all screens can definitely make the user experience within the car, way more seamless. Apple can do software much better than any auto manufacturer. It’s the auto manufacturers who need to start adopting these features to provide a more user friendly interface to the customer.
I bought a new Honda early 2022 and it included wireless CarPlay. Honestly, I love CarPlay. My biggest request is more wallpaper options an especially to add our own pics as wallpaper. I just the built in apps, Music, Maps, iMessage, and Phone the most and don't have any complaints with them. As mind-blowing as the total dash take over of CarPlay seems to be, I suspect it will take a good five years or more for it to filter in to most cars. Personally, I plan on keeping my current car for at least 10 years if not longer, so it's not really a concern.
I have only wired CarPlay in my own car (Volvo) and I rarely use it. Basically I use it only for longer trips to have Waze on the screen, but even still I use the car’s own navigation mostly because it’s integrated with the HUD and to the gauge cluster. In rental cars I prefer BMWs and Audis for their wireless CarPlay, but if there’s only available something with wired CarPlay like Mercedes and Volvo, I would use it, but not be very happy about it.
Wired carplay has not that much issues like wireless carplay and your battery will go down very fast, so you have to plug it in anyways. Its a thing of a second to plug your phone in, but you only get benefits out of it.
Any smart car manufacturer can put in a system where you don’t need a $900 iPhone to navigate. Try gps navigation , it’s more reliable than Wifi or Cell Towers. I use GPS to Navigate form BC, Canada to Hawaii and NZ, always get a strong satellite signal, no cell towers out in the Pacific.
You are so wrong about this. I use Apple products and I love CarPlay but this video does not account real world problems like patent legal issues, logistics, nature of manufacturing industry, costs, etc. 1) car manufacturers don't get financial incentives for adopting Android Auto or Apple CarPlay. Manufacturers are the one who has to pay fee. Every auto manufacturers decide hardware specs like screen size, screen spec, memory, touch screen or touchless, ram, etc based on their models, pricing, and target market. Unlike any other devices that Apple decide and unify system specs for manufacturing in order to maximal optimisation and cost effectiveness, but this is not the same for auto manufacturers. 2) there has to be a default/base system for the auto to control vehicle settings (audio, drive mode, climate control, language, etc etc) which doesn't require any mobile device or connectivity. which means manufacturers will always have to spend developing their own system and fees for adopting mobile car OS. 3) This is similar to number 2. Android auto and Apple Carplay will always have limited function since manufacturers will not let drivers to control everything via these systems for security reason. and neither Google or Apple will grant full access to manufacturers to modify/customise functions and features. 4) Manufacturers don't want to be dependent on Auto or CarPlay, because the more dependent they get Google and Apple have more service fee negotiation leverage 5) The more autonomous driving capability a vehicle has, it has to use GPS and map service (also for HUD system) on top of many sensors like radar, radar, cameras, etc and this brings technical and legal limitation to use third party (other than their own system unless they codeveloped with either one) OS.
Honestly, a lot of this feels more like manufacture issues themselves, not necessarily Apple or Google. Not all of the issues but the integrations with various manufacture
I use my CarPlay daily. If you pay attention to the announcement though of this new CarPlay, they CLEARLY stated, they have 8 manufacturers on board and the cars will be announced in late 2023.
The biggest problem with Apple Carplay is that it's completely broken pixelated mess and Apple refuse to fix it. Sooo many people with different cars and setups have the "pixelated carplay" bug.
I just wish CarPlay would have an option to NOT automatically start playing the first song alphabetically in my iTunes library EVERY TIME I use it. It still amazes me how that ever got through user testing in the first place. Searching on Google you can see it's a long-standing issue with a number of hacks to get around it, including making empty music tracks or making Shortcut scripts. Not what I expect in an Apple product, it makes me wonder if the reason is related to the car manufacturer's software implementation (which are notoriously terrible.)
Greetings. I’m a Lyft driver. My passengers and I like listening to Sirius XM while driving. I also use Google maps through CarPlay for navigation. I’ve recently noticed my navigation alerts are interrupting my Sirius XM music requiring me to constantly restart my Sirius channel. I’ve also noticed volume changes in my Google maps navigation alerts. This is a problem. I noticed these issues just within the last month or so. I use an iPhone 13 with the most current operating system 16.2. I drive a 2022 Hyundai Tucson Hybrid with the most recent infotainment system. At a loss for a fix. I’m confident it lies (sp?) in CarPlay and not a problem with Sirius XM or Hyundai. I’ve looked through all of the Carplay and Google maps switches for a possible remedy to no avail. Suggestions?
I've put CarPlay into the last three cars I've owned (older ones that I used Sony XAV-*** head units to enable the feature, first with a cplay2air wireless adapter then the wireless integrated Sony XAV-AX6000 I'm using now) and I can't go back to not having it. I think the main issue with car manufacturers implementing the feature is they can’t expect users to use CarPlay or android auto so they will always have to make their own software that can run independently of a phone. The investment of time and money they put into their own systems that *will* be used instead of the CarPlay system that *might* be used is a no brainer. The solutions I see are car manufacturers take the hit and prioritise both their own system and the integration of apple and android, sacrifice development time on their built in systems in favour of integrating apple and android, or apple and android allow their systems to work with cars without the use of a phone so manufacturers never need to make their own systems at all. This is a bit dicey though because apple would need to allow an android phone to connect to a CarPlay equipped car to stream music and maps etc, and vice-versa with android. That doesn't look likely anytime soon, so I expect the full integrated CarPlay to be only present in premium automobiles if it is available at all.
the majority of car infotainment owners never connect to carplay. they only use the manufacturer infotainment, because they can’t be arsed with learning how to use more software in a car. They just want to find a decent radio station and drive.
the reason that carplay apps all look the same is because apple restricts developers to certain templates so the developer is literally unable to make it look original
Customers are the only ones on the losing side. Car manufacturers will never want apple or Google to take over the entire screen and also at the same time the built in apps/maps in most car infotainment systems are poor.
I use CarPlay and only CarPlay in my car if the radio is powered on. I have an aftermarket wireless adapter, but have to plug in if the phone needs charging. Prior to having the wireless, and whenever I plug in my phone now, I will forget to take my phone with me when leaving the car. This is where having wireless CarPlay and wireless charging from the manufacturer comes in. I hope to have these features in my next car, but they are still not so common. I would never buy a car without CarPlay.
You nailed it! Fully agree. Thank you for doing this video! 1- Apps like Waze and Spotify have gone downhill after the IOS 13 update, you have to do some funky stuff to make them work properly now, as far as I know, this still has not been corrected, why? 2- They are contradicting themselves by trying to use an integrated system in your car using touchscreen apps, I may be in the small percentile, but when I want to adjust the temperature in my vehicle, I want a button, not going through a bunch of convoluted touchscreen antics, I just want it to happen. Drivers are already distracted enough, let's not go that route, with having to navigate menus to make something simple happen....Apple....you can be better than this! Yet they limited you what is possible with carplay, which leads me to... 3- I could dive into it more, but when something words, leave it alone, yes offer functionality, but don't destroy the purpose of what it was meant for originally. On a side note (that you kinda of mentioned), CarPlay is far more capable than most people think it is, we are just limited to a simple functionality that could be so much more. (...and YES!, you can watch videos when you are sitting parked on your vehicles screen, if you jailbreak, which should not be needed at all, but they just chose to not allow it at all for the general public, which does not make any sense. [END OF RANT]
They literally put out a list of car manufacturers that will support it, that’s pretty much a promise and there’s loads on that list so its quite funny that you say almost no one has said they will support it.
I think the problem is more the users. The majority of people don’t even use 75% of the features of their iPhone. They don’t even take the time to learn how so every time the owner do something new it’s only a hope that somebody would actually use it. Discuss the same for cars as they get smarter and smarter people use less and less of the features because they simply don’t understand them or don’t take the time to learn them, how many people use the active cruise control and other features that are cars very few because they just don’t understand it and don’t take the time to learn it. Plus there’s dozens of other features. These cars have that most people don’t even know so until people take the time to learn what they have they’re not gonna push for something new simple.
While I wish I could use wireless carplay via my JVC unit, I honestly don't mind the wired option too much, if anything I would just like to see battery life on the phone while it is charging personally
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I'll be honest Andrew, I am pretty happy with CarPlay the way it is and I would plug it in anyway so as to not kill the battery. I chose my last car in part because it supported CarPlay. I never use anything but maps, music and the podcast app. That's all I need and they work fine just as they are now. I'd have to buy a new car to get those cool dash features and I won't be doing that for a long time so...
Some of us really are okay with how things are
Yeap. I’m also happy with the current setup. I only use Apple Music and Waze. And phone calls too. The point is to keep it simple and out of the way. I rarely touch the screen once I start driving. When surveying new cars, CarPlay is a must have in my wishlist. But I have to say this though, I saw in one video the dashboard view on a square screen and that looks terrible!
The dash features are cool but not necessarily better, you’re not missing out
I'm relatively new to CarPlay, and so for me, it's like **high** tech. I had no clue that the kind of displays you showed on your dashboard were even within the realm of possibility. So the things you mention would be great, but I'm still awed by having the software at all!
Personally I don’t want CarPlay to take over my dash just my central one. In addition having maps, music, podcasts, and Siri pretty much satisfies my needs.
Seems like there’s more and more manufacturers jumping on board with apple all the time so you don’t have much of a choice really, its the future of dashboards in all cars, I’m sure we’ll ll all love it when we get the chance to try it out.
I agree that I don’t need CarPlay taking over all the screens. But wireless would be nice. I use CarPlay all the time.
Let's hope that Apple manages to bring its new integrated system into new car models soon. Recently Google introduced its integrated system into cars like the Polestar 2 and Renault Megane EV and it works brilliantly.
yeah, look at the new volvo c40 the google system is the same in the polestar, it’s awesome
I want them to incorporate lossless audio through wireless CarPlay. Also show what format of audio is playing through CarPlay without having to go on your phone app. It gets annoying having to plug in if you want true uncompressed audio.
Bluetooth doesn't support lossless audio... it simply can't handle that much data. Until that problem is overcome lossless via wireless CarPlay is simply not possible
@@lucasdivine9131 this is true, Bluetooth is not capable of sending that amount of data transfer. But…. If you turn off your Bluetooth (completely in the system settings) after CarPlay does the start up handshake, the audio still plays through wifi. The audio does not transmit through Bluetooth as far as I can tell. This is why when you are hooked up with wireless CarPlay and pull down the Control Center, wifi is greyed out.
@@lucasdivine9131 Carplay works through WiFi not bluetooth
I thought Wireless Carplay would go over Wifi and Bluetooth at the same time (Airplay 2) and that has the possibility for losless audio, because it has very high data transfer rate.
@@BenBensen293 not as far as my test concluded. Bluetooth to handshake, wifi to transmit. This is why the lack of lossless has my confused.
I use Apple CarPlay daily. Mostly just for music, but a few times a year that I use the Maps app, I love that I can set the route on my phone while in my home, get in my car and it carries over to the dash screen. It pretty much is a must have, imo. I love what Apple showed off for the future of CarPlay, but I don't expect it actually becoming a thing for a very long time. Very likely won't be in any car I ever own, which is sad to think about.
What is scary is car manufacturers are looking at monthly subscriptions for built-in features of cars. Things such as more horsepower or heated seats might come standard in all models, but require a monthly fee to activate.
Yeah thats absolutely inacceptable and I would highly recommend to avoid such brands.
A first party or over priced Belkin Wireless CarPlay Adapter would be awesome. I have one of the janky ones from amazon but it regularly drops out in certain parts of my commute due to what I can only guess is radio interference at those particular parts of the road
Seen some comments about their phones heating up. I recommend putting your phone in a phone holder in front of the aircon vent. You can get phone holders for all different cars but mine has done me well for 3 years now and never heats up. In winter tho you don’t want to have your phone in front of the vent as the heater will cause problems ahhaah
BMW tends to adopt CarPlay features first. For example they rolled out wireless CP years ago. I find apps over wireless CP have more issues than wired CP in my other two cars. Such as an app saying it can’t play a podcast although it has gotten better in iOS 16.
Also it seems to have a little delay, in another car i tried a usb to wireless carplay adapter, that was even worse. Cable no problems and the system is super smooth and responsive.
Major issue i have is connection issues with wired carplay. sometimes i have to unplug and plug back in or it doesn't work.
second i would like to recommended developers to make a maps app with weather radar overlay. would be nice to know if I'm driving into something bad.
My only problem is that extending CarPlay to the gauge cluster screen is it doesn’t do anything better or more reliable than the OEM UI. Sure it is prettier but that’s the only improvement. It seems like they just need a reason to sell a more expensive version of CarPlay
agreed, I like my cluster as it is, only thing I need is the speed and that is displayed in the HUD. Maps is via voice and sometimes you do a glance, that is absolutely enough.
Ha! I’m out of town for the holidays and rented a Kia Forte, basically Kia’s version of the Honda Civic, somewhat basic car with upmarket features. I was shocked when I unplugged my iPhone and the CarPlay was still working! It was so nice to be able to then realize I could charge my phone via the cigarette light adapter and not worry about my music and navigation not working until I plugged it in. It’s shocking that this works on a budget car and other manufacturers aren’t supporting it. Kudos to Kia!!
Yet I have a 2022 Kia EV6 , and it only has wired car play and Android auto. 🤔
Biggest negative for me is that CarPlay automatically plays after the truck starts or radio is muted/unmuted. Semi trucks auto mute when put in reverse.
I’m with you. I love CarPlay but it needs lots of work, mainly with pressure on car manufacturers. My wife’s car has it but mine doesn’t. 😢
If you want it i recommend looking at android headunits or something like a pioneer or headunit. I got mine for 350 almost 2 years ago and it’s awesome. If I bought it today tho I would 100% pay more for wireless Apple CarPlay because I drive friends around a lot and their phones are dead so I give them my charger and then my headunit is useless except for the backup camera
@@mikey9836 Just buy a 12V to USB adapter to charge phones ?
In every single car I’ve had car play has had a problem 3 different cars and 4 different phones Lag, audio out of sync, all of them had weird issues where it would just disconnect and loss of audio
I have a 2017 BMW and it is wireless CarPlay. I was surprised to find out others need to plug it in. I would love to have weather with radar offered. My car has a built in weather app but no radar. I believe I saw where BMW will have the full/multi screen CarPlay in some of the models.
I have a 2021 Mazda Cx5 and don’t know if it’s car play or what but it changes my channels, deletes them, calls my contacts, dims my display and so many more weird things all on its own. Big time glitching. Any ideas?
Hi Andrew, I just purchased a 2018 Nissan Leaf and I notice that blutooth audio works very well Pandora, TIDAL etc... but when using any music app through Apple CarPlay it contionusly stutters. Very frustrating, any ideas? I'm new to CarPlay but not to the iPhone. Is this a known problem? I'm hoping there is a simple solution, audio is a big deal for me and if I can't get audio working then CarPlay is pretty much worthless to me. Any thoughts or suggestions? Thanks
My car does have wireless carplay. But it constantly disconnects. It’s a problem to the point that the car model that came just after mine removed the wireless feature.
I have a problem with the presets . It only goes to 7 presets then it goes back to the first on SXM radio. Any idea?
im very impressed with how carplay takes over all the screens. well done 👏🏽👏🏽
My car uses Car play but it is very limited, many of the functions of the car simply do not work thru the manufacturers app on the car with CarPlay. After numerous complaints from customers that the App simply does not work on many functions, there seems to be no attempt to fix the issues by the manufacturer or OIS. I should say Android Auto users do not have these functionality issues, so the choice is do we change to Android on next phone upgrade to have these functions working?
I use CarPlay all the time. I got a dongle to make it wireless. I think wireless CarPlay is nice for short trips but for long trips, the battery drain is pretty high. So you really have to use a wireless charger or plug it in. What would be nice is for vehicles to have a place in the dash so I can insert my iPad and use that screen and avoid the auto tech screen all together.
I dont think that will be a thing in a future, is your car screen that terrible, mine is pretty awesome. I also bought an adapter but send it back, because of the battery time, but most importantly the delay. I bought the newest and best version of it and had a delay when scrolling or music scipping and with wire the system is just so much smoother and more responsive.
I just got a 22 Chevrolet with carplay but I’m pretty confused on how it works. I can Bluetooth my music and calls but it doesn’t screen mirror. I don’t want to plug in my phone so I’m about to try some wireless carplay devices. SuperiorTek 5.0 Wireless CarPlay Adapter is going to be my first try
Can you please answer my security questions, I want to know if someone can view my phone in my car without my phone being in the car at the moment via Apple car play
And back then when I first use android auto, I was existing, but after seeing the exact same interface on all different cars, I felt boring and stop using it. And now I live with Bluetooth music and in car navigation, different cars with different interfaces give me fresh feeling.
I use Carplay all the time - in my car it integrates with the dash for navigation, my heads up display for navigation, and does Music, navigation, texting, calls and podcasts perfectly. Thats what I want it to do, and it does it wirelessly and wired without a problem. Oh and the apple homekit works great too for opening up and closing the garage door. I have no complaints at all.
I do love CarPlay and used it in multiple countries over the last 7 days. Can it be better? Truth be told, what's out there that can't be better? Looking forward to the improvements even as I enjoy using it today.
I think what is holding CarPlay from being utilized to its full extent is Apple themselves. Their full screen CarPlay seems like a copy of Android Automotive but fully dependent on your iPhone for it to work, as opposed to something integrated into the car's infotainment and gauge cluster.
My main gripes with CarPlay:
-can’t even search for music within the Apple Music app.
-scrolling through a playlist in my Apple Music library is extremely slow and makes me look down at the screen for far too long, would rather just pull out the phone to find a specific song.
-Waze, Google and even Apple Maps all have a limited interface
for example:
when searching for a specific store or business (whatever it may be), it doesn’t show any details like the store’s hours, doesn’t zoom out to show you a view of other stores matching your search but instead only shows you a list sorted by distance and you basically have to guess which location it is if you don’t know the exact address. it’s a pain in the ass to get around, especially in somewhere you are not familiar with. (which almost always happens to me because i’m always traveling or taking trips out of state.
-and to agree with the video, every app that is supported by carplay seems to be oversimplified and barebones.
-no support for even the most popular of apps.
I do use CarPlay every time. The sirusxm app is pretty bad though and why is weather app so complicated they can’t add it on?
I love CarPlay like the fact that my garage door pops up on the screen with the ability to control opening or closing it when i get a certain distance from my house. But like you said it need work for sure
I love CarPlay. My last 2 cars had wireless CarPlay so I was surprised when I upgraded to a Hyundai Ioniq EV a few weeks ago that’s got a ton of tech but no wireless CarPlay and a stupid placement for where you have to plug it in, luckily I found a wireless dongle that makes it work relatively seamlessly.
Most European and Japanese cars don't support wireless CarPlay. Domestics have had this for some time, even on lower models. IMHO, while my Ford has wireless Carplay (and Android Auto), I prefer Ford's Navigation/SiriusXM and voice control over Apple/Google's offerings. However, Ford's offerings are subscription-based, so most people will never experience the manufacturer's full in-car experience.
I agree that Siri is just very bad.
my iphone 12 and Peugeot car play is always like Apple Maps will always work fine, but if i get the tmtm go, or sygic, i get problems trying to display the maps in full size. can either get half size or nothing !!
It's really easy to retrofit a car that supports wired-only CarPlay to support wireless CarPlay. You can get a CarPlay wireless adapter for $80-$100 on Amazon, wire it to your car, pair it with your phone, and never think about it again. I got one of these several months ago and I find it a lot easier than hooking my phone up every time.
Andrew what car mount is being used in the video?
I'd like to see a radar app or a radar overlay on maps.
The only problem I have with CarPlay right now is the lack of feature and apps. As described in the video, some apps just show little to no information. Even sportivi, a part from your most recent mixes, it shows nothing, you can’t skip to a different part of the song, you can’t look for artists, it’s pretty useless a part from skipping songs.
I love Apple Car Play and it's superior to Android. I've used both. As for the XM app. I prefer it over my Kenwood aftermarket car stereo. What I do is open the app in my phone first and pick my station. I then click "now playing" in Apple Car Play and XM app shows up and it's graphically superior with album art and song info. Android lacks this feature. I use Apple Car play for music, maps, phone calls, listening to messages and "listening" to youtube videos such as yours. I pay for RUclips Premium so I can download videos into my phone and not use data. I make a playlist and then listen to them through the "now playing" feature. A video still of the youtube video shows up on the screen. I'm very happy with Apple Car play.
In my last MINI,I could get a split screen with CarPlay and maps or the radio station song info. On my new MINI, I can’t and the Sirius app doesn’t function at all.
In Canada, CarPlay is terrible... we don't have access to the same app vs usa. I have so many problems with the music app. For exemple, I have to use the cable so, I start the car, plug the iPhone, and when a clic PLAY, CarPlay reboot in loop but stop if I go to fm radio. I call so many times to explain that but nothing change. My car is a Volt 2018.
it has been F'ed for YEAAAAARS! my new chevy truck every day REBOOTS it everytime I use it.All my RAM'S did to.
I’d like to see CarPlay (wired with USB-A to Lightning) not overheat my phone. It’s the worst when using Waze.
Although regular charging in the car via cigarette plug and USB-C to Lightning also seems to overheat the phone, with or without waze.
Not sure if mentioned but the problem that I have is when asking for messages to be read by voice and or clicking on the messages app then the message itself it will show that it’s going to read it and the progress wheel fills up like it’s reading the message but it doesn’t. I don’t know how to fix that or if there is a fix, I usually stop if I can to look at it on my phone.
I dont have this problem, I thing it is a problem of your car. Try to adjust the volume while reading, sometime this is tuned to 0 like Navigation that has a seperate Volume control.
I use Apple Play on all my vehicles. I couldn’t live without it, especially Apple Maps and Google Maps. Of course the App could be better with more useable features. I agree with you, maybe in the future it will be better.
The App Problem in my opinion is a developer problem and not apple problem. Spotify, Maps, Pace Drive, so the important apps are working fine.
I love using CarPlay and dread when my phone has a problem connecting to the car because I when I rely on the navigation, especially suddenly not having on the big screen really hinders the experience and causes trouble. I’ve had to sometimes stop my car, shut it down unplug restart my phone all sorts of things to get it to work eventually. It’s so frustrating I don’t know if this issue is with my 2021 GMC Acadia or with my iPhone itself I have a iPhone, 13 promax, my car does have airplay, but I can also directly plug it in, and both seem to fail often enough that it’s frustrating the hell out of me. I would love for the ability for example to have my instrument cluster in the center since mine is all digital to display my routing information rather than having to look through the center cluster.
Yes, lacks simple features like Search function in apple music. If they say it's because of safety reasons, then why provide search in maps app?
Voice search is not there?
Why would you search for music while driving, you have always the option to just ask siri. At maps you always type it in once.
I’m quite happy with a simple CarPlay. Set my route and music and off I go. My driving focus stopping distractions that could be fatal. I don’t mind the wired connection as I’ve noticed the battery can drain whilst using GPS so would need to have it charging anyway.
Im honest with you. At first it bothered me to plug in my smartphone, but after some days you get used to it and its a fraction of a second to just plug it in. I like my instrument cluster as it is, for climate control etc. I have physical Buttons, so I dont need that either. I use spotify, Apple Maps or Google Maps and Pace Drive for gasoline payment and they all work really fine and I like how minimalistic they are, cuz it has all what I need in a car. So actually Im pretty happy with carplay. I wish they would more integrate the scroll wheel, because I hate touch, its not convenient.
Are CarPlay app developers even able to pull the simplest real time car information such as speed or rpm, and display it using their app on the main CarPlay screen yet? I can do this, displaying this information on my apple mobile device with a simple Bluetooth device plugged into the car port now.
I am mostly satisfied with carplay at the moment. My screen is big enough that i can use splitscreen mode comfortably (the map is still big enough to see a lot of detail). If there is one thing that is simple for them to add is weather app and have the current temp and conditions show at like the top corner (something like the lockscreen weather widget).
bluetooth audio doesn't sound as good via carplay as via the built in bluetooth of my car.
Its much louder and cleaner on the default radio bluetooth.
There’s no way manufacturers will allow CarPlay to take over the dash display, that part is safety (& legislative) critical. Can you imagine something not working, who’s liable? I have been happy with Bluetooth, and no car play, it’s too many distractions whilst you’re meant to be driving, just look at one of many dash cam videos to see what distracted driving causes.
I love CarPlay although the calendar could use an option to show a combined calendar & reminder view being that CarPlay does not display reminders.
There is also a Apple Maps bug being when approaching a round-about the spoken direction will advise “take the 1st exit” but the display indicates the 2nd exit? Doesn’t always happen but very frustrating.
Yeah I agree, thats why I mostly use the reminders app for shopping lists and To-Do Lists and for appointments the calender app.
When we got our current car, the dealer synced my iPhone to it. When we got home, I unsynced it. I do not use it.
I use wireless CarPlay in my 2022 Civic and it has connection issues. It works sometimes. That being said its a 100 times better than factory U.I. I refuse to use the built in voice commands and even the built in GPS looks like its from the 90’s. As a consumer I’ll be pushing back huge against companies like BMW that want to charge a fee to use CarPlay
The base CarPlay is honestly enough for me, but if I ever feel like I need an upgrade, I might just do one of those ipad set ups and run everything out of it.
I bought a Lexion unit for my Lexus. It has wired and wireless CarPlay. It comes with a 10.23" screen. I don't need the instrument cluster on CarPlay. I don't play Sirius XM either. Spotify and a number of radio apps and Google Maps all works great and is all I need.
Thanks for video I always enjoy them! My problem with CarPlay is this; when I’m trying to find a client’s address and I call them my screen is taken over by the call. This means my sat nav/Apple maps is no longer displaying where I am to tell said client. I have to press the map icon (which then fills the screen), then I have to press symbols to get back to maps and other utilities? Unless I’ve missed something in settings somewhere I can’t see a way round it? I’ve a new Sportage but had same issue in my Outlanders…I’m in the UK btw. It’s odd as lower spec new Sportage have wireless CarPlay but higher spec cars don’t 😮
Wireless CarPlay isn’t offered on most cars because it doesn’t really work:
To connect your AirPods it’s easy. Open the box and it’s connected! With cars it’s not the same thing, you have to open the settings, click on your car, then it’s connected if it worked (not always the case). If it’s wired, it takes a few seconds and connect automatically
Thats not correct, if wireless carplay is supported, you start the car and it connects like a bluetooth device.
My car is equipped with wireless CarPlay and qi wireless charger but I still prefer to plug my phone in. Wireless chargers can heat up the phone with wireless CarPlay, my iPhone 12 will become overheated pretty fast.
I’m also quite happy with the interface currently available, since what I only need is to play music and sometimes use google maps.
Don’t get me wrong, the new CarPlay looks pretty cool and I would like to see those hit the market, but if I only got limited budget I would rather spend the money on better speakers or better build quality and higher resolution screens instead of fancy Apple CarPlay.
I hope one day we can get a better wireless charging system that will not generate a lot of heat.
I’d love to see improved performance, stability. Honda CarPlay just stops working pretty regularly; toggling the side view camera fixes it.
Better Siri interactions. Asking Siri to play certain playlists or music can be painful when it doesn’t get it right.
Also even the Apple Music UI is poor, with missing options to quick play from the current list (only shuffle or song selection in some cases). This, from the company that invented the initiative click wheel UI.
What do you mean by Click Wheel UI`?
I have an 2022 Audi A4 Allroad that has wireless carplay. It's really convenient BUT it absolutely destroys the battery. For short drives around town, I just leave the phone in my pocket but any travel over significant distances means connecting it to charge in the center console. Furthermore, the UI performance is a bit laggy at first connect and there is input latency when pausing or changing tracks. I have gotten accustom to wireless though. It completely throws me off when getting into my wife's 2018 Hyundai Santa Fe that only has wired carplay.
Still, in my opinion It is a convenience feature more than a must-have feature.
I was disappointed when they Apple announced the new carplay updates which consisted only of the new vision and no update to the current, actual, CarPlay. As said in the video, car manufacturers aren’t gonna implement it, and even if some did, it’d probably be cars that most people can’t even afford.
I think the exactly oposite, but I dont know what apple charges for integration. Most like "budget" cars would really benefit of this, cuz you have a stable and good option for everything, without having to do an own solution.
The proposed CarPlay across all screens can definitely make the user experience within the car, way more seamless. Apple can do software much better than any auto manufacturer. It’s the auto manufacturers who need to start adopting these features to provide a more user friendly interface to the customer.
I hate that I can’t have wireless Apple CarPlay and my Nexar camera! They both want WiFi! Why can’t CarPlay use the Bluetooth??
I bought a new Honda early 2022 and it included wireless CarPlay. Honestly, I love CarPlay. My biggest request is more wallpaper options an especially to add our own pics as wallpaper. I just the built in apps, Music, Maps, iMessage, and Phone the most and don't have any complaints with them. As mind-blowing as the total dash take over of CarPlay seems to be, I suspect it will take a good five years or more for it to filter in to most cars. Personally, I plan on keeping my current car for at least 10 years if not longer, so it's not really a concern.
Never understood why using a cable is such a nuisance, are we that lazy anymore to do something that takes seconds?
I have only wired CarPlay in my own car (Volvo) and I rarely use it. Basically I use it only for longer trips to have Waze on the screen, but even still I use the car’s own navigation mostly because it’s integrated with the HUD and to the gauge cluster. In rental cars I prefer BMWs and Audis for their wireless CarPlay, but if there’s only available something with wired CarPlay like Mercedes and Volvo, I would use it, but not be very happy about it.
Wired carplay has not that much issues like wireless carplay and your battery will go down very fast, so you have to plug it in anyways. Its a thing of a second to plug your phone in, but you only get benefits out of it.
It's not just Apple CarPlay. Android Auto is also facing similar issues. Those default IHU interfaces are usuall very ugly too... 😑
Any smart car manufacturer can put in a system where you don’t need a $900 iPhone to navigate. Try gps navigation , it’s more reliable than Wifi or Cell Towers. I use GPS to Navigate form BC, Canada to Hawaii and NZ, always get a strong satellite signal, no cell towers out in the Pacific.
I use it in both of my cars, that's the best upgrade you can do to a car is to add a double din CarPlay head unit.
You are so wrong about this. I use Apple products and I love CarPlay but this video does not account real world problems like patent legal issues, logistics, nature of manufacturing industry, costs, etc.
1) car manufacturers don't get financial incentives for adopting Android Auto or Apple CarPlay. Manufacturers are the one who has to pay fee. Every auto manufacturers decide hardware specs like screen size, screen spec, memory, touch screen or touchless, ram, etc based on their models, pricing, and target market. Unlike any other devices that Apple decide and unify system specs for manufacturing in order to maximal optimisation and cost effectiveness, but this is not the same for auto manufacturers.
2) there has to be a default/base system for the auto to control vehicle settings (audio, drive mode, climate control, language, etc etc) which doesn't require any mobile device or connectivity. which means manufacturers will always have to spend developing their own system and fees for adopting mobile car OS.
3) This is similar to number 2. Android auto and Apple Carplay will always have limited function since manufacturers will not let drivers to control everything via these systems for security reason. and neither Google or Apple will grant full access to manufacturers to modify/customise functions and features.
4) Manufacturers don't want to be dependent on Auto or CarPlay, because the more dependent they get Google and Apple have more service fee negotiation leverage
5) The more autonomous driving capability a vehicle has, it has to use GPS and map service (also for HUD system) on top of many sensors like radar, radar, cameras, etc and this brings technical and legal limitation to use third party (other than their own system unless they codeveloped with either one) OS.
Honestly, a lot of this feels more like manufacture issues themselves, not necessarily Apple or Google. Not all of the issues but the integrations with various manufacture
I use my CarPlay daily. If you pay attention to the announcement though of this new CarPlay, they CLEARLY stated, they have 8 manufacturers on board and the cars will be announced in late 2023.
The biggest problem with Apple Carplay is that it's completely broken pixelated mess and Apple refuse to fix it. Sooo many people with different cars and setups have the "pixelated carplay" bug.
I just wish CarPlay would have an option to NOT automatically start playing the first song alphabetically in my iTunes library EVERY TIME I use it. It still amazes me how that ever got through user testing in the first place. Searching on Google you can see it's a long-standing issue with a number of hacks to get around it, including making empty music tracks or making Shortcut scripts. Not what I expect in an Apple product, it makes me wonder if the reason is related to the car manufacturer's software implementation (which are notoriously terrible.)
I use spotify and I dont have this Problem at all
Greetings. I’m a Lyft driver. My passengers and I like listening to Sirius XM while driving. I also use Google maps through CarPlay for navigation. I’ve recently noticed my navigation alerts are interrupting my Sirius XM music requiring me to constantly restart my Sirius channel. I’ve also noticed volume changes in my Google maps navigation alerts. This is a problem. I noticed these issues just within the last month or so. I use an iPhone 13 with the most current operating system 16.2. I drive a 2022 Hyundai Tucson Hybrid with the most recent infotainment system. At a loss for a fix. I’m confident it lies (sp?) in CarPlay and not a problem with Sirius XM or Hyundai. I’ve looked through all of the Carplay and Google maps switches for a possible remedy to no avail. Suggestions?
My biggest wish is wireless CarPlay with my uconnect head unit. Can’t think of any reason FC doesn’t make that happen
I've put CarPlay into the last three cars I've owned (older ones that I used Sony XAV-*** head units to enable the feature, first with a cplay2air wireless adapter then the wireless integrated Sony XAV-AX6000 I'm using now) and I can't go back to not having it. I think the main issue with car manufacturers implementing the feature is they can’t expect users to use CarPlay or android auto so they will always have to make their own software that can run independently of a phone. The investment of time and money they put into their own systems that *will* be used instead of the CarPlay system that *might* be used is a no brainer. The solutions I see are car manufacturers take the hit and prioritise both their own system and the integration of apple and android, sacrifice development time on their built in systems in favour of integrating apple and android, or apple and android allow their systems to work with cars without the use of a phone so manufacturers never need to make their own systems at all. This is a bit dicey though because apple would need to allow an android phone to connect to a CarPlay equipped car to stream music and maps etc, and vice-versa with android. That doesn't look likely anytime soon, so I expect the full integrated CarPlay to be only present in premium automobiles if it is available at all.
the majority of car infotainment owners never connect to carplay. they only use the manufacturer infotainment, because they can’t be arsed with learning how to use more software in a car. They just want to find a decent radio station and drive.
I wish automakers would allow upgrades like wireless carplay I have a ford with sync 3 system it mostly works but sometime buggy
With wireless it even gets buggier, more delay etc.
Personally I prefer Ford Sync 4A on my car’s 12” vertical screen over CarPlay. However, it took subscriptions for Ford Sync to be this good.
Only thing I don’t like. Is how the Google and Apple Maps block the screen with text while navigating.
Navigation, navigation search and calling is by far best through carplay.
Only thing I NEED the manufacturers to do is support maps in the driver's display. Everything else works fine for me.
That would be awesome, my car has a digital display, but cant show maps.
the reason that carplay apps all look the same is because apple restricts developers to certain templates so the developer is literally unable to make it look original
Customers are the only ones on the losing side. Car manufacturers will never want apple or Google to take over the entire screen and also at the same time the built in apps/maps in most car infotainment systems are poor.
I use CarPlay and only CarPlay in my car if the radio is powered on. I have an aftermarket wireless adapter, but have to plug in if the phone needs charging. Prior to having the wireless, and whenever I plug in my phone now, I will forget to take my phone with me when leaving the car. This is where having wireless CarPlay and wireless charging from the manufacturer comes in. I hope to have these features in my next car, but they are still not so common. I would never buy a car without CarPlay.
I have no interest in car play, when I drive I want very, very few distractions.Distractions while you drive kills people, a lot of us.
You nailed it! Fully agree. Thank you for doing this video! 1- Apps like Waze and Spotify have gone downhill after the IOS 13 update, you have to do some funky stuff to make them work properly now, as far as I know, this still has not been corrected, why? 2- They are contradicting themselves by trying to use an integrated system in your car using touchscreen apps, I may be in the small percentile, but when I want to adjust the temperature in my vehicle, I want a button, not going through a bunch of convoluted touchscreen antics, I just want it to happen. Drivers are already distracted enough, let's not go that route, with having to navigate menus to make something simple happen....Apple....you can be better than this! Yet they limited you what is possible with carplay, which leads me to... 3- I could dive into it more, but when something words, leave it alone, yes offer functionality, but don't destroy the purpose of what it was meant for originally. On a side note (that you kinda of mentioned), CarPlay is far more capable than most people think it is, we are just limited to a simple functionality that could be so much more. (...and YES!, you can watch videos when you are sitting parked on your vehicles screen, if you jailbreak, which should not be needed at all, but they just chose to not allow it at all for the general public, which does not make any sense. [END OF RANT]
I bought a new VW and one of the reasons I got it is because VW and Audi are the only manufacturers I know to have wireless CarPlay.
They literally put out a list of car manufacturers that will support it, that’s pretty much a promise and there’s loads on that list so its quite funny that you say almost no one has said they will support it.
I can’t get my IPhone apps to appear.
The car your using for the carplay examples looks very Painful to use
I think the problem is more the users. The majority of people don’t even use 75% of the features of their iPhone. They don’t even take the time to learn how so every time the owner do something new it’s only a hope that somebody would actually use it.
Discuss the same for cars as they get smarter and smarter people use less and less of the features because they simply don’t understand them or don’t take the time to learn them, how many people use the active cruise control and other features that are cars very few because they just don’t understand it and don’t take the time to learn it. Plus there’s dozens of other features. These cars have that most people don’t even know so until people take the time to learn what they have they’re not gonna push for something new simple.
One thing about nearly all car companies, they're exceptionally slow to adapt.
thats because it takes year to develop a car and once you have it you produce it for years and just put some facelifts out.
While I wish I could use wireless carplay via my JVC unit, I honestly don't mind the wired option too much, if anything I would just like to see battery life on the phone while it is charging personally