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0 pointsMBCook1y ago0 comments

No. There are three things, which makes it confusing.

1: “original” CarPlay. Shows up on your head unit

2: enhanced “original” CarPlay. Some cars can show the map or turn by turn instructions behind the steering wheel on a screen there

3: “new” CarPlay. This is where CarPlay fully takes over every screen. Nothing has been released, I think only one very expensive model has even said they’re going it.

Today e dry one has #1 or #2. The article is about a mix of #3 and maybe a version of #3 run on the car not the phone, like Android Automotive.

The lack of distinct names for things on both the Apple side and Google side (auto vs automotive) just makes this all very hard to discuss at times.

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jojobas1y ago

I'd say trusting phone vendors whether to show me an oil pressure warning is kinda stupid, but that's just me.

thedougd1y ago

Any idea when #2 was released? I have a 2019 Honda. Android Auto can use the instrument panel as a second screen but CarPlay cannot. I miss seeing the next-turn distance countdown right in front of me.

MBCookOP1y ago

I know it requires both sides to support it. My car originally didn’t but a later update to my car enabled it.

I don’t know when the first car got that, it’s possible it simply didn’t exist when yours was made. Or maybe it did and they just didn’t bother? I don’t know.

My car doesn’t have the version where it just shows Apple Maps, which I would love. Instead the next turn/etc. is clearly being sent to the cars operating system because it gets displayed the same way the cars internal navigation stuff does on the screen behind the wheel.

davidcsally1y ago

I have a 2023 rav4 prime and it shows apple maps directions in the instrument cluster and HUD, maybe that counts?

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