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As some carmakers run from Apple CarPlay, Porsche embraces it (arstechnica.com)
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[–] 14 points 2 years ago (2 children)

You can use all the apps you are familiar with and have already set up. Like you favourite maps software, your music subscription like Apple Music or Spotify, or things like podcast or audiobook apps, everything right on the big screen of the car.

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  • [–] 13 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    That and it performs better. I have a ‘22 Niro and the stock interface was laggy when it was new. Swipes would take seconds to register. But I pull up CarPlay and it just works. You’re splitting your attention while driving. While that’s already bad, having a slow UI makes you split attention longer and increases frustration which is also a bad thing to do behind the wheel.

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  • [+] -9 points 2 years ago (4 children)

    Ok cool. I can do all that on my phone already though. So it's mostly just having a larger screen then?

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  • [–] 7 points 2 years ago

    My personal truck doesn't have Android auto or Apple car play (I thought it was something I could get when I bought it but turns out I was a year early, whoops) and my work truck has it. I 100% will not be buying any car that doesn't have it as a feature. It's not something I need all the time because for most drives just using Bluetooth is perfectly fine but if I want to use the GPS for anything Android auto and car play are just so much better than using your phone for that. Everything is kinda frivolous to though.

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