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Meanwhile Porsche are developing an even tighter integration allowing you to control parts of the car through the CarPlay interface.
Most manufacturers have apps for managing customer relationships (servicing, vehicle features etc). I’m surprised more manufacturers have not created CarPlay/Android Auto interfaces for these Apps.
Porsche also refused to enable Android Auto on their vehicles for a very long time because Google were making outrageous demands for vehicle telemetry information as part of licensing agreements.
Did google or Porsche cave in?
Google changed their policy. Porsche consider their vehicle telemetry to be Trade Secret. Porsche also considered that the demographic of customers that deliberately chose Android instead of IOS and wanted to use an in-car interface were not worth the effort.
They have also rolled out CarPlay to most historical vehicles.
Mercedes-Benz original foray into CarPlay was restricted to certain In-Car Entertainment systems, that were only fitted to certain models. They also had issues with Android Auto licensing early on. Early variants could be configured for Android Auto or CarPlay, but not both. This was fixed in a software update about the same time that Porsche resolved their issues with Google.
Apple CarKey is very interesting. I have an Apple Watch and would have loved to ditch my car keys.
Last time I checked only a few manufacturers supporting it in the 2023-2024 model years.
Newer (>2018) Teslas have phone key via BT LE. It's a game changer. I haven't carried keys in over five years between a keypad lock on the front door, garage door opener, and phone key.
I think he’s referring to CarPlay seconds generation which Apple announced last year and will completely change the way CarPlay works
I can’t wait to see what the second generation CarPlay will bring!