And historically any effort by radio to form an industry-wide consolidated in-car app or service would have been met with "the full weight of the government" in areas involving collusion, monopolies and anti-trust violations.
My purchase of a new car a few months ago included a review of the system(s) offered. I picked my Porsche because of its easy, attractive and complete implementation of Car Play. That became more significant than gas mileage (awful, in fact) and other elements.
And that ambivalence made me discard Volvo from my list, despite feeling when I lived in Puerto Rico that Volvo was the best car for local roads ever built!
Of course, after a few bad experiences, I'd never buy an American car ever again... unless, maybe, it was a Tesla. Things like the GM decision confirm that U.S. manufacturers do what they want, not what consumers want and need... that goes back to, at least, the Edsel.
Yeah, but so did Android Auto (again, not to be confused with Android Automotive).
It wasn't so much ambivalence as Volvo sticking to its timeline of rolling out Android Auto in its 2022 model line even though it wasn't fully functional. Every other automaker waited until 2023 or later---specifically so they wouldn't have a delay in full functionality (Apple CarPlay/Android Auto).
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The question there is whether Tesla's software engineers are better at doing specific brand car apps than Android Auto or CarPlay techs are at writing a on-size-for-all adaptable version for every possible manufacturer of vehicles.
And I agree with you. As a Volvo owner now, I wouldn't trade for a newer one precisely because of their horrible infotainment system alone. I got a new fully-loaded 2023 XC60 while my wife's was being serviced, and found the UI to be completely unacceptable. Of course one of the sales folks hit me up when I came in to get my car back, to trade in mine for something like the loaner. My response was: Very nice car, with awful electronics and user interface. I can't see myself dropping close to $70K on something that would just frustrate the Hell out of me. I kind of felt sorry for the salesman, because the look on his face made it clear he'd heard that before.That said, a lot of people were pissed at Volvo, and I wrote one of my rougher reviews about it:
For Want of an Interface: The 2022 Volvo S90 B6 AWD R-Design
"I'm sorry, I have to wait for what?"
Which is strange. My middle son's two-year-old GMC pickup has Apple CarPlay already in it. Ironically he never uses the radio, but CarPlay is linked all the time.
In the beginning sales of the Model 3 and X, Tesla records and sells all your data while in the vehicle. That includes what you do on the UI, and every sound or word that's spoken in the vehicle, plus whatever all the little cameras see.
If Maricopa were a Republican county back then except for its Hispanic population, that would have been an excellent GOP dirty trick to keep the Dukakis vote down.
I'll post the famous photo of Dukakis in a tank to balance things out, if that would help.
I mean, only if the Spanish speakers complied....and they weren't stupid.
Oh see now there you go Mike, involving politics and now Spanish speakers... Soon we'll get the double whammy: party politics and David schooling us in the Hispanic take on politics. Soon AM radio in vehicles will be a distant memory.
Well, yes. And thanks for getting this thread back on topic,
None.
I plugged in the USB because my phone was low on charge. Doing so automatically configured CarPlay, and went straight to Apple Maps (where I had a route in progress). I was never presented a "menu", only a side bar to place a phone call, use Apple Maps, or use Apple Music.
