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I don't own a car but I rent them a lot. Part of my "go bag" includes blue tack. A semi sticky putty that doesn't leave a residue. I use this to stick my phone to the surface of whatever screen is in the car. This puts it right where I can see it and interact with it easily. Then I don't have to learn a new system in every different car I drive.
click saving initiative protocol: because it sucks, but also because it is hostilely proprietary so they cannot monetize on it.
I didn't know it was a thing until about two years ago, but my experience with it has made me want to take a tac-hammer to the center console in the vehicles its been integrated into. It hijacks my phone and crashes the apps that were already running but if you try to turn it off while keeping the phone connected it just keeps restarting.
I just want to listen to some tunes from my phone while using the maps/gps on my phone. no need to integrate beyond that.
Ever since the start of internet connected vehicles this has been on the table, before it wasn't really possible to manage subscriptions like this, now it is as easy as changing $SUBSCR_INF_ACP from a 0 to a 1 on your account to enable CarPlay, once you have paid.
Though, to be fair, I would like better integration with the onboard systems, something like Carplay lite.
It would basically present the content on the phone, music, podcasts, audiobooks, maps, etc. to the onboard infotainment system.
Apps with audio media would appear as audio sources, inside the audio sources, any menu would be presented in a standard UI.
Basically, the phone would simply send something like an XML file of how the menu should be displayed, and the infotainment has a rendering engine to render the UI in a style that is integrated with the car's UI.
That would solve one of the biggest issues with CarPlay/AA, the forced touchscreen.
In my 2021 Seat Leon FR PHEV hatchback, I have a fantastic steeringwheel, it has plenty of excellent controls, regarding media, I have a volume wheel by my left thumb, I can also press it to pause the media, on the right side of the steering wheel I have buttons for skip/previous.
If I could interact with the menus in CarPlay using the thumbwheel and a separate back button, that would be amazing.
The wheel clicks when moving it, so if you could simply have it move the selection on the menu with every click it would be brilliant.
Though I would need another thumbwheel to set the volume....
My point is that if deeper integration of phone media in the infotainment system could enable a UI less dependent on a a touchscreen, I would love to try it.
I don't drive. But if I did. And I bought a new car. The first fuckin thing I'm doing is shielding any wireless internal components or outright desoldering the SIM card from wherever the fuck they put it.
Nothing about what these companies are doing is okay.
What now, do they want more car-is-a-smartphone or more car-talks-to-your-smartphone instead? Article is confus.