Anyone using Apple Car Play?
Discussion
Have I missed the point of this?
As far as I can work out I plug my phone in through a rather inconvenient cable, sometimes it chooses to connect and sometimes it doesn't. When it does eventually connect the screen lights up with limited apps and I can't use any of my cars systems.
It's like the in car thing turns off and then my phone basically shares a version of it's screen on the car and uses it's speakers and controls.
Now I've said it seems a bit pathetic of me and I should just man up.
I just can't help but think it doesn't really do what I thought it would.
As far as I can work out I plug my phone in through a rather inconvenient cable, sometimes it chooses to connect and sometimes it doesn't. When it does eventually connect the screen lights up with limited apps and I can't use any of my cars systems.
It's like the in car thing turns off and then my phone basically shares a version of it's screen on the car and uses it's speakers and controls.
Now I've said it seems a bit pathetic of me and I should just man up.
I just can't help but think it doesn't really do what I thought it would.
It is a case of just pressing a button, but it turns the music off.
In my humble opinion the standard in car system is really well thought out, which is easy to "adjust" on the move, with a lovely clear screen and icons that are clear and simple to understand. If I want to listen to music whilst being presented with a map and directions no problem, if I want to receive a call, no problem everything works.
Maybe I am just being stupid and haven't worked out car play properly yet but it doesn't seem to be as easy.
I think I was expecting to be able to use spotify and the in car navigation at the same time, the in car navigation is much better than apple maps. Possibly even stream now tv/a movie from the apple store (when not driving) to the car screen and speakers.
Someone hit the nail on the head earlier with it's probably great in rental cars or cars you need to retrofit something to. I should just get back in my box, the salesman told me I had it, being a bloke I didn't ask what does it actually do, made up something in my head, didn't read the instructions and then felt a little short changed it didn't do what I had just completely made up.
In my humble opinion the standard in car system is really well thought out, which is easy to "adjust" on the move, with a lovely clear screen and icons that are clear and simple to understand. If I want to listen to music whilst being presented with a map and directions no problem, if I want to receive a call, no problem everything works.
Maybe I am just being stupid and haven't worked out car play properly yet but it doesn't seem to be as easy.
I think I was expecting to be able to use spotify and the in car navigation at the same time, the in car navigation is much better than apple maps. Possibly even stream now tv/a movie from the apple store (when not driving) to the car screen and speakers.
Someone hit the nail on the head earlier with it's probably great in rental cars or cars you need to retrofit something to. I should just get back in my box, the salesman told me I had it, being a bloke I didn't ask what does it actually do, made up something in my head, didn't read the instructions and then felt a little short changed it didn't do what I had just completely made up.
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