Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: blacky Newsgroups: misc.phone.mobile.iphone,comp.mobile.android Subject: Re: Car manufacturers are ditching CarPlay in 2026 (and Android Auto) Date: Mon, 14 Sep 2026 15:44:00 +1000 Lines: 45 Message-ID: References: <1187r2e$169re$1@dont-email.me> <1187vol$17pmf$1@dont-email.me> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-15; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: individual.net nUp1uD4wsK/D10PYoYky7A4msU3xxl61pXSoBRjclWmBEpoS4= Cancel-Lock: sha1:l+S3TfASWh1VvB3L1+iS84i1JIQ= sha256:zkCJeNyGYOvs4jftw7w9zWXr8jsh4SZsj3ggdvkm+PQ= User-Agent: Opera Mail/1.0 (Win32) Xref: csiph.com misc.phone.mobile.iphone:202429 comp.mobile.android:155922 Your Name wrote > Nick wrote >> I'm not sure what to think. Right now my car is running an aftermarket >> Android-based head unit with support for wireless Android Auto. >> Basically, it identifies itself as a tablet, and has an app that >> automatically connects to my phone wirelessly if it sees it. >> I've installed OsmAnd and Aurora store on the head unit itself, as >> well as downloaded local maps, but I still end up using the app >> installed on my phone by default, just because it's right there next to >> the music player when I'm driving. >> A friend of mine offered to sell me a unit running Linux instead, but >> that one doesn't support wireless connection (wired AA connection >> only), which is a huge downside for me personally. Not to mention >> additional effort needed to replace the unit, as well as other stuff >> that unit is missing (car specific integration to replace the missing >> buttons from the original unit that came with the car). >> On one hand, I find it annoying that I basically have duplicate apps >> on the unit itself, but at the same time, I am glad that, if needed, I >> can use maps without having to have my phone with me, charged and >> connected to my god damn car. I have considered restoring the original >> unit, but in the end, I just KNOW I will miss the map display that's >> right there. >> Recently I started hating my smartphone more and more, so if and when >> they take this flow away and replace it with something more awkward, or >> not as functional, might just be the time I just go "screw everything" >> and go back to using a dumb phone, mandatory banking app be damned. > I've never had any mobile phone, my car is 30 years old so has ye olde > radio-cassette player single-DIN box behind the gear stick, and I either > use a paper map book that stays in the car or more rarely print out a > Google / Apple Maps page before I leave home to go somewhere new. Wota fucking dinosaur > There's no actual need for all this fancy electronic gimmickry - it's > simply extra expense aimed at the lazy-more-money-than-sense brigade > and something else that can go wrong. As for satnav guidance, including > Google Maps directions, they give such idiotic instructions (even worse > with stupid AI) that they certainly aren't worth the money. Completely off with the fucking fairies