Subaru Debuts 2018 Legacy With CarPlay at Chicago Auto Show

My experience with Carplay is very ho-hum. Too many limitations and boring screens.

"Boring" screens and limited functionality is exactly what you should have in a car. The stuff that should interest you is outside.

I think that the automakers that rely on either CarPlay or Android Auto are going to best serve their customers, while those who go their own way with home-grown interfaces will more often frustrate consumers with interfaces that are routinely awkward to use, and still a work in progress.

I think that the automakers that rely on either CarPlay or Android Auto are going to best serve their customers, while those who go their own way with home-grown interfaces will more often frustrate consumers with interfaces that are routinely awkward to use, and still a work in progress.

Toyota/Lexus needs to stop dancing to their own crappy music and get with the program. Until then, any vehicle without CarPlay/Android Auto should be off everyone's list. That would push them to include both.

My experience with Carplay is very ho-hum. Too many limitations and boring screens.

Have you tried Apple maps lately? I've noticed in the past month that I have begun getting pop ups that there is a shorter route available due to traffic. Never seen it before on AM. Maybe it has to do with them finishing their base map. They said they anticipated finishing the five year project to build out their own base map in 2017. I am anticipating some huge things in Apple Maps this year as a result of this and their other mapping acquisition', e.g. lane assist (Yes, I know Google Maps has it), As part of base map, remember that they have been "driving the world" and combined with Flyover could be a knock your socks off feature. Google doesn't have the flyover and Streetview feels very dated and clumsy to use.

I hope you are right. Last time I use Apple maps on Carplay was.... yesterday.

It marched me right into a ton of traffic. Gave me an ETA that was too late for the appointment I was driving too.

Pulled up Waze on the phone. It immediately chose a route that avoided the traffic and got me where I needed to go, a little ahead of schedule.

I hope Apple maps becomes great. Clearly, we are prevented from using other navigation apps on Carplay because Apple knows if they were on a level playing field, Apple maps in its current form would lose out to the competition.

I too HOPE this changes.

My experience with Carplay is very ho-hum. Too many limitations and boring screens.

Same. I just bought a new car. I still just mount a phone on the dash. All I want is a mirrored larger display - and the car manufacturers will fight to the end to not do that as they'd lose $2000.