{"slug": "carplay", "name": "CarPlay", "category": "os", "category_name": "Operating systems and desktop", "description": "Apple's in-car interface that projects iPhone apps onto a car's infotainment screen.", "recommenders": 15, "commenters": 24, "warners": 2, "score": 13.723, "rising": -3.58, "first": "2025-11-03", "latest": "2026-08-25", "why": "Liked as an alternative to carmakers' own infotainment software, for bringing phone apps for maps and music into the car, and for giving a familiar interface across owned and rental cars.", "why_is_quote": false, "has_verdict": true, "sentiment": {"recommend": 15, "neutral": 7, "compare": 0, "warn": 2}, "spark": [1, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 1, 1, 10, 1, 0, 0], "listed": true, "loved": ["Beats OEM software", "Phone apps"], "caveat": "Connection reliability", "short_quote": "I love CarPlay and my phone already has all the features I need in the car", "icon": false, "domain": null, "github_repo": null, "official_url": "https://www.apple.com/ios/carplay/", "pricing": "free", "aliases": ["CarPlay", "Apple CarPlay"], "verdict": [{"text": "Liked as an alternative to carmakers' own infotainment software", "cites": [{"id": 789384944, "item_id": 49336559, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49336559", "by": "starkrights", "date": "2026-08-17", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I and basically everyone I know love it", "excerpt": "What does \u201cnot a good system in an objective sense\u201d even mean? In what objective measures do you see it fail in? I and basically everyone I know love it because it and android auto are made by actual UI/UX designers that aren\u2019t embedded systems engineers- resulting in an infotainment screen that isn\u2019t a complete and utter piece of shit, and has actual functionality. I use my phone for everything in my car anyways, es", "context": "", "use_case": "in-car navigation and infotainment", "switched_from": "", "story": "How to disable or avoid intrusive AI"}, {"id": 780346800, "item_id": 48771675, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48771675", "by": "bdavbdav", "date": "2026-07-02", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I use CarPlay all the time in my car and love it.", "excerpt": "I use CarPlay all the time in my car and love it. I rent quite a lot of cars. I\u2019d rather CarPlay was taken from my car and left in all the rental cars than the other way around. The car manufacturers are awful with their interface design, and being able to get into a new car at 9pm in the dark, and have a familiar interface while navigating some unknown city is invaluable. Consistency is safety and comfort in this si", "context": "rents a lot of cars", "use_case": "in-car infotainment", "switched_from": "", "story": "CarPlay Is Additive"}, {"id": 780315952, "item_id": 48769747, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48769747", "by": "MBCook", "date": "2026-07-02", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "\u201cPeople will think our software is bad.\u201d It is, that\u2019s why I want CarPlay.", "excerpt": "Yep. Subscriptions and incentives. Every car I have purchased has satellite radio factory installed. And each time SiriusXM will not shut up about trying to get me to sign up. Over and over. It takes years before they give up. I don\u2019t want it. So why is it in the car? Because they pay Ford and Honda and everyone else to put it there. Why did they both have Spotify? And iHeartRadio? Who even uses that? All sorts of ot", "context": "", "use_case": "car infotainment", "switched_from": "", "story": "CarPlay Is Additive"}, {"id": 732840352, "item_id": 45802522, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45802522", "by": "stevewodil", "date": "2025-11-03", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I love CarPlay and my phone already has all the features I need in the car", "excerpt": ">according to GM, the company can create an even better experience for drivers by dropping Apple and making its own software History has shown that most (especially legacy) car manufacturers make crappy software. I simply don't believe that GM will make exceptional infotainment software and additionally there's no doubt they will charge some subscription fee for parts of the software. It will not be up to the same st", "context": "", "use_case": "in-car infotainment", "switched_from": "", "story": "Enjoy CarPlay While You Still Can"}, {"id": 773031520, "item_id": 48314470, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48314470", "by": "ungreased0675", "date": "2026-05-28", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I can\u2019t imagine it surpassing what already exists on most phones.", "excerpt": "> He believes that Rivian owners will be able to access the core functionality of many apps through an AI agent, rather than needing to rely on CarPlay or Android Auto I definitely don\u2019t want that. I also sense lack of imagination. There\u2019s no way Rivian will build native apps for everything I use CarPlay for. They might be able to create a passable maps and music app, but I can\u2019t imagine it surpassing what already ex", "context": "", "use_case": "in-car maps and music apps", "switched_from": "", "story": "Rivian Explains Why CarPlay Debate Will Become 'Completely Obsolete'"}]}, {"text": ", for bringing phone apps for maps and music into the car", "cites": [{"id": 732840352, "item_id": 45802522, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45802522", "by": "stevewodil", "date": "2025-11-03", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I love CarPlay and my phone already has all the features I need in the car", "excerpt": ">according to GM, the company can create an even better experience for drivers by dropping Apple and making its own software History has shown that most (especially legacy) car manufacturers make crappy software. I simply don't believe that GM will make exceptional infotainment software and additionally there's no doubt they will charge some subscription fee for parts of the software. It will not be up to the same st", "context": "", "use_case": "in-car infotainment", "switched_from": "", "story": "Enjoy CarPlay While You Still Can"}, {"id": 780317728, "item_id": 48769858, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48769858", "by": "jitl", "date": "2026-07-02", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "Carplay works.", "excerpt": "I have a boring Mercedes mid-size SUV. Carplay works. I can skip/repeat tracks using the standard control on the steering wheel; the instrument cluster shows the current track the same way it's done with connected phones forever. On the center console screen, we use the Carplay view with 3 splits - one for Spotify, two for navigation (map & next direction). Google Maps and Apple Maps are both reliable where I drive (", "context": "", "use_case": "car navigation and music", "switched_from": "", "story": "CarPlay Is Additive"}, {"id": 780386768, "item_id": 48774173, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48774173", "by": "DannyBee", "date": "2026-07-03", "stance": "neutral", "quote": "In truth, I used carplay for 3 main things - navigation that didn't suck, listening to music on the apps i wanted to, and reading text messages out loud.", "excerpt": "I used to refuse to buy cars without carplay. For many of the reasons I expect others do. I have a rivian, and my wife has a car with carplay. I've had rivians for years now. I don't miss carplay when i drive my Rivian. In truth, I used carplay for 3 main things - navigation that didn't suck, listening to music on the apps i wanted to, and reading text messages out loud. Rivian has made those things not suck. So i do", "context": "Rivian owner", "use_case": "navigation, music, messages", "switched_from": "", "story": "CarPlay Is Additive"}, {"id": 783142256, "item_id": 48946391, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48946391", "by": "criddell", "date": "2026-07-17", "stance": "neutral", "quote": "I ripped my collection to my phone and I use CarPlay and it works well enough.", "excerpt": "When I was buying my last car, I was searching for something with a CD player option. Turns out there are no new cars with CD players and the last manufacturer to offer one was Lexus in 2022. I ripped my collection to my phone and I use CarPlay and it works well enough. But still if I could, I'd buy a car with a CD player. My next car might be a Slate truck because they supposedly support single or double DIN radios ", "context": "", "use_case": "playing music in car", "switched_from": "", "story": "CD Sales Growth Outpaced Vinyl in the First Half of 2026"}]}, {"text": ", and for giving a familiar interface across owned and rental cars.", "cites": [{"id": 780374528, "item_id": 48773408, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48773408", "by": "thek3nger", "date": "2026-07-03", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "Another advantage of the \"it's on your phone\" aspect is that it follows you when you switch cars.", "excerpt": "Another advantage of the \"it's on your phone\" aspect is that it follows you when you switch cars. If I use my friend's car, I still have MY system. If I rent a car for a trip, I still have MY system.", "context": "", "use_case": "in-car phone interface", "switched_from": "", "story": "CarPlay Is Additive"}, {"id": 780346800, "item_id": 48771675, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48771675", "by": "bdavbdav", "date": "2026-07-02", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I use CarPlay all the time in my car and love it.", "excerpt": "I use CarPlay all the time in my car and love it. I rent quite a lot of cars. I\u2019d rather CarPlay was taken from my car and left in all the rental cars than the other way around. The car manufacturers are awful with their interface design, and being able to get into a new car at 9pm in the dark, and have a familiar interface while navigating some unknown city is invaluable. Consistency is safety and comfort in this si", "context": "rents a lot of cars", "use_case": "in-car infotainment", "switched_from": "", "story": "CarPlay Is Additive"}, {"id": 780331552, "item_id": 48770722, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48770722", "by": "stego-tech", "date": "2026-07-02", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "CarPlay is additive to the experience", "excerpt": "I\u2019m with OP, here: CarPlay is additive to the experience, but also is something that provides me a degree of consistency across my automotive experiences - when vendors bother to implement it properly. I have an old Honda Fit that I installed one of Pioneer\u2019s \u201capp radio\u201d units into, which included replacing the dash facia. I use CarPlay on it almost exclusively, but if I want Pioneer\u2019s incredibly mediocre UI/UX, it\u2019s", "context": "", "use_case": "in-car infotainment", "switched_from": "", "story": "CarPlay Is Additive"}]}, {"text": " The most common complaint is unreliable connections and pairing", "cites": [{"id": 780516816, "item_id": 48782301, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48782301", "by": "maxdo", "date": "2026-07-03", "stance": "warn", "quote": "from that standpoint, CarPlay does not work.", "excerpt": "Are you seriously arguing that two loosely integrated systems, one of them needs a proper connection, battery state, ToS agreement accepted before you need to drive is better vs OS that integrate hardware, software, charging network and gives you 99.99% of functionality, including mobile app? It's not even apples vs bananas. It's a rock vs computer. - Just a single fact you don't have to deal with cable/bluetooth/cha", "context": "Tesla owner", "use_case": "in-car infotainment", "switched_from": "", "story": "CarPlay Is Additive"}, {"id": 732838480, "item_id": 45802405, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45802405", "by": "marstall", "date": "2025-11-03", "stance": "neutral", "quote": "I love CarPlay, but I do feel like I'm risking my family's life when it fails to connect", "excerpt": "I love CarPlay, but I do feel like I'm risking my family's life when it fails to connect and I'm left fiddling with it while driving. It seems like what GM's doing would at least eliminate that risk factor.", "context": "", "use_case": "in-car infotainment", "switched_from": "", "story": "Enjoy CarPlay While You Still Can"}, {"id": 758078225, "item_id": 47379889, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47379889", "by": "phil21", "date": "2026-03-14", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "My car does wireless Carplay just fine", "excerpt": "I used to think Bluetooth was nearly unusable both in audio quality and annoyingness. Then I moved to the Apple ecosystem including iPhone, Airpods, and MacOS. It Just Works(tm) 99% of the time. The last 1% is a little annoying, and almost always has to do with device switching. I also haven't had a problem with third party devices for many years now. My car does wireless Carplay just fine, and before that worked nea", "context": "", "use_case": "in-car phone connection", "switched_from": "", "story": "Wired headphone sales are exploding. What's with the Bluetooth backlash?"}]}, {"text": ", and a few say it is just a phone on a bigger screen and not needed when the car's own software is good.", "cites": [{"id": 780396112, "item_id": 48774757, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48774757", "by": "andreygrehov", "date": "2026-07-03", "stance": "warn", "quote": "CarPlay is boring af.", "excerpt": "Personally, I avoid all cars that have CarPlay. This technology has nothing to do with a car. It's just a phone on a bigger screen, pure marketing by Apple that stifles innovation within the car manufacturing industry. I love Apple products, but CarPlay is boring af. And don't get me wrong i do understand why people love CarPlay. Problem is, majority of people don't know why CarPlay is so bad - many haven't used anyt", "context": "", "use_case": "in-car infotainment", "switched_from": "", "story": "CarPlay Is Additive"}, {"id": 780386768, "item_id": 48774173, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48774173", "by": "DannyBee", "date": "2026-07-03", "stance": "neutral", "quote": "In truth, I used carplay for 3 main things - navigation that didn't suck, listening to music on the apps i wanted to, and reading text messages out loud.", "excerpt": "I used to refuse to buy cars without carplay. For many of the reasons I expect others do. I have a rivian, and my wife has a car with carplay. I've had rivians for years now. I don't miss carplay when i drive my Rivian. In truth, I used carplay for 3 main things - navigation that didn't suck, listening to music on the apps i wanted to, and reading text messages out loud. Rivian has made those things not suck. So i do", "context": "Rivian owner", "use_case": "navigation, music, messages", "switched_from": "", "story": "CarPlay Is Additive"}, {"id": 780340368, "item_id": 48771273, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48771273", "by": "IgorPartola", "date": "2026-07-02", "stance": "neutral", "quote": "CarPlay navigation UI via Google Maps or Waze also works fine so it\u2019s not a huge difference", "excerpt": "I am clearly in the minority here but I have driven cars with and without CarPlay and honestly do not care whether a car has it. I use my phone for navigation and mount it such that when I look at it I am not taking my eyes off the road. I find this to be far better than having to look down at the center of my dashboard but CarPlay navigation UI via Google Maps or Waze also works fine so it\u2019s not a huge difference. R", "context": "", "use_case": "car navigation", "switched_from": "", "story": "CarPlay Is Additive"}]}], "praise": [{"label": "Beats OEM software", "summary": "Commenters prefer it to carmakers' built-in infotainment interfaces.", "quotes": [{"id": 789384944, "item_id": 49336559, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49336559", "by": "starkrights", "date": "2026-08-17", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I and basically everyone I know love it", "excerpt": "What does \u201cnot a good system in an objective sense\u201d even mean? In what objective measures do you see it fail in? I and basically everyone I know love it because it and android auto are made by actual UI/UX designers that aren\u2019t embedded systems engineers- resulting in an infotainment screen that isn\u2019t a complete and utter piece of shit, and has actual functionality. I use my phone for everything in my car anyways, es", "context": "", "use_case": "in-car navigation and infotainment", "switched_from": "", "story": "How to disable or avoid intrusive AI"}, {"id": 780346800, "item_id": 48771675, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48771675", "by": "bdavbdav", "date": "2026-07-02", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I use CarPlay all the time in my car and love it.", "excerpt": "I use CarPlay all the time in my car and love it. I rent quite a lot of cars. I\u2019d rather CarPlay was taken from my car and left in all the rental cars than the other way around. The car manufacturers are awful with their interface design, and being able to get into a new car at 9pm in the dark, and have a familiar interface while navigating some unknown city is invaluable. Consistency is safety and comfort in this si", "context": "rents a lot of cars", "use_case": "in-car infotainment", "switched_from": "", "story": "CarPlay Is Additive"}, {"id": 732840352, "item_id": 45802522, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45802522", "by": "stevewodil", "date": "2025-11-03", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I love CarPlay and my phone already has all the features I need in the car", "excerpt": ">according to GM, the company can create an even better experience for drivers by dropping Apple and making its own software History has shown that most (especially legacy) car manufacturers make crappy software. I simply don't believe that GM will make exceptional infotainment software and additionally there's no doubt they will charge some subscription fee for parts of the software. It will not be up to the same st", "context": "", "use_case": "in-car infotainment", "switched_from": "", "story": "Enjoy CarPlay While You Still Can"}]}, {"label": "Phone apps", "summary": "Navigation, music and messaging come from apps already on the phone.", "quotes": [{"id": 780386768, "item_id": 48774173, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48774173", "by": "DannyBee", "date": "2026-07-03", "stance": "neutral", "quote": "In truth, I used carplay for 3 main things - navigation that didn't suck, listening to music on the apps i wanted to, and reading text messages out loud.", "excerpt": "I used to refuse to buy cars without carplay. For many of the reasons I expect others do. I have a rivian, and my wife has a car with carplay. I've had rivians for years now. I don't miss carplay when i drive my Rivian. In truth, I used carplay for 3 main things - navigation that didn't suck, listening to music on the apps i wanted to, and reading text messages out loud. Rivian has made those things not suck. So i do", "context": "Rivian owner", "use_case": "navigation, music, messages", "switched_from": "", "story": "CarPlay Is Additive"}, {"id": 780317728, "item_id": 48769858, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48769858", "by": "jitl", "date": "2026-07-02", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "Carplay works.", "excerpt": "I have a boring Mercedes mid-size SUV. Carplay works. I can skip/repeat tracks using the standard control on the steering wheel; the instrument cluster shows the current track the same way it's done with connected phones forever. On the center console screen, we use the Carplay view with 3 splits - one for Spotify, two for navigation (map & next direction). Google Maps and Apple Maps are both reliable where I drive (", "context": "", "use_case": "car navigation and music", "switched_from": "", "story": "CarPlay Is Additive"}, {"id": 773031520, "item_id": 48314470, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48314470", "by": "ungreased0675", "date": "2026-05-28", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I can\u2019t imagine it surpassing what already exists on most phones.", "excerpt": "> He believes that Rivian owners will be able to access the core functionality of many apps through an AI agent, rather than needing to rely on CarPlay or Android Auto I definitely don\u2019t want that. I also sense lack of imagination. There\u2019s no way Rivian will build native apps for everything I use CarPlay for. They might be able to create a passable maps and music app, but I can\u2019t imagine it surpassing what already ex", "context": "", "use_case": "in-car maps and music apps", "switched_from": "", "story": "Rivian Explains Why CarPlay Debate Will Become 'Completely Obsolete'"}]}, {"label": "Consistency across cars", "summary": "The same interface follows you into friends' cars and rentals.", "quotes": [{"id": 780374528, "item_id": 48773408, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48773408", "by": "thek3nger", "date": "2026-07-03", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "Another advantage of the \"it's on your phone\" aspect is that it follows you when you switch cars.", "excerpt": "Another advantage of the \"it's on your phone\" aspect is that it follows you when you switch cars. If I use my friend's car, I still have MY system. If I rent a car for a trip, I still have MY system.", "context": "", "use_case": "in-car phone interface", "switched_from": "", "story": "CarPlay Is Additive"}, {"id": 780346800, "item_id": 48771675, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48771675", "by": "bdavbdav", "date": "2026-07-02", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I use CarPlay all the time in my car and love it.", "excerpt": "I use CarPlay all the time in my car and love it. I rent quite a lot of cars. I\u2019d rather CarPlay was taken from my car and left in all the rental cars than the other way around. The car manufacturers are awful with their interface design, and being able to get into a new car at 9pm in the dark, and have a familiar interface while navigating some unknown city is invaluable. Consistency is safety and comfort in this si", "context": "rents a lot of cars", "use_case": "in-car infotainment", "switched_from": "", "story": "CarPlay Is Additive"}, {"id": 780331552, "item_id": 48770722, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48770722", "by": "stego-tech", "date": "2026-07-02", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "CarPlay is additive to the experience", "excerpt": "I\u2019m with OP, here: CarPlay is additive to the experience, but also is something that provides me a degree of consistency across my automotive experiences - when vendors bother to implement it properly. I have an old Honda Fit that I installed one of Pioneer\u2019s \u201capp radio\u201d units into, which included replacing the dash facia. I use CarPlay on it almost exclusively, but if I want Pioneer\u2019s incredibly mediocre UI/UX, it\u2019s", "context": "", "use_case": "in-car infotainment", "switched_from": "", "story": "CarPlay Is Additive"}]}, {"label": "Wireless", "summary": "Wireless CarPlay is described as working well and as a big convenience.", "quotes": [{"id": 780338816, "item_id": 48771176, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48771176", "by": "Aniket-N", "date": "2026-07-02", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "Now I can\u2019t live without it. In fact wireless carplay was a game changer.", "excerpt": "I use to think this until i got a car with carplay. Now I can\u2019t live without it. In fact wireless carplay was a game changer. You have to experience the convenience to know what it\u2019s like.", "context": "", "use_case": "car infotainment", "switched_from": "", "story": "CarPlay Is Additive"}, {"id": 780408304, "item_id": 48775519, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48775519", "by": "enos_feedler", "date": "2026-07-03", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I have a 2021 BMW that only supported carplay and was fine for many years. It is wireless even. I love it.", "excerpt": "What the auto industry should have really woken up to is the idea of a singular carplay for both android and ios. I have a 2021 BMW that only supported carplay and was fine for many years. It is wireless even. I love it. But now i have a pixel.", "context": "BMW owner, now has a Pixel", "use_case": "in-car infotainment", "switched_from": "", "story": "CarPlay Is Additive"}, {"id": 758078225, "item_id": 47379889, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47379889", "by": "phil21", "date": "2026-03-14", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "My car does wireless Carplay just fine", "excerpt": "I used to think Bluetooth was nearly unusable both in audio quality and annoyingness. Then I moved to the Apple ecosystem including iPhone, Airpods, and MacOS. It Just Works(tm) 99% of the time. The last 1% is a little annoying, and almost always has to do with device switching. I also haven't had a problem with third party devices for many years now. My car does wireless Carplay just fine, and before that worked nea", "context": "", "use_case": "in-car phone connection", "switched_from": "", "story": "Wired headphone sales are exploding. What's with the Bluetooth backlash?"}]}, {"label": "Car controls integration", "summary": "It works with steering wheel buttons, knobs, instrument clusters and head-up displays.", "quotes": [{"id": 780367408, "item_id": 48772963, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48772963", "by": "rbanffy", "date": "2026-07-03", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I use CarPlay all the time and I almost never use the touchscreen", "excerpt": "I use CarPlay all the time and I almost never use the touchscreen - as you shouldn't while driving. The car has buttons and knobs, on the dash and on the wheel, to call up all sorts of options in the UI. The only time I need to touch the screen is if I want a full screen map (instead of the three-panel usual view).", "context": "", "use_case": "in-car phone interface", "switched_from": "", "story": "CarPlay Is Additive"}, {"id": 780317728, "item_id": 48769858, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48769858", "by": "jitl", "date": "2026-07-02", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "Carplay works.", "excerpt": "I have a boring Mercedes mid-size SUV. Carplay works. I can skip/repeat tracks using the standard control on the steering wheel; the instrument cluster shows the current track the same way it's done with connected phones forever. On the center console screen, we use the Carplay view with 3 splits - one for Spotify, two for navigation (map & next direction). Google Maps and Apple Maps are both reliable where I drive (", "context": "", "use_case": "car navigation and music", "switched_from": "", "story": "CarPlay Is Additive"}, {"id": 733152049, "item_id": 45822003, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45822003", "by": "TYPE_FASTER", "date": "2025-11-05", "stance": "neutral", "quote": "We use CarPlay with our Mazda.", "excerpt": "I think it drives the instrument cluster too. Maybe instead of a new head unit, what we will need in the future is an open version of Android Automotive OS, like Lineage for our cars. We use CarPlay with our Mazda. The heads up display on the windshield displays the next turn information from Apple Maps. Edit: it looks like Lineage has support for Android Automotive: https://lineageos.org/Changelog-30/", "context": "", "use_case": "in-car infotainment", "switched_from": "", "story": "GM Deprecating In-Car App Store for Models as Recent as 2020"}]}], "caveats": [{"label": "Connection reliability", "summary": "Failed connections and cable, Bluetooth or pairing trouble are reported.", "quotes": [{"id": 732838480, "item_id": 45802405, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45802405", "by": "marstall", "date": "2025-11-03", "stance": "neutral", "quote": "I love CarPlay, but I do feel like I'm risking my family's life when it fails to connect", "excerpt": "I love CarPlay, but I do feel like I'm risking my family's life when it fails to connect and I'm left fiddling with it while driving. It seems like what GM's doing would at least eliminate that risk factor.", "context": "", "use_case": "in-car infotainment", "switched_from": "", "story": "Enjoy CarPlay While You Still Can"}, {"id": 780516816, "item_id": 48782301, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48782301", "by": "maxdo", "date": "2026-07-03", "stance": "warn", "quote": "from that standpoint, CarPlay does not work.", "excerpt": "Are you seriously arguing that two loosely integrated systems, one of them needs a proper connection, battery state, ToS agreement accepted before you need to drive is better vs OS that integrate hardware, software, charging network and gives you 99.99% of functionality, including mobile app? It's not even apples vs bananas. It's a rock vs computer. - Just a single fact you don't have to deal with cable/bluetooth/cha", "context": "Tesla owner", "use_case": "in-car infotainment", "switched_from": "", "story": "CarPlay Is Additive"}, {"id": 758078225, "item_id": 47379889, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47379889", "by": "phil21", "date": "2026-03-14", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "My car does wireless Carplay just fine", "excerpt": "I used to think Bluetooth was nearly unusable both in audio quality and annoyingness. Then I moved to the Apple ecosystem including iPhone, Airpods, and MacOS. It Just Works(tm) 99% of the time. The last 1% is a little annoying, and almost always has to do with device switching. I also haven't had a problem with third party devices for many years now. My car does wireless Carplay just fine, and before that worked nea", "context": "", "use_case": "in-car phone connection", "switched_from": "", "story": "Wired headphone sales are exploding. What's with the Bluetooth backlash?"}]}, {"label": "Not always needed", "summary": "Some find a mounted phone or good built-in software works just as well.", "quotes": [{"id": 780340368, "item_id": 48771273, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48771273", "by": "IgorPartola", "date": "2026-07-02", "stance": "neutral", "quote": "CarPlay navigation UI via Google Maps or Waze also works fine so it\u2019s not a huge difference", "excerpt": "I am clearly in the minority here but I have driven cars with and without CarPlay and honestly do not care whether a car has it. I use my phone for navigation and mount it such that when I look at it I am not taking my eyes off the road. I find this to be far better than having to look down at the center of my dashboard but CarPlay navigation UI via Google Maps or Waze also works fine so it\u2019s not a huge difference. R", "context": "", "use_case": "car navigation", "switched_from": "", "story": "CarPlay Is Additive"}, {"id": 780386768, "item_id": 48774173, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48774173", "by": "DannyBee", "date": "2026-07-03", "stance": "neutral", "quote": "In truth, I used carplay for 3 main things - navigation that didn't suck, listening to music on the apps i wanted to, and reading text messages out loud.", "excerpt": "I used to refuse to buy cars without carplay. For many of the reasons I expect others do. I have a rivian, and my wife has a car with carplay. I've had rivians for years now. I don't miss carplay when i drive my Rivian. In truth, I used carplay for 3 main things - navigation that didn't suck, listening to music on the apps i wanted to, and reading text messages out loud. Rivian has made those things not suck. So i do", "context": "Rivian owner", "use_case": "navigation, music, messages", "switched_from": "", "story": "CarPlay Is Additive"}, {"id": 780345536, "item_id": 48771596, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48771596", "by": "artisinal", "date": "2026-07-02", "stance": "neutral", "quote": "I use CarPlay as an extended screen but still do everything on my phone", "excerpt": "I use CarPlay as an extended screen but still do everything on my phone that is mounted on the dashboard. Works good for me.", "context": "", "use_case": "extended car screen", "switched_from": "", "story": "CarPlay Is Additive"}]}, {"label": "Limited carmaker support", "summary": "Some manufacturers such as Rivian and GM have dropped or don't offer it.", "quotes": [{"id": 780447776, "item_id": 48777986, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48777986", "by": "conk", "date": "2026-07-03", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "bought an EV9 which I love and it has CarPlay!", "excerpt": "I\u2019m one of these buyers. I had a reservation for a Rivian, then this interview shut the door on possible CarPlay. I canceled my reservation and bought an EV9 which I love and it has CarPlay! Rivian is turning away potential lifetime customers because they want to force customers to pay for another cellular data plan and get their cut.", "context": "won't buy a car without CarPlay", "use_case": "in-car phone interface", "switched_from": "", "story": "CarPlay Is Additive"}, {"id": 773031520, "item_id": 48314470, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48314470", "by": "ungreased0675", "date": "2026-05-28", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I can\u2019t imagine it surpassing what already exists on most phones.", "excerpt": "> He believes that Rivian owners will be able to access the core functionality of many apps through an AI agent, rather than needing to rely on CarPlay or Android Auto I definitely don\u2019t want that. I also sense lack of imagination. There\u2019s no way Rivian will build native apps for everything I use CarPlay for. They might be able to create a passable maps and music app, but I can\u2019t imagine it surpassing what already ex", "context": "", "use_case": "in-car maps and music apps", "switched_from": "", "story": "Rivian Explains Why CarPlay Debate Will Become 'Completely Obsolete'"}, {"id": 732840352, "item_id": 45802522, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45802522", "by": "stevewodil", "date": "2025-11-03", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I love CarPlay and my phone already has all the features I need in the car", "excerpt": ">according to GM, the company can create an even better experience for drivers by dropping Apple and making its own software History has shown that most (especially legacy) car manufacturers make crappy software. I simply don't believe that GM will make exceptional infotainment software and additionally there's no doubt they will charge some subscription fee for parts of the software. It will not be up to the same st", "context": "", "use_case": "in-car infotainment", "switched_from": "", "story": "Enjoy CarPlay While You Still Can"}]}, {"label": "Just a phone", "summary": "One commenter calls it a boring phone on a bigger screen that stifles innovation.", "quotes": [{"id": 780396112, "item_id": 48774757, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48774757", "by": "andreygrehov", "date": "2026-07-03", "stance": "warn", "quote": "CarPlay is boring af.", "excerpt": "Personally, I avoid all cars that have CarPlay. This technology has nothing to do with a car. It's just a phone on a bigger screen, pure marketing by Apple that stifles innovation within the car manufacturing industry. I love Apple products, but CarPlay is boring af. And don't get me wrong i do understand why people love CarPlay. Problem is, majority of people don't know why CarPlay is so bad - many haven't used anyt", "context": "", "use_case": "in-car infotainment", "switched_from": "", "story": "CarPlay Is Additive"}]}, {"label": "Implementation varies", "summary": "Its quality depends on carmakers implementing it properly.", "quotes": [{"id": 780331552, "item_id": 48770722, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48770722", "by": "stego-tech", "date": "2026-07-02", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "CarPlay is additive to the experience", "excerpt": "I\u2019m with OP, here: CarPlay is additive to the experience, but also is something that provides me a degree of consistency across my automotive experiences - when vendors bother to implement it properly. I have an old Honda Fit that I installed one of Pioneer\u2019s \u201capp radio\u201d units into, which included replacing the dash facia. I use CarPlay on it almost exclusively, but if I want Pioneer\u2019s incredibly mediocre UI/UX, it\u2019s", "context": "", "use_case": "in-car infotainment", "switched_from": "", "story": "CarPlay Is Additive"}]}], "who": [{"by": "karlshea", "context": "BMW owner with aftermarket Android head unit", "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49429419", "date": "2026-08-25"}, {"by": "conk", "context": "won't buy a car without CarPlay", "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48777986", "date": "2026-07-03"}, {"by": "enos_feedler", "context": "BMW owner, now has a Pixel", "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48775519", "date": "2026-07-03"}, {"by": "DannyBee", "context": "Rivian owner", "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48774173", "date": "2026-07-03"}, {"by": "bdavbdav", "context": "rents a lot of cars", "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48771675", "date": "2026-07-02"}], "tags": ["for frequent car renters", "for navigation and music", "for iPhone users", "works with aftermarket head units"], "use_cases": ["in-car infotainment", "in-car phone interface", "car infotainment", "car head unit", "in-car navigation and infotainment", "playing music in car"], "compared": [{"slug": "android-auto", "name": "Android Auto", "co": 9, "switched_from": 0, "switched_to": 0}, {"slug": "google-maps", "name": "Google Maps", "co": 3, "switched_from": 0, "switched_to": 0}, {"slug": "apple-maps", "name": "Apple Maps", "co": 2, "switched_from": 0, "switched_to": 0}], "makers": [], "threads": [{"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48769397", "title": "CarPlay Is Additive", "mentions": 15}, {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45800960", "title": "Enjoy CarPlay While You Still Can", "mentions": 2}, {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49408550", "title": "Malware infects Android-based automotive head unit firmware", "mentions": 1}, {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49331220", "title": "How to disable or avoid intrusive AI", "mentions": 1}, {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48937398", "title": "CD Sales Growth Outpaced Vinyl in the First Half of 2026", "mentions": 1}, {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48450142", "title": "Apple reveals new AI architecture built around Google Gemini models", "mentions": 1}], "sentiment_by_month": {"2025-11": {"neutral": 2, "recommend": 1}, "2025-12": {}, "2026-01": {}, "2026-02": {}, "2026-03": {"recommend": 1}, "2026-04": {}, "2026-05": {"recommend": 1}, "2026-06": {"recommend": 1}, "2026-07": {"recommend": 10, "neutral": 4, "warn": 2}, "2026-08": {"recommend": 1, "neutral": 1}, "2026-09": {}, "2026-10": {}}, "quotes": [{"id": 790870704, "item_id": 49429419, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49429419", "by": "karlshea", "date": "2026-08-25", "stance": "neutral", "quote": "the whole ridiculous system is solely for CarPlay.", "excerpt": "Yes, the BMW NBT quadlock connector has K-CAN2 (so only body bus, no engine/chassis which is on a different CAN bus). (in true German over-engineering fashion it also has fiber for audio and Ethernet for diagnostics) I brought up the backup camera as another reason the head unit has CAN, since in my car that's what's handling drawing the backup guide lines. The aftermarket HU would have enough data to do so, but in m", "context": "BMW owner with aftermarket Android head unit", "use_case": "car head unit", "switched_from": "", "story": "Malware infects Android-based automotive head unit firmware"}, {"id": 789384944, "item_id": 49336559, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49336559", "by": "starkrights", "date": "2026-08-17", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I and basically everyone I know love it", "excerpt": "What does \u201cnot a good system in an objective sense\u201d even mean? In what objective measures do you see it fail in? I and basically everyone I know love it because it and android auto are made by actual UI/UX designers that aren\u2019t embedded systems engineers- resulting in an infotainment screen that isn\u2019t a complete and utter piece of shit, and has actual functionality. I use my phone for everything in my car anyways, es", "context": "", "use_case": "in-car navigation and infotainment", "switched_from": "", "story": "How to disable or avoid intrusive AI"}, {"id": 783142256, "item_id": 48946391, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48946391", "by": "criddell", "date": "2026-07-17", "stance": "neutral", "quote": "I ripped my collection to my phone and I use CarPlay and it works well enough.", "excerpt": "When I was buying my last car, I was searching for something with a CD player option. Turns out there are no new cars with CD players and the last manufacturer to offer one was Lexus in 2022. I ripped my collection to my phone and I use CarPlay and it works well enough. But still if I could, I'd buy a car with a CD player. My next car might be a Slate truck because they supposedly support single or double DIN radios ", "context": "", "use_case": "playing music in car", "switched_from": "", "story": "CD Sales Growth Outpaced Vinyl in the First Half of 2026"}, {"id": 780516816, "item_id": 48782301, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48782301", "by": "maxdo", "date": "2026-07-03", "stance": "warn", "quote": "from that standpoint, CarPlay does not work.", "excerpt": "Are you seriously arguing that two loosely integrated systems, one of them needs a proper connection, battery state, ToS agreement accepted before you need to drive is better vs OS that integrate hardware, software, charging network and gives you 99.99% of functionality, including mobile app? It's not even apples vs bananas. It's a rock vs computer. - Just a single fact you don't have to deal with cable/bluetooth/cha", "context": "Tesla owner", "use_case": "in-car infotainment", "switched_from": "", "story": "CarPlay Is Additive"}, {"id": 780447776, "item_id": 48777986, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48777986", "by": "conk", "date": "2026-07-03", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "bought an EV9 which I love and it has CarPlay!", "excerpt": "I\u2019m one of these buyers. I had a reservation for a Rivian, then this interview shut the door on possible CarPlay. I canceled my reservation and bought an EV9 which I love and it has CarPlay! Rivian is turning away potential lifetime customers because they want to force customers to pay for another cellular data plan and get their cut.", "context": "won't buy a car without CarPlay", "use_case": "in-car phone interface", "switched_from": "", "story": "CarPlay Is Additive"}, {"id": 780408304, "item_id": 48775519, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48775519", "by": "enos_feedler", "date": "2026-07-03", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I have a 2021 BMW that only supported carplay and was fine for many years. It is wireless even. I love it.", "excerpt": "What the auto industry should have really woken up to is the idea of a singular carplay for both android and ios. I have a 2021 BMW that only supported carplay and was fine for many years. It is wireless even. I love it. But now i have a pixel.", "context": "BMW owner, now has a Pixel", "use_case": "in-car infotainment", "switched_from": "", "story": "CarPlay Is Additive"}, {"id": 780396112, "item_id": 48774757, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48774757", "by": "andreygrehov", "date": "2026-07-03", "stance": "warn", "quote": "CarPlay is boring af.", "excerpt": "Personally, I avoid all cars that have CarPlay. This technology has nothing to do with a car. It's just a phone on a bigger screen, pure marketing by Apple that stifles innovation within the car manufacturing industry. I love Apple products, but CarPlay is boring af. And don't get me wrong i do understand why people love CarPlay. Problem is, majority of people don't know why CarPlay is so bad - many haven't used anyt", "context": "", "use_case": "in-car infotainment", "switched_from": "", "story": "CarPlay Is Additive"}, {"id": 780386768, "item_id": 48774173, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48774173", "by": "DannyBee", "date": "2026-07-03", "stance": "neutral", "quote": "In truth, I used carplay for 3 main things - navigation that didn't suck, listening to music on the apps i wanted to, and reading text messages out loud.", "excerpt": "I used to refuse to buy cars without carplay. For many of the reasons I expect others do. I have a rivian, and my wife has a car with carplay. I've had rivians for years now. I don't miss carplay when i drive my Rivian. In truth, I used carplay for 3 main things - navigation that didn't suck, listening to music on the apps i wanted to, and reading text messages out loud. Rivian has made those things not suck. So i do", "context": "Rivian owner", "use_case": "navigation, music, messages", "switched_from": "", "story": "CarPlay Is Additive"}, {"id": 780375808, "item_id": 48773488, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48773488", "by": "senordevnyc", "date": "2026-07-03", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I'd MUCH rather skip CarPlay (which I love)", "excerpt": "Congrats on writing a book, big accomplishment! I'm confused about the cupholder example though: I'd MUCH rather skip CarPlay (which I love) than cupholders in a car, but I wouldn't shop for a car based on whether it has cupholders because surely they all do, right? It seems like shopping based on whether the car has A/C or something.", "context": "", "use_case": "in-car phone interface", "switched_from": "", "story": "CarPlay Is Additive"}, {"id": 780374528, "item_id": 48773408, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48773408", "by": "thek3nger", "date": "2026-07-03", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "Another advantage of the \"it's on your phone\" aspect is that it follows you when you switch cars.", "excerpt": "Another advantage of the \"it's on your phone\" aspect is that it follows you when you switch cars. If I use my friend's car, I still have MY system. If I rent a car for a trip, I still have MY system.", "context": "", "use_case": "in-car phone interface", "switched_from": "", "story": "CarPlay Is Additive"}, {"id": 780367408, "item_id": 48772963, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48772963", "by": "rbanffy", "date": "2026-07-03", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I use CarPlay all the time and I almost never use the touchscreen", "excerpt": "I use CarPlay all the time and I almost never use the touchscreen - as you shouldn't while driving. The car has buttons and knobs, on the dash and on the wheel, to call up all sorts of options in the UI. The only time I need to touch the screen is if I want a full screen map (instead of the three-panel usual view).", "context": "", "use_case": "in-car phone interface", "switched_from": "", "story": "CarPlay Is Additive"}, {"id": 780346800, "item_id": 48771675, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48771675", "by": "bdavbdav", "date": "2026-07-02", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I use CarPlay all the time in my car and love it.", "excerpt": "I use CarPlay all the time in my car and love it. I rent quite a lot of cars. I\u2019d rather CarPlay was taken from my car and left in all the rental cars than the other way around. The car manufacturers are awful with their interface design, and being able to get into a new car at 9pm in the dark, and have a familiar interface while navigating some unknown city is invaluable. Consistency is safety and comfort in this si", "context": "rents a lot of cars", "use_case": "in-car infotainment", "switched_from": "", "story": "CarPlay Is Additive"}, {"id": 780345536, "item_id": 48771596, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48771596", "by": "artisinal", "date": "2026-07-02", "stance": "neutral", "quote": "I use CarPlay as an extended screen but still do everything on my phone", "excerpt": "I use CarPlay as an extended screen but still do everything on my phone that is mounted on the dashboard. Works good for me.", "context": "", "use_case": "extended car screen", "switched_from": "", "story": "CarPlay Is Additive"}, {"id": 780340368, "item_id": 48771273, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48771273", "by": "IgorPartola", "date": "2026-07-02", "stance": "neutral", "quote": "CarPlay navigation UI via Google Maps or Waze also works fine so it\u2019s not a huge difference", "excerpt": "I am clearly in the minority here but I have driven cars with and without CarPlay and honestly do not care whether a car has it. I use my phone for navigation and mount it such that when I look at it I am not taking my eyes off the road. I find this to be far better than having to look down at the center of my dashboard but CarPlay navigation UI via Google Maps or Waze also works fine so it\u2019s not a huge difference. R", "context": "", "use_case": "car navigation", "switched_from": "", "story": "CarPlay Is Additive"}, {"id": 780338816, "item_id": 48771176, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48771176", "by": "Aniket-N", "date": "2026-07-02", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "Now I can\u2019t live without it. In fact wireless carplay was a game changer.", "excerpt": "I use to think this until i got a car with carplay. Now I can\u2019t live without it. In fact wireless carplay was a game changer. You have to experience the convenience to know what it\u2019s like.", "context": "", "use_case": "car infotainment", "switched_from": "", "story": "CarPlay Is Additive"}, {"id": 780331552, "item_id": 48770722, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48770722", "by": "stego-tech", "date": "2026-07-02", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "CarPlay is additive to the experience", "excerpt": "I\u2019m with OP, here: CarPlay is additive to the experience, but also is something that provides me a degree of consistency across my automotive experiences - when vendors bother to implement it properly. I have an old Honda Fit that I installed one of Pioneer\u2019s \u201capp radio\u201d units into, which included replacing the dash facia. I use CarPlay on it almost exclusively, but if I want Pioneer\u2019s incredibly mediocre UI/UX, it\u2019s", "context": "", "use_case": "in-car infotainment", "switched_from": "", "story": "CarPlay Is Additive"}, {"id": 780317728, "item_id": 48769858, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48769858", "by": "jitl", "date": "2026-07-02", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "Carplay works.", "excerpt": "I have a boring Mercedes mid-size SUV. Carplay works. I can skip/repeat tracks using the standard control on the steering wheel; the instrument cluster shows the current track the same way it's done with connected phones forever. On the center console screen, we use the Carplay view with 3 splits - one for Spotify, two for navigation (map & next direction). Google Maps and Apple Maps are both reliable where I drive (", "context": "", "use_case": "car navigation and music", "switched_from": "", "story": "CarPlay Is Additive"}, {"id": 780315952, "item_id": 48769747, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48769747", "by": "MBCook", "date": "2026-07-02", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "\u201cPeople will think our software is bad.\u201d It is, that\u2019s why I want CarPlay.", "excerpt": "Yep. Subscriptions and incentives. Every car I have purchased has satellite radio factory installed. And each time SiriusXM will not shut up about trying to get me to sign up. Over and over. It takes years before they give up. I don\u2019t want it. So why is it in the car? Because they pay Ford and Honda and everyone else to put it there. Why did they both have Spotify? And iHeartRadio? Who even uses that? All sorts of ot", "context": "", "use_case": "car infotainment", "switched_from": "", "story": "CarPlay Is Additive"}, {"id": 775250448, "item_id": 48453153, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48453153", "by": "artursapek", "date": "2026-06-08", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I use Carplay all the time", "excerpt": "I use Carplay all the time and I didn't even realize it has voice control. I just set things up on my phone and drive.", "context": "", "use_case": "in-car navigation", "switched_from": "", "story": "Apple reveals new AI architecture built around Google Gemini models"}, {"id": 773031520, "item_id": 48314470, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48314470", "by": "ungreased0675", "date": "2026-05-28", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I can\u2019t imagine it surpassing what already exists on most phones.", "excerpt": "> He believes that Rivian owners will be able to access the core functionality of many apps through an AI agent, rather than needing to rely on CarPlay or Android Auto I definitely don\u2019t want that. I also sense lack of imagination. There\u2019s no way Rivian will build native apps for everything I use CarPlay for. They might be able to create a passable maps and music app, but I can\u2019t imagine it surpassing what already ex", "context": "", "use_case": "in-car maps and music apps", "switched_from": "", "story": "Rivian Explains Why CarPlay Debate Will Become 'Completely Obsolete'"}, {"id": 758078225, "item_id": 47379889, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47379889", "by": "phil21", "date": "2026-03-14", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "My car does wireless Carplay just fine", "excerpt": "I used to think Bluetooth was nearly unusable both in audio quality and annoyingness. Then I moved to the Apple ecosystem including iPhone, Airpods, and MacOS. It Just Works(tm) 99% of the time. The last 1% is a little annoying, and almost always has to do with device switching. I also haven't had a problem with third party devices for many years now. My car does wireless Carplay just fine, and before that worked nea", "context": "", "use_case": "in-car phone connection", "switched_from": "", "story": "Wired headphone sales are exploding. What's with the Bluetooth backlash?"}, {"id": 733152049, "item_id": 45822003, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45822003", "by": "TYPE_FASTER", "date": "2025-11-05", "stance": "neutral", "quote": "We use CarPlay with our Mazda.", "excerpt": "I think it drives the instrument cluster too. Maybe instead of a new head unit, what we will need in the future is an open version of Android Automotive OS, like Lineage for our cars. We use CarPlay with our Mazda. The heads up display on the windshield displays the next turn information from Apple Maps. Edit: it looks like Lineage has support for Android Automotive: https://lineageos.org/Changelog-30/", "context": "", "use_case": "in-car infotainment", "switched_from": "", "story": "GM Deprecating In-Car App Store for Models as Recent as 2020"}, {"id": 732840352, "item_id": 45802522, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45802522", "by": "stevewodil", "date": "2025-11-03", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I love CarPlay and my phone already has all the features I need in the car", "excerpt": ">according to GM, the company can create an even better experience for drivers by dropping Apple and making its own software History has shown that most (especially legacy) car manufacturers make crappy software. I simply don't believe that GM will make exceptional infotainment software and additionally there's no doubt they will charge some subscription fee for parts of the software. It will not be up to the same st", "context": "", "use_case": "in-car infotainment", "switched_from": "", "story": "Enjoy CarPlay While You Still Can"}, {"id": 732838480, "item_id": 45802405, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45802405", "by": "marstall", "date": "2025-11-03", "stance": "neutral", "quote": "I love CarPlay, but I do feel like I'm risking my family's life when it fails to connect", "excerpt": "I love CarPlay, but I do feel like I'm risking my family's life when it fails to connect and I'm left fiddling with it while driving. It seems like what GM's doing would at least eliminate that risk factor.", "context": "", "use_case": "in-car infotainment", "switched_from": "", "story": "Enjoy CarPlay While You Still Can"}]}