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| carplay plug and play |
Imagine
you lost your way to a cinema but lost in unknown place of city. Yes, Apple carplay
is there to lead simply ask siri to pull up directions.
Simplicity the plug and play:
CarPlay
needs users to plug their iPhones into
the car. It's as simple as that; you're basically make hybrid your iPhone and
accessing a little of its (very basic) apps through your car's system.
Music of iphone play
in car as easy:
just
your iPhone is logged in, CarPlay automatically starts up and is set to have fun.
Other
than the average change, you're not receiving a whole lot that you don't
already have on your iPhone. Not inherently a bad thing, but it means CarPlay
is actually just an extension of your phone, and that's not just exciting.
But Siri is not working as high-quality
co-pilot:
One
of CarPlay's Best point is that drivers have a co-pilot, in voice-controlled
Siri. Let's now say that in my time with the digital buddy, I would have kicked
it to the control.
To
be fair, tech demos on location can often be caught up by deprived connectivity
and other environmental factors, so sometimes miscues can be forgiven.
Knob commands:
Mercedes'
dashboard CarPlay display doesn't hold up touch either, and manager explained
that at least in its case, the company felt it was too disturbing to be gazing
at and leaning forward to fiddle with a screen at eye-level. in its place, the
car maker wants drivers to have a screen they can quick look comfortably while
controlling it from a "lean back and drive" point.
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| carplay knob control |
That’s so simple on hand on wheel other on
knob:
The
knob itself is smooth and shiny, and it's located right where your right hand
would relax. Twisting and pressing the dial makes selections, and in a
different way timed presses do different things. For example, if you love the
Music app, a short press will take you back one step while a extensive press
will take you back to the main menu.
The
same way you discover out where letters are located on your phone's keyboard so
you can text without looking at the screen its awesome, it should become
ingrained in drivers' brains that two turns of the knob to the right lands on
Maps, and so on.
Here is Calls, texts and the road Maps:
Messages
can be read distinctly, and then you have the option to answer or leave it
alone. Just as you do on your phone, a drop-down alert shows on the control
panel display to let you know who you received a message from, and a red circle
with a number in it will attach itself above the Messages icon.
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| carplay knob map show |
PROS:
- UI is pleasant
- Physical knob is useful and well located
- There is space for enhancement
CONS:
- Good luck receiving Siri to understand you, Siri, understanding basic voice commands still
- very basic functions.
- Needs system more apps.
- Unfortunately for the system, it's completely reliant on your iPhone 5S, 5C or iPhone 5. In other words, you don't magically acquire more car-specific functions just by plugging in your phone. What you have on there is what you get, and at the instant, that's not a entire set.
