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[-] charlybones@programming.dev 44 points 9 months ago

They’re going about this all wrong.

Apple car is not the issue. It’s all the other touch inputs that I have on my car to control every basic function like the climate controls and other shit.

Apple car switches on, already the navigation is setup and the music is on… I don’t need to touch it again. I can switch songs on my steering wheel and I can ask Siri for basic shit like finding a playlist.

I don’t need to go through a touch menu or button to change the temperature or any other action setting while in motion.

[-] gregorum@lemm.ee 23 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

in fact, much of CarPlay's functionality becomes locked while the car is in motion, making that a moot point anyway, lol. the only things left to distract or endanger would be the OEM stuff, as you mention.

[-] HeartyBeast@kbin.social 5 points 9 months ago

The one unsafe thing in car play for me is the tiny stupid UI element needed to switch betweeen voice directions/alerts only/silent/.

I will quite often want to switch modes while on a long journey - full directions while driving on backstreets, alerts only while on motorways.

Have yet to find the Siri command to switch between them. Anyone know of one?

[-] charlybones@programming.dev 2 points 9 months ago

I mostly use Waze for navigation. And the alerts button setting is pretty small. However I find that just having it on alerts is enough for day to day use.

It’s true that for new routes I do enable the full guided voice assist

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