"which have totally different software on them"
Source on this? I don't believe that at all.
They have to all be running the same stack for the most part.
Iām optimistic on this. Over like 95% of new car owners want CarPlay in their car, it would be foolish not to support it.
Plus they hired Doug Field from Apple and Ford has been pushing updates to CarPlay since launch.
Also I think their is two things at play here:
1. CarPlay may get an...
From the $F earnings call. Here come more monthly subscription costs for every featureā¦
Other good tidbits:
1.2 for 21/22 models??
Current models are gonna be left in the dust it seems..
I think this may be related to the wireless/magnetic phone mount I have. https://www.amazon.com/Spigen-Designed-MagSafe-Compatible-Mustang/dp/B09CG4BZGC/
Iāve done a few tests getting into my car and leaving the phone on my passenger seat and it seems to work much better.
Could be a bug in...
I deleted and re-added phone and itās not better.
Iām thinking itās an iOS 16.3 issueā¦
I can reproduce it without CarPlay before I added my phone back.
It's less complex now and should help speed up development, bringing that back would just slow down all future updates they are already working on around this new UI.
If Ford brings it back, it would be a HUGE mistake. They need to iterate on the new UI, not bring back old, technical debt.