Sure, this all makes sense. On vehicles equipped with the sensors and compliant with AA's sensor APIs, I'd have guessed the phone would prefer the accuracy of vehicle's sensor reading more than the phone's, but maybe this isn't the case.
Interesting!
Yes, there is that, and it doesn't do dead reckoning either when GPS reception is spotty - some data regarding the vehicle's movement is sent back to the phone, I don't know how extensive it is or if the phone actually makes use of it.
Honestly, from my perspective it behaves exactly the same way as when I’m using navigation standalone on my phone… It doesn’t ever rely on the phones compass because you can move your phone around in the car as you’re moving, so it relies on your movements to determine the direction you’re moving
Not to hijack this CarPlay thread, but former AA first PM here --- in Android Auto, the car's GPS (when available) is integrated into something called "fused location provider". This API in the Android framework combines sensors available to provide one API to Android apps that have fine location permission to get position and compass heading.
So what you're saying is... Ford navigation intelligently fuses cars and coffee mode with Android Auto.
That Mustang definitely did not snap to the roadSo what you're saying is... Ford navigation intelligently fuses cars and coffee mode with Android Auto.
My guess is the driver was engaged with CarPlay.
What phones? My iPhone 14 Pro has had GPS issues day one, even with Maps. It constantly lags behind, thinks I’m half a mile over, going the opposite direction when I’ve been driving one way for 3 minutes. It’s definitely an Apple thing that’s been reported by others. I have a launch phone, I hope it’s not hardware as 16.2 and now 16.3 beta still have the issue.
Both of our phones are 14 Pros running 16.2. Just received these phones from T-Mobile. Here’s something interesting; my previous iPhone 12 had the same issue in this car. Problem seems to follow iOS, maybe not hardware???
The GPS issues with phones has been an on going problem between Sync platform and phones for years. As stated earlier, the location and speed information are received from the vehicle. On sync 3 for years it would report speed variation. Also errant location information, even if the car didn’t have its own map. On the Mach E, I am able to at least switch to in car maps when the phone starts to flake out. @Ford Motor Company , this gps bug persists in sync 4a. I have also seen the issue on 2020 Escapes.
