• charlybones@programming.dev
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    11 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.

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      11 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.

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        11 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?

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          11 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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          11 months ago

          i don’t use it enough to know, but i think the UI varies a little between vehicles and models, so it may not be in the same spot for everyone-- or even look exactly the same.

          as for a Siri command, you may try something like, “Set my notifications to…” or something like that.