Not entirely sure about this, but I think most radio stations simultaneously broadcast on their website as well.
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CarPlay Ultra Solves One of Regular CarPlay's Biggest Limitations
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I'm sure some of the work on the scrapped Apple Car project made its way to CarPlay Ultra, but I'd love to see what Apple's full vision was for their car's UI.
They should release Apple Car Play Pro Max Ultra. It’s so big that the dash extends outside the car and turns it into a flying car.
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That’s why it was cancelled. They just couldn’t make a car work without windows.
Depends on where you are. For me, Apple Maps are far better. At very least, the turn-by-turn navigation. It's way more specific and detailed in telling you where to go. Example:
Red light that I'm coming up to. Google will tell me to take a right. Apple tells you to go past the light and then take a right. If I used Google, I'd end up taking the wrong turn.
also, why would you want to know what temperature apple thinks it is where you are when your car has a thermometer that can tell you the actual temperature outside?
iPhones have had the ability to receive FM for years; or at least, all the early ones did. Apple just couldn't monetise it so they disabled it.
I spend most of my time in a mix of DC and NYC, WTOP in the DMV and 1010WINS in the NY area are both great news stations I listen to all the time, also some great music stations in both markets. Also in a power outage lately where cell service was also spotty it was nice to be able to listen to the radio while we waited to get power back.
Really depends on where you live I think
I want CarPlay to actually work before they add new things. I bought a car in 2024, but found out that CarPlay GPS mapping hasn't been working since 2023 for that car (and many other brands, too). Here's a video to watch before you get too excited for the newest CarPlay:
I suspect it's more that in order to make it work well consistently across radio markets they need a decent antennae, and there's no candidate available. In early phones that had FM radio they often used the headphone cord as an antennae, my last phone before I got an iphone did that, but apple doesnt even have a headphone jack anymore
Well the point isn’t just being able to listen but also to control it to select stations. Right now if you’re in CarPlay Waze and want to change stations you have to go to MBUX home then Radio. Then tap the tiny CarPlay button to get back to Waze.
Only time I've used the radio in my current car is when I listened to music being piped in from someone's Christmas decorations in my neighborhood. I literally pulled up to the house and had to figure out how to get to the radio, because I've never bothered to look.
I have a 2023 Toyota RAV4 XSE Sport that supports wireless CarPlay. I saw a video on the new CarPlay Ultra, and my car currently supports nearly all the CarPlay Ultra features on different screens on my car, plus Apple Maps works with my car system to have multiple displays when giving directions. The only feature I would like to have is AM/FM/SiriusXM app on CarPlay instead of getting out of CarPlay and using Toyota's horrible radio interface. The SiriusXM app on CarPlay is glitchy and slow. I do listen to local radio stations, especially public radio (news and classical music), so just having an app for that would be nice like I have seen Apple display on the new CarPlay Ultra.
I use the iOS Receiver app which works well with my CarPlay.
Yes, you need data, but it doesn't use that much.
Yes, you need data, but it doesn't use that much.
I believe that it won't be just included with new cars, but flagship cars from last year as well. Essentially, if it has Android Auto and the right hardware, it can run this.
I'm willing to bet I haven't listened to anything on a radio since 2005ish. I don't even know call letters or frequency for any station in the area where I've lived for 25 years.
RIP Radio.
RIP Radio.
I had no idea I've been experiencing this "limitation," in my Subaru for... Wow, almost 8 years. I just press the "Radio" button on my console, and I get radio stations. Do I have to return the display to Carplay if I'm using Google Maps? Sure. But I can't imagine this would be any different than using the screen interface to select a radio station and then return to a different view <shrug>.
Also - while the quantity and time spent on radio stations vs. audiobooks, Spotify, Music, etc. has definitely decreased, I'm in a metro area that's blessed with a LOT of great FM stations, and the AM band is still incredibly useful for travel announcements going through the mountains.
Also - while the quantity and time spent on radio stations vs. audiobooks, Spotify, Music, etc. has definitely decreased, I'm in a metro area that's blessed with a LOT of great FM stations, and the AM band is still incredibly useful for travel announcements going through the mountains.
Is this still true? I thought they finally took that capability out of the hardware.