That's a great idea. However, CarPlay is only available if you have a late-model car, or if you replace your car stereo with a new one. Neither of these is cheap options, and replacing the car stereo may not even be possible if your car is too old to host one of these new units with the huge screen.
Further, having an interface that is problematic for driving is not problematic ONLY for driving. I use music services while exercising, either outside or on an indoor machine. I'm bouncing around, I don't want to stop, and it's hard to hit these tiny little UI elements while I'm moving. The UI for listening to music while exercising (or driving) is actually far inferior for most touch screens when compared to an old iPod with click wheel or even an old Sony Walkman cassette player.
Add in the fact that CarPlay on my late model car is incredibly glitchy. The situation is so bad that I wonder if I would be better off putting music on USB flash drives and plugging those into my car.
This stuff could definitely use some work, I agree. One tip I thought I'd share: the Music app has a widget that you can access on the lock screen which lets you play the most recent albums (or playlists, presumably, though I don't use them) with one tap. I find it quite handy.
I can't afford nor do I want to really deal with the hassle of having Best Buy or whomever install a new head unit. The car comes with an Aux cable, which I've used reliably for like 5 years now with any phone I or my wife have ever had. I like it that way. The point I am trying to get at here is that I feel like Apple doesn't even remotely care about most use cases in UX anymore.
Further, having an interface that is problematic for driving is not problematic ONLY for driving. I use music services while exercising, either outside or on an indoor machine. I'm bouncing around, I don't want to stop, and it's hard to hit these tiny little UI elements while I'm moving. The UI for listening to music while exercising (or driving) is actually far inferior for most touch screens when compared to an old iPod with click wheel or even an old Sony Walkman cassette player.
Add in the fact that CarPlay on my late model car is incredibly glitchy. The situation is so bad that I wonder if I would be better off putting music on USB flash drives and plugging those into my car.