[tokyodude]

I feel like all I really want is Chromecast/AirPlay and otherwise the car should mostly be a dumb terminal.

Install the Volvo app on my phone, pair, done.

don't really want random apps running in my car.

[alex_duf]

Same, I'd much rather it relies on my phone's computation power and act as a display to show the map and blast the music in the speakers.

I don't care if the connection is cable, bluetooth wifi etc.

[icc97]

Yeah - I was thinking 'if only they had some simple way that you could upgrade the internal hardware every few years' aka buy a new phone.

Plus you can stick the phone/tomtom on the windscreen. I find that rather than being something in my view that's annoying I end up using it as a heads up display, so I don't have to look down at my speedometer any more as it's right there on the windscreen.

[stetrain]

That's basically what CarPlay and Android Auto are, with the addition of specific app UIs when they are projecting to the car display and a few other bits of shared data between the phone and car (for things like steering wheel controls).

Volvo supports both of those as well in their current infotainment systems.