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by londons_explore 2666 days ago
If the car supported carplay or android auto, this argument would make sense.
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Wait, Teslas don't have either of those...?
Nope. Even Bluetooth audio is pretty basic (can't browse folders on your phone from the console).

People say there is no need for carplay because the cars built in stuff is so much better, but I'd bet that in 10 years time, the console will stop receiving updates, but phones will keep getting better...

I've tried arguing with people about it and you get the usual from Tesla fanboys from it's way better to theres no way they could put carplay/android auto on the interface. It's nonsense, really. I want to use my phone with its interface. Rest of the car I'm sold on but that's a real pain point for me they need to work out.
Hilariously enough, Carplay is actually standard on Camrys now (even the cheapest base model). What a weird time to buy a car.
I'd be interested to know if tesla's have the hardware to support carplay. Being able to stream 60fps video over USB with a custom protocol isn't trivial.

There are opensource projects [1] to implement android auto, so perhaps if someone runs that on a modded tesla, and gets a bunch of youtube views it might embarrass tesla into implementing it properly.

[1]: https://github.com/gartnera/headunit/tree/master/ubuntu

It’s because Toyota couldn’t make a promising navigation system. They tried things like Scout GPS, “embedded nav”, and SDL.