[jiggawatts]

You are being down voted in part because you're factually wrong. Apple Carplay is not one-way projection. The phone receives inputs from the car, such as screen touches, the microphone audio from the driver for phone calls, button presses, GPS signals, and even wheel speed information for navigation in tunnels.

The reason this integration is not better is in no shape, way, or form Apple's fault. It is 110% caused by the atrocious hardware and software in cars, which is literally decades behind the rest of the world.

[olyjohn]

I still blame Apple and Google partly. Why do we need 2 proprietary projection methods? How about make one standard for any phone or device to connect to the in car display? They fight to dominate the automotive space, and all we get is more and more lock in.

[rhtgrg]

Unfortunately, I know exactly why I'm being downvoted, and that's not it. It should be rather obvious that "screen touches" are not the category of comms I was talking about.

Perhaps you meant to say "this is why I downvoted you", in which case, I appreciate you taking the time to state your piece.