[ubermonkey]

That's just an amazingly boneheaded move, isn't it?

I absolutely will not buy another car in the foreseeable future that lacks Carplay. It's too good, and too much better than any carmaker's attempts to integrate with phones or music players that came before.

(I also won't pay EXTRA for it; looking at you, BMW.)

[lbussell]

It's really not that good. On my Mazda, Apple CarPlay won't even let me change albums while I'm driving. Which encourages me to then pick up my phone, take my eyes off the road to unlock it with my face, and fumble around with the music app until I get to what I want. Mazda even disables the touch screen while driving, forcing you to use their navigation wheel, which is supposedly safer! So I don't understand why CarPlay still tries to keep me from doing the thing it was designed to do.

[gavinmckenzie]

I love using the knob to navigate CarPlay, but I admit the Music app is nearly unusable with the knob and IMHO only marginally better with touch. The music app in CarPlay just generally sucks and appears to intentionally limit how deeply you can browse your library.

That said, in my experience Siri works well for music selection. I just hit the voice button on my steering wheel and ask for the playlist, album, or artist I want to hear.

[ubermonkey]

That's a Mazda problem, then, not a Carplay problem. Carplay absolutely doesn't get in my way on those fronts in our VW.

[p0wn]

Your problem isn't CarPlay, it's Mazda's integration.

[gurumeditations]

I frequently find myself picking up my phone in motion because their dial knob is utterly useless with navigating the music app and maps often as well.

[ubermonkey]

This is correct.