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by mfeldheim 780 days ago
The only reason I use CarPlay is because I have an iPhone. The experience with Android auto is way ahead. Did you ever try to call a business that’s not in your contacts? Did you ever try to ask a simple question? Siri integration is horrible
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rekoil 780 days ago
I feel like we should separate Voice Assistants from infotainment in general here.

Yes, Siri is terrible, but the EUs new DMA law requires that I be able to select a different voice assistant on iOS too, and that should theoretically, once implemented, also apply to CarPlay.

In my opinion, and while I haven't used "Android Auto" I have used "Android Automotive" (the OS version, without a phone driving the integration), CarPlay the infotainment integration (besides Siri) offers a better user experience.

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withinboredom 780 days ago
Siri, in general, is horrible. Just ask Siri: "set an alarm for 12:00 UTC" or "set an alarm for 12:00 Eastern Standard Time" and she will create an alarm named UTC or Eastern Standard Time ... but it's actually in your current timezone.

Super annoying when you want to set an alarm in a timezone you are going to be traveling to.

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r00fus 780 days ago
My Siri hack is to ask "call $business_name near me" and it works pretty well. For asian names, I just ask "call $restaurant_category near me".

I really hope Siri gets that LLM-based upgrade in iOS18 but I can cope with it for now.

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