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> Google maps lets me search by topic

Like say thai food? Hardware stores? Etc. That works for me. Displays a list with letters on the map, then I can click on the letter or on the list to navigate. It also tells me hours and if they are about to close, just like maps.google.com.

I've gone back and forth between maps.google.com and clicking nav, and voice searching and clicking nav. I see no practical differences. I assume they use the same engine since they give me the same route and ETA. Can you give me a specific search that doesn't work for you?

> another feature I miss from CarPlay is my podcast app. Instead, to listen to my podcasts I have to again use the phone instead of the Tesla console.

Before I start I click on the podcast or playlist on my phone and hit play. Then it's a pretty nice experience. I can pause, next track, play, change volume, see the title, etc through the Tesla UI. If I get a call it auto pauses, if I open the door it decreases the volume, etc. I'm quite fond of it, so say I have a dog park play list. I can listen to it while I put on my shoes, enter the car, audio switches to car, I start driving to dog park, I leave the car, audio switches back to phone, etc. Basically seamless.

How would it be different with carplay?

> others include that my phone streams better and has more services. I could take a video call with CarPlay or stream something from a service not available on Tesla

Er, exactly, my audio comes from my phone. Youtube music auto downloads my playlist, I can download youtube videos, and both seem to have much better audio quality than the built in music streaming from the default breezer (default tesla app). I thought the Tesla sound system was crap, turns out breezer quality is crap. I especially like that I can "stream" music from my playlist, even when I have no signal, great on cross country drives.

> I'd also like to use a functional browser on the large screen while charging. Tesla's browser has crashed on me just trying to read the Tesla manual. It's useles

Ah, never tried the browser.

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> Like say thai food? Hardware stores? Etc. That works for me. Displays a list with letters on the map

Ha. Try to search for "Safeway". The UI in Tesla is made by utter morons who need to be fired and forever banned from working on UI, so the list CUTS OFF THE ADDRESS DETAILS. So you just get a list of "Safeway" stores with a distance to them.

This also happens when you type a regular address for something like "1935 E 5st", the first result in the list might be in a wrong city.

Zero UI testing, zero fucks given.

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I searched on Safeway, not sure it's worth posting a picture.

I get the following list:

  A 1701 Jackson St, 1.4 miles away, open to 11pm

  B 13111 W Alameda Pkwy, 4.6 miles away, open to 11pm.

  C 11088 W Jewell Dr, 6.3 miles away, open to 11pm

Of course the A, B, and C are also on the map, you can click on the address or the letter on the map or the list and it will Nav there. Seems pretty easy to use and clear.

I've seen the different city thing before, but almost always when I don't have the address quite right. Things like missing a digit, or missing a S or N on a street. Once I fix it, it's always the local one.

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> search by topic

so Tesla added that because it wasnt there when I bought the car. But it still missing essential info like ratings, reviews, pictures, etc....

> podcasts

my app lets me swtich to any podcast. that's more than just next/prev on a playlist. It also lets me advance +30s, +2m which is use all the time to skip ads or segments

> video

you seemed to miss the point of wanting to use the large console display to show video from the phone (while charging). the face that audio comes out the car speakers is not an arguement against CarPlay support