[WarmWash]

Probably should just replace their software engineers too. I don't mean to throw shade, but automotive software is so bad I'd bet my life that Claude could do better.

Nevermind that the update cycle seems to be 6-10 months for changes like "You can now reset your radio presets directly from the radio settings menu", while bugs like temperature control resetting to max cool every start-up never get fixed.

[kami23]

I kept reading about how bad Android Auto was for years but we finally bought a more modern used car and I can't believe they would ship that experience to customers. I had a week where I just had to unpair and re-pair Everytime I got in the car.

I would love to read about why that stuff is the way it is from the engineers, hmm that might be a good spelunking. I really must be missing something that makes it harder than I think it really should be.

[afgrant]

Maybe they prioritized it low, assigned it to a group of 3 devs, and it functioned the first time they demoed it to management, so it shipped. All other devs would’ve been working on their in-house software.

[pixl97]

US car software, ya, I've never seen such trash in my life. This said I don't really have any complaints about my Hyundai software. It works, doesn't crash, and does what I want it too.

[dghlsakjg]

My - admittedly 8 year old - Mitsubishi has atrocious UX. State resets itself at odd times (cruise control disables EV mode, and resets regenerative braking settings, eg.), preferences are forgotten, if I want to listen to the radio I have to cycle through AM before FM every time, the touchscreen is slow to respond, the WiFi password for connecting to the app can only be gotten from a dealer, buttons do different things depending on context, etc.

CarPlay works great though.

It’s not just American cars

[lr1970]

UX in my Audi Q5 (2024) is terrible. With two phones in the car you never know which one is connected and whose google maps is being currently displayed. And then come the buttons designed with a contempt for a driver. I recently had to change a flat tire which is a story in itself. German engineering is soooo different these days.

[dghlsakjg]

I really wish that cars were legislated to have documented APIs/canbus. It would be great to be able to load an app that set my car up the way I like it, instead of having to change a bunch of settings every time I start it (EV mode on above 10% battery, eco mode accelerator mapping, single pedal driving all the way off. Every. Single. Time.)

Re Germans: I’m not sure it’s a new thing. I can remember trying to uninstall a seat in a 90s BMW and wondering how they had managed to make something that could be accomplished with 4 bolts into something so complex.

[lowmagnet]

we have a 2017 and 2020 ioniq hybrid and the android auto has been flawless since we got them. except for updates from google on the phone temporarily breaking things, that is.

[binarymax]

Well, if all the training data for auto software was trash anyway, then you know what they say:

Carbage in, carbage out.

[hulitu]

> automotive software is so bad I'd bet my life that Claude could do better.

Leave it to Claude and you will.

The quality of software has overall decreased in the last decade. Testing is avoided, fixing bugs is done through redesigns.

[IKnowThatIdk]

I used to have issues, I picked up an AA wireless dongle and adjusted the settings a little bit, and have had a pretty solid experience. YMMV

[BobaFloutist]

>automotive software is so bad I'd bet my life that Claude could do better

and they are!