[artisinal]

I’m not a big fan of the dumbed down interface. Using the Music app on CarPlay is frustrating. I prefer operating the music app on my phone with a phone mount. Same goes for navigation apps. Finding a restaurant with pictures and reviews is so much faster on my phone.

[Telaneo]

> Same goes for navigation apps. Finding a restaurant with pictures and reviews is so much faster on my phone.

You shouldn't be doing this while driving. If you're doing this while not driving, you still can. Carplay doesn't make your phone inert while connected. You can still use Google Maps on your phone to punch in a location or look around the area, while still connected to Carplay.

[artisinal]

I was responding to:

> vastly superior and convenient way to view the same map you can see on your iPhone.

The map and the interface is vastly superior on my phone. Google Maps on iOS is barely usable while connected to CarPlay.

You shouldn’t operate anything while driving. Do that before you leave.

[Telaneo]

> The map and the interface is vastly superior on my phone. Google Maps on iOS is barely usable while connected to CarPlay.

When browsing? I guess. When driving? I have a hard time agreeing with that.

> You shouldn’t operate anything while driving. Do that before you leave.

Exactly, so you not being able to do anything with Google Maps on the Carplay screen doesn't matter, since you don't need to do anything through there to begin with. Set your destination on your phone before you set of (whose functionality isn't reduced by being connected to Carplay), then the screen is naught more than a display after that.

[artisinal]

When the wireless CarPlay connects I can’t use Google Maps on my phone screen anymore. It’s one of the reasons I dumped it for other navigation apps. I also disliked the Google Maps spam I got on CarPlay while using other navigation apps. Very intrusive.

[Telaneo]

> When the wireless CarPlay connects I can’t use Google Maps on my phone screen anymore.

Huh. That doesn't happen with wired carplay (at least for me), and I can't see why this would be different.

> I also disliked the Google Maps spam I got on CarPlay while using other navigation apps.

I haven't noticed that either for that matter. When you say 'spam' here, what exactly do you mean?

[artisinal]

When I look up a place on Google Maps but don’t use it for navigation. I then use another app for navigation. After 15 minutes Google Maps starts showing notifications on CarPlay asking me if I want to use Google Maps to navigate to my destination. I classify that as spam and distracting while driving.

This was about a year ago, I completely stopped using Google Maps since.