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CarPlay with Google and Waze

When you connect your phone to Apple’s in-car infotainment system, you’ll now be able to use navigation apps other than Apple Maps. That’s a potential life-changer, since most iPhone owners we know prefer Waze and Google Maps on the road.

According to Apple Insider. Upgrade to the new iOs. Will have to see when iOs 12 comes out.

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kngreene

!!!! This would make me actually use Apple Carplay !!!!

rabbitjetta

I have iOS 12 currently, and in the first form of beta it does not support Waze or Google Maps, the developers still need to update them.

SoCalRick

It's good to hear that Apple has finally opened the cross-compatibility gates, and will soon allow other mapping/nav apps to be used through CarPlay, but it still won't be available for a while yet. iOS 12 public release is expected in early fall.
-SCR

Egonvdv

carplay as it is now, is pretty f'in useless
I see no advantage over what I can do with command

Wolfman

No advantage? MB's navigation maps are much better in Europe than the US and do a decent job routing but an in-car navigation system is always inferior to real-time navigation data. Voice control is not even comparable; Siri is simply a million time better, so is everything related to audio and messages.
MB's interface is also slower than molasses. This will change with MBUX which will for the first time offer something near smartphone quality but CarPlay is worlds above Comand.

The issue with MB's implementation is that CarPlay is only wired (unlike BMW which supports bluetooth) and the implementation on 2018 models is poor with the 2017 being outright horrible. No use of the touchpad or steering wheel controls. Really? You have to jump through hoops to move on to the next song while navigation is open...
On the older Comand units like in our 2017 SL you still have physical button that work great on music not matter what is shown on screen...