Apple CarPlay availability?
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Audi is in the same boat.
CarPlay has been available for almost a year now in a format that works, just not for cars that don't have touch screens. I don't think it's apple's fault but the car manufacturers way of how to enter commands into this touch screen interface
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Yes - it is Apple that is the hold up - COMAND controller provides same function as touch screen - that's no big deal - and frankly more luxury car brands are moving to towrds "controllers" and away from touch screens... it's Apple that is not providing the integration - not the car manuf...
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Yes - it is Apple that is the hold up - COMAND controller provides same function as touch screen - that's no big deal - and frankly more luxury car brands are moving to towrds "controllers" and away from touch screens... it's Apple that is not providing the integration - not the car manuf...
It can be done but won't be as smooth.
It's the same story with many manufacturers. If your read press on this matter. Manufacturers put up a lot of road blocks before and outside party puts anything into those cars. Lots of checks and balances
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Well... actually I have ... and actually it was in a 2016 GLE63 manufacturing protoype in Feb... I guess you haven't "noticed" the addition of the touchpad controller to COMAND in fresh 2015/2016 models... reach out to the Apple Car Play Team and ask them what their holdup is.. I'm just calling it the way it is...
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Well... actually I have ... and actually it was in a 2016 GLE63 manufacturing protoype in Feb... I guess you haven't "noticed" the addition of the touchpad controller to COMAND in fresh 2015/2016 models... reach out to the Apple Car Play Team and ask them what their holdup is.. I'm just calling it the way it is...
I agree touch screens in cars is messy. But for CarPlay it is essential to get the best experience. I never liked them in past cars but for CarPlay it makes sense.
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No Apple Carplay in 2017 GLE63s
Interestingly, I used Apple Carplay this past summer in a new rented Escalade....and I was LESS THAN IMPRESSED. It was very buggy and unreliable.
Turns out that Apple Carplay is about to be replaced by something a LOT better....an open source system (Linux-baseed) that is NOT proprietary and which is open-source. Car manufacturers would be smart to use the open-sourced Linux option, which is platform-independent.
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I just ordered 2 new MY2016 GLE63s vehicles. The dealer got an email from MB directly, confirming that Apple Carplay will NOT be in the 2016 vehicles.
Interestingly, I used Apple Carplay this past summer in a new rented Escalade....and I was LESS THAN IMPRESSED. It was very buggy and unreliable.
Turns out that Apple Carplay is about to be replaced by something a LOT better....an open source system (Linux-baseed) that is NOT proprietary and which is open-source. Car manufacturers would be smart to use the open-sourced Linux option, which is platform-independent.
Interestingly, I used Apple Carplay this past summer in a new rented Escalade....and I was LESS THAN IMPRESSED. It was very buggy and unreliable.
Turns out that Apple Carplay is about to be replaced by something a LOT better....an open source system (Linux-baseed) that is NOT proprietary and which is open-source. Car manufacturers would be smart to use the open-sourced Linux option, which is platform-independent.
