A Recent article Motortrend GM details and other car manufacturers to stop allowing Apple Carplay and Android Auto in the infotainment dashes for their new models. Their objections are concentrated around the control and use of personal data by Apple and Android Parent Google, said Motortrend. Manufacturers say they can create user -friendly alternatives.
This is a short -view and potentially dangerous decision.
I did not make any bones on my praises for Apple Carplay and Android Auto. About an elderly decade, these telephone projection applications compete for infotainment dates in cars have revolutionized the capacities of drivers to use the most common functions of their mobile devices. The two applications in the dashboard are relatively easily controlled by voice, offer simple and rationalized touch screen prompts and eliminate most of the excuses so that drivers can really touch their phones.
And although they are their own distraction, Carplay and Android Auto help the drivers keep their eyes on the road and hands on the steering wheel. Right or bad, most drivers are married to their mobile devices. Big Tech has rendered so many functions of daily life much easier to perform with a few smartphones sweeping. And although almost all these things are not done at the wheel, some can be done quite easily and legally.
Hand calls are actually encouraged via Apple and Android applications because, as users cannot access keyboards on infotainment dashboard screens when vehicles are in motion. In Carplay, even the choice of songs or podcasts is limited to a few options. This engineering increases the probability that drivers pay their attention more quickly on the road.
One of the reasons why Carplay and Android Auto are becoming due to a vacuum in the dashboard. The car manufacturers had checked the content on the infotainment screens, but their GPS functions were lacking. The methods for calling people, sending hands -free sms and playing music were awkward.
Apple and Google saw a void and filled it. And they did so successfully because they specialize in optimizing the user experience. The iPhone was a success in its beginnings due to the ease and rationalization of the user interface – and is still. Android phones have followed suit. Technology giants applied this know-how to the automobile in a much more practical and consumable way than what the manufacturers had done.
But automobile companies have intensified their technology, especially in electrical and autonomous fields. These revolutionary automotive renovations are so austere that they almost implore redesigned characteristics of the whole car. Tesla (which is not compatible with Carplay or Android Auto) has giant screens in its models. Rivian also uses its own telephone interface technology. They believe they can do what Apple and Android do inside cars, but better.
And now GM is subscribed to this philosophy.
Car manufacturers are reluctant how Apple and Google collect people’s data and take advantage of it. GM, reported Motortrend, wants to be able to collect this data to better optimize the passenger experience in these cars.
GM allows Android Automotive to be part of its dashboard on new cars. This will allow drivers to connect to their phones via GM Dashboard software, then have features with their applications from this. It is a good alternative and, hopefully, GM and Apple will conclude an agreement for something similar.
If car manufacturers dig in their heels and insist on locking these popular and friendly applications, drivers could decide to remove the entire dashboard from infotainment and simply navigate the applications they like on their small phone screens.
Apple is known to have high walls around its technology. He and Google should both consider more collaboration with car manufacturers to allow some of the priorities for the two existing entities.
Technological and automotive companies have road safety in the scale. If car manufacturers fail to make user -friendly interfaces that easily integrate people’s phones, there will undoubtedly be more distracted driving. And if Apple and Google prioritize the collection of data on the security innovations of their user -friendly applications, they will also have blood on their hands.
Apple Carplay and Android Auto are far from perfect, but they have positively changed the game for the Driving-Mobile device. Neither Big Tech nor Big Auto should disturb him. The security that these applications encourage it from a distance on their convenience – although it is also quite great.
Doug Turnbull has covered Atlanta traffic for over 20 years and wrote “Gridlock Guy” since 2017. Doug also co-hosts “Five to go podcast”, a deep weekly dive on stories in stories Auto sports. Contact it to [email protected].
