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Who’s sitting next to you, “forcing” you to use it? The Car Fox? Flo? A caveman?
Still don’t know who’s forcing you. The next person to rent that car might be damn happy it has CarPlay. If you don’t like it, don’t use it, simple enough.
What’s halfassed about it? I can control any music source on my phone, make phone calls, send text messages and get accurate satellite imaged navigation. I’ve had four rentals in the last two months from three different brands and CarPlay has done all of that flawlessly. Rivian’s UI isn’t terrible but it’s definitely not as streamlined, user friendly and universal as CarPlay.
I was in a Chevy Tahoe rental a few weeks ago that did not have native navigation built in, so unless I brought my own phone mount the only way I could safely get directions was to connect to CarPlay.
Wait, wait. You used CarPlay in a vehicle and got benefits from it? And it was your choice to use it? And it worked ? Hmmmmm. How interesting.I was in a Chevy Tahoe rental a few weeks ago that did not have native navigation built in, so unless I brought my own phone mount the only way I could safely get directions was to connect to CarPlay.
So I guess Mary Barra forced me? ??
Can we apply this same logic to all the people whining about the native Rivian system? No one is forcing all of them to drive a Rivian instead of cars with CarPlay right?
Again, in this situation I didn’t have a choice. It was CarPlay, fumbling with my phone that I couldn’t see, or nothing. And I said earlier in this thread it was not good.
I've had more errors with the revered Google maps than with the Rivian nav system in the past few months. My wife's BMW has native Google maps.Again, in this situation I didn’t have a choice. It was CarPlay, fumbling with my phone that I couldn’t see, or nothing. And I said earlier in this thread it was not good.
The GM UI is bad and it took multiple attempts to even connect my phone. And after that every time I got back in the vehicle it kept giving me messages that I needed to subscribe to services. And to top it off, Google maps, which is usually the most reliable, sent us to the wrong place even though the address was correct. So the term “benefit” might be a bit strong. I guess in comparison to me printing out paper maps or killing someone because I was looking down at my phone…. Maybe???
Good course corrections. I saw at least four cones dodged during your run there. Good job!Again, in this situation I didn’t have a choice. It was CarPlay, fumbling with my phone that I couldn’t see, or nothing. And I said earlier in this thread it was not good.
The GM UI is bad and it took multiple attempts to even connect my phone. And after that every time I got back in the vehicle it kept giving me messages that I needed to subscribe to services. And to top it off, Google maps, which is usually the most reliable, sent us to the wrong place even though the address was correct. So the term “benefit” might be a bit strong. I guess in comparison to me printing out paper maps or killing someone because I was looking down at my phone…. Maybe???
Says the person who read my post with a clearly negative opinion of CarPlay and claimed I stated the opposite.
