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0 pointsNullabillity3y ago0 comments

Anecdotally, people just use phone holders. I have never seen anyone use either the built-in GPS or CarPlay/AA.

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Bud3y ago

False. People greatly prefer CarPlay if they are iPhone users, and already people are refusing to buy any car that doesn't support it.

Phone holders are over.

Even as early as 2017, the majority of car buyers already wanted CarPlay in a new vehicle and one-quarter of buyers said it was a "must have". That was five years ago. I'm sure the numbers are much higher now.

https://www.cnbc.com/2021/05/29/apple-carplay-massive-succes....

Over 80% of new cars sold now support CarPlay. There's a reason for that: customers demanded it and walked out of dealerships if they didn't get it.

NullabillityOP3y ago

Is that a US thing?

thirdsun3y ago

As a data point: I'm european and my next car will have Carplay, no doubt.

On the other hand I currently use a phone holder because my car doesn't support Carplay and nobody in their right mind would get a new car just because of this missing feature. That's why the phone holder is such a popular solution. It's a slow process, but I have no doubt that most people will insist on Carplay / Android Auto whenever it's time to get a new car.

Bud3y ago

Could be more of a US thing, sure. I don't have data at hand right now about CarPlay adoption in Europe. From this list, though, it certainly looks like European carmakers have very robust CarPlay support:

https://www.apple.com/ios/carplay/available-models/

GiorgioG3y ago

I use my CarPlay for NAV all the time.

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