Post by @mathowie@xoxo.zone

Since 2024, a specific car was sold in the US with two different names and badges, virtually identical except only one of them comes with CarPlay. Which one do you think sold more?

https://a.wholelottanothing.org/the-car-industry-a-b-tested-selling-the-same-car-with-and-without-carplay-and-the-results-are-not-shocking/

A Whole Lotta Nothing

The car industry A/B tested selling a car with and without CarPlay and the results are not shocking

A couple years ago, GM made waves by saying that soon, all their new cars would be completely free of Apple's CarPlay and Android Auto support, instead opting for the "Android Automotive OS" in their cars. Admittedly, I'm a huge fan of CarPlay for basic safety reasons and

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Helge Heß

@helge@mastodon.social yesterday

@mathowie The article is pretty bad though. Both very likely use Android Auto, which is an OS for the car headunit, and absolutely does support CarPlay.
It’s just one has it enabled and the other doesn’t. Essentially a flag in the software.

Matthew Haughey

@mathowie@xoxo.zone yesterday

@helge I wrote the post so thanks for the random driveby dig at me, super awesome and welcoming way to treat strangers on mastodon!

Helge Heß

@helge@mastodon.social 23 hr. ago

@mathowie 🤷‍♀️ The issue still holds?
"Would be completely free of Apple's CarPlay and Android Auto support, *instead opting for* the "Android Automotive OS" is just factual non-sense.

Matthew Haughey

@mathowie@xoxo.zone 23 hr. ago

@helge doubling down is an option, sure bud.

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