1.2.6 OTA Out

[Paladin732]

IMO that's bit different. what i foresee is Apple charging users money for using CarPlay capability (and not car manufacturers). The most recent example i could think of is Apple News. When it was first introduced, they were offering contents from a lot of different media outlets for free. Once they gained momentum pretty much all articles were subscription only.

Nah, they won't do it because Android Auto is free. they would both need to go paid at the same time.

Its more just another way to lock people into the Apple Ecosystem.

 

[HC_79]

Yep, all those nav features go out for iOS users as soon as CarPlay is added. But I guess they need it? I mean, do they?

Don't underestimate the power of built in navigation in an EV. Unless you're prepared to manually plan out your charging stops, enter them manually into Apple \ Google Maps given CarPlay can't get efficiency data \ mileage from the car. You may not think this is important but manually putting in stops doesn't monitor the efficiency of your trip, you could be driving into a headwind or elevations \ temperature aren't being factored in. The cars built in planner will know all this and re-route \ change to different chargers as necessary. I would be encouraging Lucid to continue to get its navigation sorted rather than rely on CarPlay where you have to manually enter it all and keep track of whether you're going to make it to the charger you entered.

 

[Bobby]

Don't underestimate the power of built in navigation in an EV. Unless you're prepared to manually plan out your charging stops, enter them manually into Apple \ Google Maps given CarPlay can't get efficiency data \ mileage from the car. You may not think this is important but manually putting in stops doesn't monitor the efficiency of your trip, you could be driving into a headwind or elevations \ temperature aren't being factored in. The cars built in planner will know all this and re-route \ change to different chargers as necessary. I would be encouraging Lucid to continue to get its navigation sorted rather than rely on CarPlay where you have to manually enter it all and keep track of whether you're going to make it to the charger you entered.

Good points. I’d really like to have CarPlay for music, calendar, texting, and calls.

 

[maractwin]

There are two different scenarios for using navigation. When driving around town, I have no concern about charging. But I care very much about current traffic conditions and routing that takes that into account. That's when I want to be using Waze through my phone. When I'm doing long distance driving, then I want the car to figure out when and where I need to charge, and would rely on the in-dash nav.

 

[rbbarry]

Don't underestimate the power of built in navigation in an EV. Unless you're prepared to manually plan out your charging stops, enter them manually into Apple \ Google Maps given CarPlay can't get efficiency data \ mileage from the car. You may not think this is important but manually putting in stops doesn't monitor the efficiency of your trip, you could be driving into a headwind or elevations \ temperature aren't being factored in. The cars built in planner will know all this and re-route \ change to different chargers as necessary. I would be encouraging Lucid to continue to get its navigation sorted rather than rely on CarPlay where you have to manually enter it all and keep track of whether you're going to make it to the charger you entered.

Well, CarPlay would only be on one section of the screen, it wouldn't take up all the screens in this version...

 

[Demosthenes]

I’m not well educated on Car Play, but from what I’ve seen, the look of it doesn’t really seem to match the aesthetics of the lucid. Unless that’s totally customized depending on what type of vehicle? I’m a bit weary of everything looking like Apple these days and would very much prefer a beautiful and functional unique UI developed directly by lucid specifically for their cars.

But back on topic, VERY much looking forward to the nav improvements especially trip planning based on EA chargers!!

 

[joec]

My guess is the next gen CarPlay they demoed this week will be able to read data off your car and present proper suggestions for charging on longer road trips. It'll know SOC and calculate height, wind, etc. It would be a silly omission if they didn't think of that.

Now what would also be awesome is if CarPlay knew what kind of car you had, and thus suggested the proper charging stations. Teslas would favor superchargers, Lucid EA chargers, etc. If the car could provide to CarPlay a preferred charging network, that could accomplished quite easily.

 

[joec]

I'm personally open to using whatever software experience on my car is best. If CarPlay works best for me, I will use it. If Lucid's native experience ends up being better for my needs, I will prefer that.

Choice is good. So yes, Lucid needs to keep improving its native software as much as possible.

 

[joec]

My big question for this update is: Are there any significant speed improvements?

 

[rbbarry]

I believe when Lucid releases CarPlay support, it will be in this section of the screen.

At least one sales rep told me that last January...

 

[Demosthenes]

Also keen to see how the range calculations are optimized. Guess I’ll be doing a trip B reset the minute this update gets loaded just to compare.

 

[joec]

I believe when Lucid releases CarPlay support, it will be in this section of the screen.

At least one sales rep told me that last January...

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I hope so. That makes the most sense, given line of sight. But that curved top means the interface will be rather small.

Next gen CarPlay can’t come soon enough.

 

[Whidbey_LucidGT]

Does anyone have an actual list of improvements? All I see is a scrolling video and I can’t see very much.

 

[thecodingart]

Don't underestimate the power of built in navigation in an EV. Unless you're prepared to manually plan out your charging stops, enter them manually into Apple \ Google Maps given CarPlay can't get efficiency data \ mileage from the car. You may not think this is important but manually putting in stops doesn't monitor the efficiency of your trip, you could be driving into a headwind or elevations \ temperature aren't being factored in. The cars built in planner will know all this and re-route \ change to different chargers as necessary. I would be encouraging Lucid to continue to get its navigation sorted rather than rely on CarPlay where you have to manually enter it all and keep track of whether you're going to make it to the charger you entered.

Actually, CarPlay has built in functionality for all of this. The car can broadcast this data directly to it…

 

[SaratogaLefty]

So a while back Hydbob indicated 1.2.5 was out but we were told it wasn't yet available. Now we have 1.2.6 available (soon I hope) but don't we have to first upgrade to 1.2.5? Or do we just bypass it and go right to 1.2.6??

 

[joec]

So a while back Hydbob indicated 1.2.5 was out but we were told it wasn't yet available. Now we have 1.2.6 available (soon I hope) but don't we have to first upgrade to 1.2.5? Or do we just bypass it and go right to 1.2.6??

My guess is it'll be a bypass. 1.2.5 probably failed some tests by the small group of people they trust to try updates out before blasting them to the general public. Not sure if 1.2.6 is going through the same process now, or if it has been approved for a wider release already.

 

[Adnillien]

So a while back Hydbob indicated 1.2.5 was out but we were told it wasn't yet available. Now we have 1.2.6 available (soon I hope) but don't we have to first upgrade to 1.2.5? Or do we just bypass it and go right to 1.2.6??

I was told by the Scottsdale service team the 1.2.5 was failed by the beta users and would not be released. Hence, 1.2.6 is next up and hopefully passes the beta group.

 

[HC_79]

Actually, CarPlay has built in functionality for all of this. The car can broadcast this data directly to it…

Yes, I know. Been available since iOS 13 and hardly any car manufacturers allow it. Ford and BMW are the only ones I believe

 

[DeaneG]

There are two different scenarios for using navigation. When driving around town, I have no concern about charging. But I care very much about current traffic conditions and routing that takes that into account. That's when I want to be using Waze through my phone. When I'm doing long distance driving, then I want the car to figure out when and where I need to charge, and would rely on the in-dash nav.

Google navigation already does all of this, and has very accurate prediction algorithms for state of charge management in EVs. Still don't understand why Lucid chose not to flip the switch and just use it, instead reinventing a custom solution, and making people wish for Car Play and Android Auto.

 

[Volund]

Does anyone have an actual list of improvements? All I see is a scrolling video and I can’t see very much.

I was able to pause the video and read, it was good enough quality for me.

If time permits I'll type it out when I go home