CarPlay is here! - Megathread

[Pete44]

Does Spotify have any Dolby Atmos music?

It does not and also doesn’t have Neil Young or Joni Mitchell. It’s what I’ve been using in my AGT since I have a bunch of playlists there.

 

[Johnboy]

I was speaking with Headquarters Sales Advisor to firm up the order for the Grand Touring and my concern about missing Apple CarPlay.

He said no problem, we have CarPlay and Android Auto so no issues...
Can anyone confirm that this is existing functionality or just vaporware? If it exists, I would love to see how that looks on screen.

CarPlay does not exist right now as I have inquired as well and have a car. They say its coming………??

 

[Sandvinsd]

CarPlay does not exist right now as I have inquired as well and have a car. They say its coming………??

Like a lot of things…. “Soon”

 

[MikeTz]

Like a lot of things…. “Soon”

In EV lingo "Soon" means "Later" and "Later" means "don't call us will call you."

 

[mnewber1]

Lucid hiring SWE with Android Auto in desc. Could be a good sign towards what we are all asking for.

 

[Mountain Man]

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Lucid hiring SWE with Android Auto in desc. Could be a good sign towards what we are all asking for.

But too bad their HR department can’t spell the word “work”.

 

[mnewber1]

But too bad their HR department can’t spell the word “work”.

You should see some of these job descriptions they put out… publicly..

 

[experiment458]

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Lucid hiring SWE with Android Auto in desc. Could be a good sign towards what we are all asking for.

Car Play and Android Auto definitely coming this year. Probably around August.

 

[Bill55]

Car Play and Android Auto definitely coming this year. Probably around August.

Are you taking over/under bets with Aug 15 as the over/under date? Aug 31? That’s 2022 not 2023.

 

[experiment458]

Are you taking over/under bets with Aug 15 as the over/under date? Aug 31? That’s 2022 not 2023.

With my experience working in the software industry, always over lol

 

[Bill55]

Good call.

 

[HC_79]

With my experience working in the software industry, always over lol

So…… November

 

[Bill55]

So…… November

I’ll take the under on November 1, 2023.

 

[Bunnylebowski]

Car Play and Android Auto definitely coming this year. Probably around August.

My DA who delivered my car today said the whispers are CarPlay in 3 months.

 

[NPN]

Let’s hope. During a test drive today, my SA told me “goal is year end”.

 

[Bunnylebowski]

Sounds like they’re on the same schedule as George RR Martin.

 

[Pete44]

My DA who delivered my car today said the whispers are CarPlay in 3 months.

That's a lot better than the silence offered only a month ago. Seems to be on their priority list.

 

[LCIDdreams]

It seems Lucid is the only one having difficulties implementing CarPlay:

BMW temporarily ships cars without Apple CarPlay — AppleInsider

Buyers of new BMW vehicles may not be able to enjoy using CarPlay at first, with the global chip crisis forcing the car producer to change its electronics, but an update will re-enable support by June.

apple.news

 

[Alex]

It seems Lucid is the only one having difficulties implementing CarPlay:

BMW temporarily ships cars without Apple CarPlay — AppleInsider

Buyers of new BMW vehicles may not be able to enjoy using CarPlay at first, with the global chip crisis forcing the car producer to change its electronics, but an update will re-enable support by June.

apple.news

Yes, but BMW's problem is that they had to switch chip suppliers and have to reprogram the cars - but they're assuring everyone that they will have the cars reprogrammed for CarPlay at the latest by end of June. They at least have an implementation already now (and a pretty good one too) - just a bit of compatibility programming. The article did mention WiFi not working, so it could be due to wireless CarPlay, which uses WiFi - probably new WiFi chip supplier.

Lucid already has the hardware in place for shipped cars at least, so one would think their implementation is not chip supply constrained.

 

[SaratogaLefty]

Yes, but BMW's problem is that they had to switch chip suppliers and have to reprogram the cars - but they're assuring everyone that they will have the cars reprogrammed for CarPlay at the latest by end of June. They at least have an implementation already now (and a pretty good one too) - just a bit of compatibility programming. The article did mention WiFi not working, so it could be due to wireless CarPlay, which uses WiFi - probably new WiFi chip supplier.

Lucid already has the hardware in place for shipped cars at least, so one would think their implementation is not chip supply constrained.

We don't really know what is causing the holdup but I for one hope they get it fixed soon!!