No retrofit will be needed and we don’t know if they are “struggling” to implement CarPlay. It’s probably mostly done and going to be released as a large update with a bunch of other improvements.
No iDrive 8 is new. I am sure it will have many issues. Just as each iOS and Android release has pluses and minuses, now we will have that for our cars as well as our phones. We just have to hope the updates patch the worst of the bugs.
You're suggesting that Lucid build their UX around implementing CarPlay? That's absurd
Actually installing SiriusXM satellite radio in the Lucid is not theoretically hard. The hard part is actually routing the wiring and where to install the controller – in other words, making a clean install. I've done this type of install on a Tesla Model 3 & Model Y using an iPhone. Lucid has the advantage that you can have a separate Bluetooth input, not tied to your phone. On the Tesla, the Phone and Bluetooth are one and necessitates an app running on your phone to route the audio signal from the lighting connector to Bluetooth. With Lucid you just need an audio to Bluetooth interface and can bypass the phone.
People use their phones non stop. They are familiar with the phones more than any other product they own. It was a huge missed opportunity by Lucid to not have car play and Android Auto working day one. The company has been around for 14 years. The same as the iPhone. Familiarity builds trust and also would have made many apps instantly available. My wife has a Lexus she loves and would keep it for years longer, except it does not have Car Play. She would rather drive a Honda with car play than the Lexus without.
So, I have to do it? It will never be implemented by Lucid? So much for my Dream experience.
Got it.It requires hardware that isn’t on the car, so yeah. Also, they never said it had XM
They may add an app similar to what iOS has, but it’ll still use cell, not satellite.
I have no idea if Lucid will ever implement satellite XM Radio. But you could be up and running in an afternoon, if you do it yourself (the installation, may not look pretty.) If Lucid had properly planned for satellite XM radio, they would have included a standard XM connector on their audio system, which would connect to a XM tuner. Many other car brands have these connectors on there factory radios. Of course, Lucid would also need to have made some provisions for a proper place to install the satellite antenna. See for example:
Oh, I agree it should have been available, but my comment was to the other poster saying Lucid should have developed their hardware and software around Apple integration
If I were to set an over under for Apple vs Android for Lucid owners I would be somewhere between 75 to 80% Apple. Lucid knows for sure based on the App.
Perhaps. But in the first 3 months they have not fixed anything on my top 10 list. I have not even spent time to documented any of the issues with controls on the upper screen as is is all so bad as to be unusable while driving in my opinion. This is a car.
Is everything on your top 10 list already included in our consolidated UX suggestions/fixes post? If not, please share!
The link doesn't work. :-(
OK, got it to work. Thank you.
Well, I thought I had it for a second, but now it's gone again and doesn't reload. I'll try to parse out the link components.
