Tired of lack of Android support

[Haggy]

Globally, that's true but the US is a different story. Apple has 58% to Android's 40%.

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fwiw, I'm an android user.

The percentage isn't relevant. It's a promised feature and people who paid as much for the car as others are entitled to what was promised.

It's not as if Lucid isn't sincerely trying though, and it's also not clear that they are giving iPhones priority. It might come down to the relative effort.

Posts blaming Lucid for the delay aren't accomplishing anything and neither are posts implying anything about which phone OS anyone should be using or which should get priority.

As with cars, people have preferences for other devices too. Pointing fingers at Lucid, shifting the blame to Google or implying that Android is less important won't make the software show up any faster.

 

[Mufasta]

I'm really getting tired of the lack of Android support by Lucid, whether it be no Android Auto or the new app experiences being released for iOS only with Android coming "in early 2025" with no date specified. When is early...Jan? Feb? March? April? Is this the same timing as AA being available in late Fall? I get that AA is in testing, but it's been the better part of a year since CarPlay was released.

Lucid is choosing not to prioritize Android, which is their right to do, but after 2 years of ownership I'm not interested in continuing to prioritize investing in an ongoing 2nd tier user experience, or recommending others do so.

Agreed. They keep promising this android update and it never comes. Frankly, It's ridiculous. I have had my lucid since August of 2022. They promised when I ordered it that Android Auto would be included by the time my car shipped. Obviously it didn't happen. They have announced its release was imminent twice since then. Obviously that hasn't happened either. I absolutely love the luxury and performance of the car but this issue is definitely a thorn. Thanks for the lost.

 

[emoylv]

Honestly, the Android Auto / Apple CarPlay thing doesn't matter much; here's why:

My Cadillac CT6 (sold) had a Navigation as Native (through a USB map update) on their "CUE" dash system, or you could burrow-into the Native OnStar App in "CUE" and there'd be MORE Apps, one of which was Nav, or you could use Android Auto which would have Google Maps Nav and Waze Nav, or you could press the physical OnStar button above the rearview mirror, and they'd send ANOTHER Nav guidance through your HUD and it'd be a completely DIFFERENT Nav than the OnStar App Nav. That's FIVE NAVs! Which Nav do I choose? Do I update them all? Can my Nav have a Nav?

Streaming audio was the same. You could listen to Native CUE SiriusXM via the L-Band antenna or you could stream it via making your phone a WiFi Hotspot, or you could run it from the Android App SiriusXM and then send it via Bluetooth or wired, or you could run the native Android Auto SiriusXM into the CUE system via bluetooth or wired via USB-A or USB-C, or you could open a Chrome browser on your phone and log into the web-based SiriusXM and stream it via T-Mobile into your phone, then transmit it as a Bluetooth player into the CUE system as "Bluetooth audio" or you could listen to it as a wired USB-drive system via USB-A or USB-C. Like 10 ways to listen to SiriusXM. Same goes for Tidal, Pandora, Spotify, No-Heart-Radio, etc. Nuts.

I'm content with Lucid's onboard systems, but if I get antsy, I can resort to audio-only Bluetooth Waze with its embedded Pandora + and keep the Lucid Nav up for reference visually.

Honestly, all this tech is unnecessary. I don't even need any of the cameras. My Corvette had none of this, or my Firehawk, or my Lotus Elise, or any other sports car I've ever owned. Not needed, though I miss having a clutch. ;p The car itself drives amazing. Suspension is amazing. Acceleration is amazing. It's enough. The tech is a frosting-on-a-cake unnecessary distraction. I wish Lucid had none, maybe just 2 good speakers and a Bluetooth receiver with only an on-off LED light, completely blank. All unnecessary fluff.

I was good with everything you said until you got to 2 speakers. Play Orchestral Suite in D aka Air on the G String. Then Ravel's Bolero with the sound cranked up. It's been over 2 years of ownership and I have a smile every time I get in the Touring. I have a Samsung S24. Can't say I miss AA but I probably don't know what I'm missing. I drive to drive, and the Touring delivers in every way.