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Android Auto & Apple CarPlay On My 2016 Hyundai Tucson Limited

Now that I’ve updated my 2016 Hyundai Tucson Limited to support Android Auto and Apple CarPlay, I figured that I would give both a walk-through to give you an idea of what the big deal is about these car based infotainment systems.

Let me start off by saying this: After you’ve used either system for any length of time, you’ll come to this conclusion. Android Auto and Apple CarPlay are Godsends as automakers don’t do a good of job at making good in car infotainment systems. This is backed up by a study by Nielsen and SBD Consultancy which found that the infotainment systems in new cars to be the biggest cause of customer complaints.

Here’s an example of what I mean. If I want to navigate to an address using the built in system provided by Hyundai (but I should note, most cars brands that I’ve reviewed aren’t much different), this is what I have to do:

1. Press the voice command button and wait for the system to say “Say a command”
2. I reply with “navigation”
3. I then wait for the system to ask for the state that I want to navigate to.
4. I reply with “Ontario” as provinces and states are the same thing to this system.
5. I then wait for the system to ask me for the address.
6. I reply with the address.

After all that I hope that the system got everything right. If it did, I have to issue a couple more voice commands confirming the address and to start navigation. If not, I’m starting all over. That’s very frustrating and is likely to take your attention away from driving. Which of course is not good.

By contrast, this is what you do with Siri which is part of Apple CarPlay:

“Siri, navigate me to 123 Main St. in Toronto.”

Or this is what you do in Google Now which is part of Android Auto:

“Navigate to 123 Main St. in Toronto.”

Both of those are far more natural and so much more civilized in my opinion.

On top of the voice commands, the user interfaces use smartphone like metaphors. That means users who are already familiar with their phones will have no trouble coming up to speed in terms of using their cars. I say that because I spend a lot of time and unfortunately make a lot of money showing people how to use the infotainment systems in their cars. I say unfortunately because if you need someone like me to show you how to use the infotainment system in your car, then there’s something fundamentally wrong with the universe. Android Auto and Apple CarPlay will change that for the better. As an example of this, I had a client who had a luxury car that had an infotainment system supplied by the manufacturer. I spent two or three hours trying to get her up to speed with limited success because she was never really comfortable with it and it was very confusing to her. She recently got a new car with Apple CarPlay and after one 10 minute tutorial (which by the way I didn’t charge her for) she was an expert at navigation, or reading and sending text messages, or playing music from her phone, or whatever else she needed to do. That’s because she’s been using an iPhone for years which makes learning and using Apple CarPlay a snap. If she were an Android user, I am certain that using Android Auto would be the same.

Now what’s really cool about both systems from a technical standpoint is that they basically project what is on your phone onto the infotainment system, rather than have the infotainment system drive everything. The advantage of that is that both Google and Apple can make changes in their respective OSes or apps that drive these systems without forcing you to update the software in your car. Plus because the phone is running things, navigation through the user interface of each system is fluid and what you would expect from a phone. It also likely means that you never have to pay your car manufacturer for an update ever again. Given that you also get up to date maps for the navigation parts of these systems via your phone (assuming that you spend the bucks on the data charges as maps are pulled via your cellular connection to your phone) which used to be a motivating factor to get updates to your infotainment system, I am sure that this is something that sends chills down the spines of car company execs as this will cut off a significant revenue stream for them.

One thing that I will not do in this article is to say which system is better. There’s simply no point in doing so as you really have no choice in terms of what you use depending on what phone you have. If you’re an iOS user, you’re using Apple CarPlay. If you’re using Android, you’re using Android Auto. It’s not like you can switch from one system to the other as you would have to switch phone OSes to do so which is far from a pain free process. And if you have neither phone OS (BlackBerry or Windows Phone for example), the discussion is moot unless you switch to iOS or Android.

Finally, while I am demonstrating Android Auto and Apple CarPlay in my 2016 Tucson, the experience that I will show you and discuss with you is going to be largely if not entirely the same regardless of what brand of car you have.

Apple CarPlay

From 1 Infinite Loop in The Valley comes CarPlay from Apple. It promises to be “a smarter, safer way to use your iPhone in the car.” All you have to do is plug in your iPhone (running iOS 7.1 or higher) into the USB port in your car (which by the way, disables any Bluetooth connection between the car and the phone that might have been present) and the infotainment system displays giant icons that you’re already familiar with such as Music, Maps, and Messages. This simple interface allows one to quickly become accustomed to CarPlay quickly and gives you easy to hit targets if you have to glance and then poke at them while driving. Now some of you out there will likely be asking why you have to plug your phone in via USB when the iOS operating system supports a function called wireless CarPlay. The answer is that not one car company supports wireless CarPlay at this time, and Apple might have something to do with that. According to Car and Driver, Volkswagen built a compatible car and planned to demo wireless CarPlay at CES earlier this year. But someone from 1 Infinite Loop phoned someone in Germany and the demo got deep sixed. Thus who knows when this functionality will appear. There’s only a small handful of apps that support CarPlay beyond the stock apps on your iPhone. Finding them is a bit of a challenge, but Apple has highlighted most of them on their CarPlay Page. But if you’re looking to use Facebook Messenger or WhatsApp in your car, you’re out of luck. You can control Apple CarPlay via voice, touch, or a knob on the infotainment system or steering wheel. Plus it knows when the car is in park or drive from a transmission perspective so that it can limit or give you access to certain functions.

Here’s a video demo of CarPlay in action:

Google Android Auto

From Mountain View California comes Android Auto from Google which they claim “was designed with safety in mind.” Once you install the Android Auto app on your Android smartphone and plug in your Android smartphone (running Android 5.0 AKA “Lollipop”) into the USB port of your car (though WiFi support is coming in Android 6…. Which is great if you have WiFi in your car), you get a user interface that includes larger touch targets, bigger text designed to be glanced at, a focus on voice commands. This interface is a bit of a departure from the Android interface on your phone, but users will have no problems adapting to it as it has cues like a status bar at the top of the screen and a navigation bar which are straight out of the Android OS. You can navigate via voice, touch, or the sort of controls that you find on steering wheels and on infotainment systems. Of note, Android Auto has access to some or all of the cars sensors which means that the potential exists to do a lot more with Android Auto. You can install third-party apps for Media and Messages, but that is all you are allowed to install. Not only that, app developers cannot even make their own UIs for those apps. They can only plug in to Google’s built-in Music or Message interface. So while you can interact with the apps that you want to, mostly, you will have to use a different user interface to do so.

Here’s a video demo of Android Auto in action:

If you’re in the market for a car today, I would strongly recommend looking for a car that has both Android Auto or Apple CarPlay as it will make using the infotainment system much easier as you. Based on the feedback that I get on this blog, manufacturers who are asleep at the switch on this front may have to get with the program as consumers really want this functionality in their cars. Both Apple and Google have lists of cars that come with either system.

Now if you already own a car, you might be able to upgrade to get this functionality as companies like Ford have made upgrades to Android Auto and Apple CarPlay available to millions of their owners for free. I’d contact your dealer to see if that’s possible with your car. Since I demoed this in a 2016 Hyundai Tucson, I should cover how to get Android Auto and Apple CarPlay in that vehicle as neither system is presently not available as a stock or optional feature from the factory in that vehicle or many other Hyundai vehicles. American Hyundai owners can go to My Hyundai and log into to download the Android Auto/Apple CarPlay update. There’s no charge and the update is user installable. In the case of Canadian Hyundai owners, Hyundai Canada as I’ve written on several occasions doesn’t have this update available at present, never mind for free, and it may never come. However, if you’re willing to pay $235 USD for it, MnSOFT which is the infotainment division of Hyundai will sell you the update on an SD card that is user installable.

One last note, the videos that are part of this article were filmed using the Sony Xperia X Performance smartphone. I will be reviewing this phone in a few weeks so please watch for that review.

UPDATE: I got a tip that version 10.5 of the update software that MnSOFT will bring Android Auto and Apple CarPlay to more Hyundai vehicles. I know that the Santa Fe is on the list and I am working to get a complete list of vehicles at this time. Version 10.5 is due to be released later this year.

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Тема: CarPlay и Tucson

Список автомобилей, в которых появится поддержка CarPlay:

Buick
2016 LaCrosse
2016 Regal

Cadillac
2016 ATS
2016 ATS Coupe
2016 ATS-V
2016 ELR
2016 CTS
2016 CTS-V
2016 XTS
2016 Escalade
2016 Escalade ESV
2016 CT6

Chevrolet
2016 Spark
2016 Cruze
2016 Malibu
2016 Camaro
2016 Camaro Convertible
2016 Silverado
2016 Silverado HD
2016 Impala
2016 Volt
2016 Corvette
2016 Corvette Convertible
2016 Colorado
2016 Tahoe
2016 Suburban

Citroën
2016 C3
2016 C4
2016 C5
2016 Berlingo Multispace

DS Automobiles
2016 DS 3
2016 DS 3 Cabrio
2016 DS 4
2016 DS 5

Ferrari
2016 California T
2016 488 Spider
2016 488 GTB
2016 F12 Berlinetta
2016 F12 tdf
2016 FF

GMC
2016 Canyon
2016 Yukon
2016 Yukon XL
2016 Sierra

Honda
2016 Accord
2016 Civic
2017 NSX

Hyundai
2016 Sonata
2017 Elantra

Mercedes
2016 A-Class
2016 B-Class
2016 GLE-Class
2016 CLA-Class
2016 CLS-Class
2016 E-Class Coupe
2016 E-Class Cabriolet
2016 GLA-Class

Mitsubishi
2016 Pajero
2017 Mirage

Opel
2016 Adam
2016 KARL
2016 Corsa
2016 Astra
2016 Insignia

Porsche
2016 911
2017 Macan

Peugeot
2016 208
2016 Partner Teepe

Seat
2016 Ibiza
2016 Leon
2016 Toledo
2016 Alhambra

Škoda
2016 Superb
2016 Fabia
2016 Rapid
2016 Octavia
2016 Yeti

Suzuki
2016 Baleno
2016 Vitara
2016 SX4 S-CROSS
2016 Ciaz

Volkswagen
2016 Jetta
2016 Passat
2016 CC
2016 Beetle
2016 Beetle Cabrio
2016 Golf
2016 GTI
2016 Golf R
2016 e-Golf
2016 Tiguan
2016 Golf SportWagen
2016 Fox
2016 Polo
2016 Scirocco
2016 Sharan
2016 Spacefox
2016 Touran
2016 Lamando

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