Found this on a “cars without screens” deep dive, and I appreciate the insider knowledge that we may have a future without the large and distracting screens in all cars. Until then, I just may hold onto my 2007 manual Jetta, unless of course, a truly compact truck returns to the market.
I'd add that another advantage of BYOD is that the device is always up to date. I doubt that the touchscreen interface in any vehicle will be updated past about 5 years or so. Any companion apps will eventually be unsupported or stop working. But my phone will always be up to date.
Very good point. And with CarPlay expanding to take more control of vehicle functionality, I'm curious to see whether more mobile devices could grow to have control over HVAC and the like in time.
Found this on a “cars without screens” deep dive, and I appreciate the insider knowledge that we may have a future without the large and distracting screens in all cars. Until then, I just may hold onto my 2007 manual Jetta, unless of course, a truly compact truck returns to the market.
I'd add that another advantage of BYOD is that the device is always up to date. I doubt that the touchscreen interface in any vehicle will be updated past about 5 years or so. Any companion apps will eventually be unsupported or stop working. But my phone will always be up to date.
Very good point. And with CarPlay expanding to take more control of vehicle functionality, I'm curious to see whether more mobile devices could grow to have control over HVAC and the like in time.