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Re:Mazda is purging touchscreens from its vehicles by giancarlostoro on Monday June 17, 2019 @08:01AM (#20202036)
When my iPod Classic died it really stung especially since they discontinued them. I hate playing music on my phone. I cant skip songs or pause without looking properly if I am on an aux cable.

Sure Bluetooth is a thing but you dont always drive your own car and every car has their own convoluted way to do Bluetooth.

I wish Android or iPhones had multimedia related buttons somewhere on them (dont miss that lock button / slider thing Apple used to add in so you dont butt skip a song). It is much safer for me to feel out specific buttons while driving than looking down on my phone screen.

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Re:Mazda is purging touchscreens from its vehicles by oauea on Monday June 17, 2019 @08:29AM (#20202187)
You can skip tracks by long pressing the volume keys if you configure it: https://www.xda-developers.com/skip-music-tracks-android-vol...
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Re:Mazda is purging touchscreens from its vehicles by moftz on Monday June 17, 2019 @08:53AM (#20202390)
This used to be a stock feature in a lot of phones. I haven't had a phone that did this since my HTC Droid Incredible back in 2011.
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Re:Mazda is purging touchscreens from its vehicles by giancarlostoro on Monday June 17, 2019 @09:00AM (#20202451)
I tried to figure out how to do this a number of times, but never saw a clear answer. I might try it next time I'm driving around.
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Re:Mazda is purging touchscreens from its vehicles by dreamcompiler on Monday June 17, 2019 @08:33AM (#20202214)
Not to mention that the on-the-go playlist feature worked great on iPods (just hold the button down) but Apple still hasn't figured that out on iPhones.

Agree that Bluetooth is a nightmare. Every Bluetooth radio wants to dig into my phone and download my contacts (and who knows what else) but all I want to do is play music. If I do this in a rental car I have to remember to figure out how to wipe the radio when I'm returning the car and already rushing to catch a plane, so I don't even bother with Bluetooth any more. It's maddening.

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