BMW to shame out-of-warranty UK drivers with smart billboards

Re:BMW to shame out-of-warranty UK drivers with smart billbo... by burlesona on Thursday December 24, 2020 @09:30AM (#25527730)

Interesting. In my Mazda it works really well. The only thing that bothers me is that the car has a no-phone system that is the default, and you always have to switch to Car Play. But Car Play is much, much better, so it would be nice if I could just make it always be on.

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Re:BMW to shame out-of-warranty UK drivers with smart billbo... by corty on Thursday December 24, 2020 @09:37AM (#25527788)

The big German car makers go out of their way to reinvent the digital wheel at any opportunity. The next series will have completely different electronics from different cheapest OEMs with a whole new set of bugs in all components and their integration.

In Japan, electronics seem to be more evolutionary and software reuse is practiced more, so while the rotating-car-animation-bling-factor might be lower, bugs are also ironed out over time.

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Re:BMW to shame out-of-warranty UK drivers with smart billbo... by ak217 on Thursday December 24, 2020 @11:03AM (#25528632)

Press and hold Home to switch to CarPlay quickly on Mazda.

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