Porsche does one very cool thing - they released car play capable head units for cars going back to the 1960's:

https://www.caranddriver.com/news/a32254313/1960s-porsche-91...

There have been lots of AA-compatible DIN-sized head units. It's a standard, hence the name.

Yeah, but they all look terrible. Would you want some orange glowing Pioneer monstrosity in a 1960's 911?

Plus DIN is a mechanical standard from the mid-80's. Are 1960's Porsche's compatible with that standard?

The new 911, I think, uses CarPlay. I actually hate the idea of only carrying CarPlay and not Android Auto or vice-versa. You should carry both. I don't get locking people into an ecosystem to use a car or making people have to replace the head-unit just to use their phone with their car properly, but then you lose all of the benefits of the head unit as it goes with the car (like A/C controls, etc?) It makes no sense.

I bought a Subaru over the Toyota because the infotainment system in the Toyota was so bad. I just want carplay in my car. I would have chosen a different make had I realized how big of a PITA not having wireless carplay was going to be. I just want to get in my car and have carplay start from my phone. I'm will to pay more money for it.

Hahaha, oh thanks for posting this. We bought a gently used 2018 Corolla just this past autumn. The interface isn't all that bad, I have to say. And it works seamlessly with my phone. But if I can sort out CarPlay... I just might have to dig into that.

If it's 12th generation (E210) you can get a firmware upgrade to support CarPlay.

Thanks for this. I'll look into it. I never dug deeper into the interface than: does it work with my phone and ... does it work. It has done both so far, but if I can add CarPlay I'll do that.