I would prefer to have the phone taking over the navigation/entertainment system the way Android Auto and Apple's CarPlay do. In this car, unfortunately, the entertainment system screen is tiny and most likely unsuitable for this.
If you build a car with a non-standard slot for an entertainment system, the least you can do is to make it smarter.
Re:Who owns Tesla’s data?
by causality0 on Monday August 08, 2022 @01:05PM
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Yes, I don't know what kind of masochist prefers to navigate using an infotainment screen aimed at their back seat instead of a phone pointed directly at the driver.
Much bigger screen and single UI for all navigation and entertainment.
My 2010 BMW has a cell phone holder in the center armrest. It was designed for the phones of the time. So when the iPhone 5 came out it became impossible to use because BMW never anticipated a phone being that large.
The built-in infotainment system is still lightyears beyond anything on a cell phone. On a road trip if the car gets to 1/8 of a tank of gas it will offer to set a destination to the nearest gas station. This requires one button press to accept. If there’s a navigation destination it will insert a stop to get gas.
But there's stuff like : https://www.volkswagen.co.uk/en/new/e-up.html which basically has a phone holder where the dash would usually be. Maybe other budget manufacturers will bring out something like this.