Sorry my fat fingers hit the wrong thumbYou mofo's keep complaining about the maps! Look at what you did! You should be ashamed of yourselves.
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Sorry my fat fingers hit the wrong thumbYou mofo's keep complaining about the maps! Look at what you did! You should be ashamed of yourselves.
The MS excels in so many ways, but infotainment is not one of them as many threads in this forum explore.
Today Ford confirmed Airplay in all 2017 models while Tesla stands still and we all hope for a miracle in v8.0.
Come on Tesla, how about an infotainment system update?
I have the Ford Sync system on my current car and two past cars, (Fusion Hybrid, Fusion Titanium and Taurus Sho) and find it very easy to use and it works fine. I don't understand why some people are confused about it.
Everything I keep reading on these forums makes me think that I spent $85K on a Yugo of a "Premium" luxury vehicle......
No BLIS or one that doesn't really work
No Sirius radio. Seriously Sirius is standard on every car these days. The subscription is up to you. Why do you need premium sound for sat radio and why would you even offer XM instead of Sirius??? lol I know it's the same company. Surely Tesla can figure out the antenna on a standard roof.
Crappy Nav system
Crappy info system
No cell phone integration???? What is this the middle ages or 2005 from a technology company?
What have I gotten myself into?
I believe it was rumored that v8 firmware will have improved voice commands. Maybe it was just so we didn't have to hold that stupid button? If there was a proper SDK now, I'm sure some 3rd party would have made a much nicer interface. Also 3-band EQ is that a limitation to the components they chose or lack of effort in programming?
I decided the USB Drive support, while severely lacking in several key ways, was good enough. "I can live with it a year or so until they get proper audio support," I thought. Year 3 of that wait starts soon.
Essentially, if have a FAT-formatted USB drive, you can plug it into one of the USB ports and the S will be able to read media off the drive. I use a low-profile 64GB flash drive that you can barely tell is plugged in. Others use spinning multi-TB hard drives.Thank you for your honest response - very helpful @Gizmotoy!
When you say "USB Drive support" - what do you mean? How does that work on the MS? Thanks again.
Perhaps. Or maybe since it's just software, it can be enabled at the dealership and will be used by dealers to close a sale by "tossing in CarPlay", the way they used to include floor mats.I found THIS ARTICLE today to be very interesting that BMW is taking the approach that CarPlay will be a standlone $300 option on all future models, vs. their making it standard or bundling it with other packages like some other mfgrs are.
As a result, I suspect there will not be a lot of BMW sitting on lots waiting to be sold with this specific option, and CarPlay will be relegated to a smaller number of owners who know exactly what they want, and are willing to wait several months via special order (as I did back in the day.)
I put my order in already for a Model S, and ONE OF THE CONSIDERATIONS I seriously had was having to deal with the poorly supported sound systems. I know that I will be slowly dealing with that the entire time I own that car. But at least I knew it and accepted it before ordering. So, I won't be complaining about it very much, but it is a cost. I forgot if it even has an aux cord jack; I sure hope so. Oops -- nope. Seems it has a USB port? So, I will have to turn everything into a play file. Ok dokie. I wonder if my podcasts will work from my iPhone. It is what it is. I might be getting an upgraded third party audio system if finances allow. That's certainly my best case situation. I won't be waiting for Tesla to make it right. Of all things, that's not the worst thing to have a problem with. I just want to have a nice safe clean ride.I have the Ford Sync system on my current car and two past cars, (Fusion Hybrid, Fusion Titanium and Taurus Sho) and find it very easy to use and it works fine. I don't understand why some people are confused about it.
Everything I keep reading on these forums makes me think that I spent $85K on a Yugo of a "Premium" luxury vehicle......
No BLIS or one that doesn't really work
No Sirius radio. Seriously Sirius is standard on every car these days. The subscription is up to you. Why do you need premium sound for sat radio and why would you even offer XM instead of Sirius??? lol I know it's the same company. Surely Tesla can figure out the antenna on a standard roof.
Crappy Nav system
Crappy info system
No cell phone integration???? What is this the middle ages or 2005 from a technology company?
What have I gotten myself into?
I put my order in already for a Model S, and ONE OF THE CONSIDERATIONS I seriously had was having to deal with the poorly supported sound systems. I know that I will be slowly dealing with that the entire time I own that car. But at least I knew it and accepted it before ordering. So, I won't be complaining about it very much, but it is a cost. I forgot if it even has an aux cord jack; I sure hope so. Oops -- nope. Seems it has a USB port? So, I will have to turn everything into a play file. Ok dokie. I wonder if my podcasts will work from my iPhone. It is what it is. I might be getting an upgraded third party audio system if finances allow. That's certainly my best case situation. I won't be waiting for Tesla to make it right. Of all things, that's not the worst thing to have a problem with. I just want to have a nice safe clean ride.
The reports I read seemed to indicate that the additional cost was because of a hardware difference. Most of the supported BMWs use iDrive, and as such do not have a touchscreen. The $300 includes an upgrade to a touchscreen.Perhaps. Or maybe since it's just software, it can be enabled at the dealership and will be used by dealers to close a sale by "tossing in CarPlay", the way they used to include floor mats.
In either case, Fiat/Chrysler has also begun including CarPlay.
I found THIS ARTICLE today to be very interesting that BMW is taking the approach that CarPlay will be a standlone $300 option on all future models, vs. their making it standard or bundling it with other packages like some other mfgrs are.
As a result, I suspect there will not be a lot of BMW sitting on lots waiting to be sold with this specific option, and CarPlay will be relegated to a smaller number of owners who know exactly what they want, and are willing to wait several months via special order (as I did back in the day.)
The reports I read seemed to indicate that the additional cost was because of a hardware difference. Most of the supported BMWs use iDrive, and as such do not have a touchscreen. The $300 includes an upgrade to a touchscreen.
Still a bit of speculation at this point, but does seem plausible given their current vehicle line-up.
My wife has a golf that cost a measly $17k last year. The CarPlay works perfectly and has been for more than a year. Meanwhile, the "most innovative company in the world" can't seem to connect in a meaningful way to my phone.
Basically CarPlay is to the tesla infotainment system as the model S is to an ICE car.