{"id":647,"date":"2023-04-08T07:28:23","date_gmt":"2023-04-08T14:28:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.basilweb.net\/blog\/?p=647"},"modified":"2023-04-08T07:28:25","modified_gmt":"2023-04-08T14:28:25","slug":"general-motors-and-carplay-fidg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.basilweb.net\/blog\/2023\/04\/08\/general-motors-and-carplay-fidg\/","title":{"rendered":"General Motors and CarPlay – FIDG"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

With all the internet growling <\/a>and resulting responses on GM choosing not to support CarPlay<\/a>, I had to do some old fashioned research. Like, what the fuck is CarPlay? Also, is CarPlay in my Ram Laramie? Oops. My Luddite is showing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The answers? Well, to quote from apple.com<\/a>, \u201cCarPlay gives you the ability to safely use what you love about your iPhone while you drive.\u201d More accurately (methinks) from Wikipedia<\/a>, \u201cCarPlay is an Apple standard which enables a car radio or head unit to be a display and a controller for an iOS device. It is available on all iPhone models beginning with iPhone 5 running iOS 7.1 or later.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The answer to my second question\u2026 Yes, according to a blog from Dodge Chrysler Jeep of Monroe<\/a> (wherever they are at), \u201cAs of 2017 Apple CarPlay is fully integrated in all Uconnect 8.4\u201d systems. The 4th generation Uconnect system is available in all Dodge, Chrysler, Jeep, and Ram models.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Let me fully unveil my Ludds here. I have not owned or used a traditional computer for 10 years now. Yeah, you read that. 10. I just did the math. I\u2019m shocked myself. I was thinking it was at several years, at least. But no, 10 years. When the iPad mini 2 came out, It provided me with all the computing power I needed. I was no longer using my laptop. I gave my wife my MacBook Air (which she wouldn\u2019t really use until it was quite necessary to replace her aging MacBook Pro) and never looked back. Currently I use whatever this contraption is. I had to look it up. It\u2019s an iPad Air 4th<\/sup> Generation with Magic Keyboard. The old mini given to a friend.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Back to topic, CarPlay? I\u2019ll have to list that under Fucks I Don\u2019t Give (FIDG). Any interaction I want to have between my iPhone and my vehicle is single-fold: Play my music or the one podcast I listen to (The GodPod). Guess what? As long as there is bluetooth, that\u2019s gonna happen. I\u2019m perfectly satisfied with the built in navigation system. For those that know me, I travel. A lot. To many places where there is no phone signal. That\u2019s why I\u2019ve come to rely on satellite<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

There\u2019ll be the crowd that says \u201cI\u2019M nOt EvEr GoNNa BUy a gM AGaiN.\u201d So what. Don\u2019t buy. That\u2019s your money and your right to spend your money on whatever you want. But just like IDGAF, I\u2019m sure GM gives less. Just like the phone world has divided up into Apple and Android and they are doing just fine, the same is going to happen with vehicles. Until I\u2019m driving around in a GM truck, this is a moot point. If Ram decides to do the same thing, as long as there\u2019s bluetooth, I\u2019ll be a Happy Camper. Literally. Thats what I do. I camp and stuff. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

As for me, when driving, I don\u2019t want to take phone calls. I don\u2019t want to take\/send texts. That\u2019s why my phone replies with that \u201cFuck off, I\u2019m Driving\u201d message. Which prompted my boy to text me, \u201cyou\u2019re always on the road!.\u201d Yeah. That\u2019s it, son. I\u2019m on the road. \ud83d\ude09 But it was 2 AM, Dad.\u201d Oops, that\u2019s the \u201cFuck off, I\u2019m Sleeping\u201d message. Oh wait, there is no message. That\u2019s all in my head. I just turn off all notifications.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Filed under FIDG, GM announces they will use Android, not CarPlay in their electric vehicles. Guess what? I *just* found out I have CarPlay. I don\u2019t use it, so I really don\u2019t care.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[356],"tags":[40,357,358,163],"class_list":["post-647","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fidg","tag-android","tag-carplay","tag-ev","tag-iphone"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.basilweb.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/647","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.basilweb.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.basilweb.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.basilweb.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.basilweb.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=647"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.basilweb.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/647\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":648,"href":"https:\/\/www.basilweb.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/647\/revisions\/648"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.basilweb.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=647"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.basilweb.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=647"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.basilweb.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=647"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}