New Apple Maps Designed with Better Road Coverage and Pedestrian Data, More Precise Addresses, and Detailed Land Cover I noticed yesterday new traffic light icons. Hm. Where did these come from? Wait! There’s a lot more detail! Where did that come from? They came from a Maps update that Apple Read more…
CarPlay is Apple’s solution to automakers’ generally awful infotainment efforts in their cars, trucks and SUVs over the last ten years. iOS 13 is Apple’s latest phone software, and because iPhones are what runs CarPlay, CarPlay is updated and thus improved. It was released about a month ago, so we’ve Read more…
A Google spokesperson said the speed limit service is currently live in the U.S., U.K. and Denmark. In the US, select regions have had this for six months or more, making me wonder what’s wrong with my region. *sniff* Google has begun rolling out speed limit and speed camera indicators in Read more…
See iOS 13 update details Part 1 iOS 13 offers some nice updates for your iPhone, but it’s also making Apple CarPlay better, too. After you get your iOS 13 update, you’ll notice some great extra features, like a brand-new dashboard and several new and improved apps. CarPlay Dash With Read more…
Why do we report on iOS? Because it’s the “parent” of CarPlay; CarPlay runs under iOS, while iOS is the operating system software that runs your phone. When something changes/improves/breaks/gets fixed in iOS, it can affect CarPlay, thus our interest in iOS in general and iOS 13 in particular. iOS Read more…
If you want to take advantage of one of the most useful crowdsourced navigation tools out there, then you’ll love how Waze gives you information in real time. For many years now, I’ve enjoyed using Waze even back when it was just an app on my phone. Waze is not Read more…
Navigation for Newbies: Navigation is Easy! One of the benefits of using Apple Maps to navigate your route in CarPlay has to do with its simplicity. Even if you are a CarPlay newbie, you’ll find that much of the user interface is easy to operate. Still, you might run into Read more…
Like a helpful hand from heaven, Maps on Carplay now shows approaching cross streets. This makes it easier to judge when a turn is coming up, or to know which street to cut down to make a shortcut to get where you’re going. I used it yesterday when I cut Read more…
Bug bug bug bug bug bug bug You can’t simply tap a point on the main screen and “go there”. You can on your iPhone, but that defeats the whole point of CarPlay, namely, stay off your phone. There’s no upcoming turn warning, or alert. At least, there’s no obvious way to Read more…
CarPlay is great for music and the like, but there’s other uses as well. Reddit user thewizleon posted earlier this year about a clever hack to integrate your Apple Calendar and Maps app so you can easily pull up saved locations. It’s such a nice little piece of advice we wanted Read more…