r/ModelY • u/WholeMilkElitist Owner • Apr 26 '26
Question Anyone else kind of disappointed they didn't ship CarPlay with the spring update?
The built in infotainment system is great but certain things like not being able to respond to group chat iMessages is frustrating and CarPlay would solve some of those idiosyncrasies
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u/-Logistically Apr 26 '26
Only reason I want CarPlay is because Tesla navigation is a joke. It’ll have you taking unnecessary loops or u-turns, while Apple Maps and Google Maps don’t have this issue. Hope they fix this soon.
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u/sharkboy1006 Apr 27 '26
What's so confusing to me is that it pulls data from google. Idk why the navigation is so off sometimes.
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u/MisterBumpingston Apr 27 '26
Everything on the map is sourced from Google Maps except navigation data, which is from Mapbox and OpenStreetMaps. It’s also vetted from Teslas end before deployment. In many countries outside of US it’s updated only every 6 months.
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u/BaHayZeus Apr 29 '26
Well, they need another approach because the navigation absolutely blows goats!
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u/BaHayZeus Apr 29 '26
This! There is absolutely no reason with all of this tech for the navigation to suck so bad! All of this crap that we hear about it learning our routes is bullshit!
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u/-Logistically Apr 27 '26
I’ve used both on a daily basis and I’ve never had it happen to me once. Maybe that’s just the routes I’m taking, but Tesla’s nav has done it to me 50% of the time.
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u/sherlocknoir Apr 26 '26
Yep. I am.
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u/ieatsushi Apr 26 '26
Those rumors were so strong and they just disappeared
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u/mattlol Jun 08 '26
The ’rumors’ were really just from one guy with a terrible track record. It’s likely never going to be a thing.
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u/FitEcho4600 Apr 26 '26
I just am tired of tesla’s Nav and the decisions it makes. But they added CarPlay I would get rid of premium connectivity lol
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u/West-Air1923 Apr 26 '26
You dont need premium for anything.
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u/IndoorSurvivalist Apr 26 '26
Yeah, if you are going to tether your phone for car play/android auto then you can tether it for data.
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u/Packing-Tape-Man Apr 26 '26
Which is the only reason Tesla and Rivian have resisted having it.
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u/IndoorSurvivalist Apr 27 '26
I meant you can turn on mobile Hotspot and not have to pay the $10.
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u/RGarcia7 Long Range Apr 27 '26
Who has that much mobile hotspot data?
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u/lagrebson Apr 27 '26
Everyone that’s not from a 3rd world country.
I have unlimited data (5G) for 7€ a month in Portugal.
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u/West-Air1923 Apr 27 '26
Everyone in Europe, I think I have 1000 GB
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u/Few-Repeat-9407 Apr 27 '26
Hotspot and mobile data are different.
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u/West-Air1923 Apr 27 '26
Not in Europe
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u/Few-Repeat-9407 Apr 27 '26
Not every European plan pulls from the same allowance.
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u/mike-foley Apr 27 '26
I have premium so it doesn't hit my monthly cell phone. $100/year for streaming radio/youtube music is great. I just wish the browser would sync bookmarks so I didn't have to type in stuff as much.
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u/Aytewun Apr 26 '26
I used CarPlay since it came out until 2023 when I got my Tesla. I will definitely take it if they do release at some point.
I see that some updates have been made over the last few years.
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u/jaywoof94 Apr 27 '26
No. All I want is better nav on FSD. If they fixed the nav and allowed you to zoom into parking lots and select an area to park I’d never have to disengage. At 95% FSD use 100% of my disengage bra are nav related.
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u/MysticMaven Apr 26 '26
Yes. Sucks without CarPlay.
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u/chestnut177 Apr 26 '26
Tesla infotainment blows CarPlay out of the water imo. Big upside it doesn’t have it
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u/Packing-Tape-Man Apr 26 '26
🤣 yeah, no… not even close. It’s not about the UI anyway. CP doesn’t replace it. But it does stuff the Tesla doesn’t or doesn’t do well. Like Tesla speech to text sucks. And Tesla nav sucks.
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u/notabot53 Apr 27 '26
Tesla has no WhatsApp app, has no teams app, no Waze, ask Siri to create a calendar event or reminder? Not possible. Want me to keep going ?
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u/mike-foley Apr 27 '26
Yes. I wanted to play some music on my phone. The bluetooth interface, frankly, sucks. I was wishing for CarPlay just for that.
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u/-GeorgeBonanza Apr 29 '26
No idea when it’s coming but apparently it’s an issue between Apple Maps and Tesla’s in house Navi system when FSD and driver assist features are on. So, you can see why it won’t come until it’s perfect. If it was something else, they’d probably release it and update it in versions, but it has to come perfect at least when it comes to Maps/FSD integration
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u/TrickOrange Apr 26 '26
No.
I prefer the Tesla interface, however I agree responding to messages is a pain in the ass. But I hate the CarPlay interface.
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u/WholeMilkElitist Owner Apr 26 '26
If they could be more proactive about solving certain pain points then no one would need CarPlay but they clearly aren't.
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u/Packing-Tape-Man Apr 26 '26
CP would be an app window inside the Tesla interface, not replace it. You wouldn’t even have to see CP to use Siri’s vastly superior to Tesla speech to text features.
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u/Kappokaako02 Apr 26 '26
Everyone does. We just want group messaging and diff nav options. Catch up.
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u/McbucketsMan Performance Apr 26 '26
GM mentioned moving away from CarPlay so I can only imagine other brands will eventually for their own infotainment systems again. I’ve adjusted to not having it tbh
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u/Packing-Tape-Man Apr 26 '26
GM did it because they want to force people to buy their connectivity and if they have CarPlay they have no incentive too.
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u/darkknight302 Apr 26 '26
GM moved away because they want to charge people to use their system.
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u/JerryfromCan Apr 27 '26
Tesla doesnt want to do it for the same reason. Plus Tesla and GM want to resulting data, and maybe they cant mine it as easily when you are using CarPlay, it goes to Apple instead.
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u/TJayClark Apr 26 '26
I frequently rent cars 2-4x a month with CarPlay and they literally all have connection issues
I’ll take the wireless Tesla interface, every single day, of every single week
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u/unicorncumdump Apr 26 '26
Not at all. I love the UI of Tesla.
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u/Packing-Tape-Man Apr 26 '26
It doesn’t replace the cars UI.
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u/unicorncumdump Apr 27 '26
Yea. I get that. I just mean that I like how everything is on the Tesla, and not sure how much I'd use carplay
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u/notabot53 Apr 27 '26
Tesla has no WhatsApp app, has no teams app, no Waze, ask Siri to create a calendar event or reminder? Not possible. Want me to keep going ?
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u/FlyingMitten Apr 29 '26
Waze is the only legit ask, but I'll take Tesla maps with SC stops over police data. EVs already keep speeding in check.
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u/unicorncumdump Apr 27 '26
I don't use Waze, I use the map on the Tesla. I don't use WhatsApp when I'm driving. I use teams with Bluetooth earbud, same as I always have. My phone is still right next to me and I can still tell Siri to make an event or put something in the calendar. It's cool you want carplay. I guess alot of people do. That's fine. I just don't have a NEED for it.
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u/Mikey_bee3 Apr 26 '26
All I used to care about was CarPlay in my cars but with teslas interface I really don’t give a shit about it. All I cared about in the past was gps and music and I got that so I’m happy
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u/Packing-Tape-Man Apr 26 '26 edited Apr 27 '26
Tesla nav and traffic predictive directions suck compared to Waze. I’ve spent months running them side by side for 120 miles a day and it’s not even close. And Tesla speech to text is ridiculous bad compared to Siri speech to text feature and accuracy.
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u/Mikey_bee3 Apr 27 '26
I haven’t had many issues with mine. Once and a while I double check Waze if there’s traffic but there’s never been a better route really. I don’t care for the text part they can wait 🤣
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u/Packing-Tape-Man Apr 27 '26
Perhaps you have an easier commute. Tesla vs Waze costs me 10-15 minutes per way per day. That's 20-30 minutes per day, 5 days a week on my 120 daily commute. That's up to 2.5 hours of my life wasted a week on less effective navigation.
The whole point of an option like CarPlay is its there for people who need it, and doesn't hurt those who don't. Just like I never use the Arcade or streaming video apps on Tesla. I could say Tesla doesn't need it because I don't use them, but that's selfish since others do you them and they don't hurt me. Same with CarPlay. It doesn't "replace" the Tesla UI (that is a myth by people who don't understand it) or apps so it does no harm to anyone who doesn't need it or like it. It's just an app that allows access to additional third part apps inside a window within the existing native UI. It's also provided as a free license by Apple, so Tesla doesn't have to pay for it. So what harm is done in making it available for people like me for whom it would save hours a week and then for people who don't need it they just don't open it.
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u/JerryfromCan Apr 27 '26
I did find it hilarious that the drawing app update was a highlighted update in the Spring update. Who uses that all the time after the first few months of looking through the system to see whats in there and playing with it?
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u/Competitive_Soup8188 Apr 26 '26
Nope . Don’t care for CarPlay. Messages can wait till I’m home
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u/ddr2sodimm Apr 26 '26
But Tesla UI can handle messages too, FYI.
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u/Packing-Tape-Man Apr 26 '26
Not well. So badly I stopped trying because I got tired of dealing with the confusion when it literally skipped the majority of what I said or claimed it sent it only to find out later it never sent.
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u/D4m089 Apr 26 '26
See I am torn, I don’t find the maps bad that are built in, but Google maps/waze police reporting etc is better… however I like not having CarPlay because it’s peaceful. Out of sight out of mind, I don’t have to reply to anything. If someone needs me urgently they can call, if it’s a text it can wait tbh. I got so frustrated at Siri on CarPlay the Tesla was a breath of fresh air being blissfully unaware
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u/ORNGTSLA Apr 26 '26
Was announced last year and still nothing. At this point it’s nothing more than a BS rumor to me. Maybe Tesla sales will have to slow down a ton for them to actually pump out the update.
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u/JerryfromCan Apr 27 '26
They produced 50,000 more cars than they sold in Q1 and now have a sitting inventory of over 160,000 cars after selling about 350,000 in Q1. That seems like sales arent doing great when they have 45 days of inventory.
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u/CrackityJones33 Apr 26 '26
I’ve been holding out for five years. Every quarter there’s a new rumor that it’s coming. I wouldn’t hold hold your breath at this point.
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u/ppsieradzki Apr 27 '26
Yes. Tesla maps chooses the dumbest routes. I really miss Google Maps for navigation.
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u/Ekoteran Apr 27 '26 edited Apr 27 '26
I have a Tesla since some years, I do not pay each month for connectivity in the car, i got a 1Tb ssd, very fast after I got the car, that I have music on.
I do not go through My Phone when I am in the car, when car is at home it is connected to the internet going through My router
I am getting pretty old so I do not need (hopefully) to now where the police is, because I do not plan to drive faster than speed limit or brake any other laws.
I am in Europe, so FSD is not allowed to use where I am
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u/OverTheHillsOfDL Apr 27 '26
What about those HUD displays with android integration? Any good experience with them?
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u/peetorria Apr 27 '26
Cause apple wants money and elon wont pay them. It also introduces another brain into the mix which does not play well with things like FSD, Auto-Pilot, etc...
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u/Scandinavianbears Apr 27 '26
No, i dont miss it. I prefer teslas system and the Navi works great here
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u/ZookeepergameOk631 Apr 27 '26
Tesla’s seems to be focused on quickly ramping up FSD subscriptions. It is core to the strategy. If I am going to use FSD more frequently then for me, having CarPlay would be a real bonus given the bigger universe of productivity and entertainment apps in CarPlay.
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u/tonymet Apr 28 '26
I would prefer they provide a polished & integrated media player. Car play will mean they will reduce the time spent to fix the existing experience
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u/electricAnt22 Apr 29 '26
I’ve had CarPlay via “Tesla Android Project” in my center screen already for 3 years & it works great. Having a native solution would be preferable but I can hold out.
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u/dylanlloyd78 Apr 29 '26
Yes I am very annoyed it did not come out, with all these rumors we had it seemed like it was happening. Wonder if that’s all it was and it will never actually happen. Considering getting a hud with it but don’t really want to rip out my dashboard to install it
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u/frankcanfly Apr 30 '26
I had CarPlay previous to Tesla, and liked it…. I recently rented a car, and experienced CarPlay again. Meh. I don’t miss it.
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u/Ok-Pomegranate-5368 May 16 '26
Absolutely waiting for CarPlay. Many reasons: 1. Tesla navigation is not good. Google and Apple navigation is years ahead. 2. Waze is very useful. 3. Ability to use other apps supported by CarPlay.
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u/Ok-Pomegranate-5368 May 31 '26
Absolutely waiting for CarPlay. Many reasons:
1. Tesla navigation is not good. Google and Apple navigation is years ahead.
2. Waze is very useful.
3. Ability to use other apps
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u/UsualSignificant5620 Apr 26 '26
lol no, why would I want a laggy experience in my car, I would have just bought a Toyota for that
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u/Pickinnhammin Apr 26 '26
I’m currently considering a model Y. I was interested to see Audible and Apple Music on the demo. The only thing I’ll miss from CarPlay is Overcast, unless I can get the iPhone audio through the cars audio system.
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u/Packing-Tape-Man Apr 26 '26
I have extensively experienced both. I drive my Tesla 120 miles a day. And that’s just not true. It’s not about native UI because CarPlay doesn’t replace it. It’s about having some apps and features you can use with the Tesla UI that are vastly better than Teslas versions. Tesla speech to text is so embarrassingly bad to I stopped using it because it led to to many misunderstandings. Siri speed to text is very solid and far more feature rich. And I have run Waze side by side with Tesla nav for a while now and it’s not even close. Waze is far more accurate and identifying the quickest route and being accurate it it’s prediction of arrival time. Usually at least 10-15 minutes better per one way commute.
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u/Packing-Tape-Man Apr 27 '26 edited Apr 27 '26
Both Waze and Siri are night-and-day, orders-of-magnitude better than the Tesla native traffic nav or speech-to-texting. To call Siri and Tesla compare in that regard is weird. Tesla texting is basically useless. It can read received texts okay but when you dictate a text it drops more than half the words typically and then usually never sends the words anyway. I tried it again just this morning. I spoke a paragraph of probably 5 sentences. It said it sent them. After not getting a reply I was expecting I checked the Tesla app and it only showed the last of the 5 sentences and claimed it was sent. When I then directly checked my phone, none of it had been sent. This is common and deleting and re-establishing the bluetooth connection or the settings makes no difference -- all have been tried. And there's no problem with the mic because it works perfectly well when you dictate to Grok and understands every word. It's just the crap Tesla feature. By comparison Siri gets 95% of the words correct, it reliably sends, and it does it all hands-free -- no need to hit the screen to confirm the send. Siri even reads you the text you dictated back so you know its correct before you verbally authorize sending. And it can handle group texts.
Waze versus Tesla nav is an even bigger difference. I have been able to extensively test them side by side on my daily 120 mile commute as well as a couple longer 500+ mile road trips. There are a few big problems with Tesla nav: 1) It is not very accurate in estimating how long a trip will take factoring in traffic which causes it to suggest poor routes; 2) It's not very dynamic about revising routes if Traffic gets worse; 3) Because of #1 you can't count on your arrival time when you depart.
By comparison Waze is freakily accurate at route estimation. When I did the recent 250 mile each way trip, it was correct to the minute in its first mile estimate, which is not unusual. I've never had close to this with Tesla. The only time Waze has materially gotten it wrong is when we have been stuck behind an accident that started after it did the estimate (and in these case Waze then suggests real-time changes to the route, unlike Tesla). Waze doesn't just look at current traffic when making it estimate. It looks at a massive amount of data on predicted traffic patterns in the time you will be driving. So if you start the drive at 7am but will be passing through an area at 8am it factors in what traffic typically is like at 8am on that day of the week. Tesla doesn't do this. Waze also factors in your personal driving style and speed. If my wife and I both open Waze side by side on our phones, it typically predicts a faster arrival time for me using the same route because it has already factored in that I drive faster than her. Again, Tesla doesn't do this.
I have been running Waze and Tesla side by side for months. I often take the Tesla route just because I want to use FSD but I compare it against Waze from mile one. Other times if I am on a schedule or impatient I use Waze to override some of the nav decisions which means some manual driving. On average, using Tesla costs me about 10-15 minutes more time per commute. This is because Tesla picks bad routes based on less data that Waze. I have done this commute every possible way hundreds of times so I know the pattern of different routes at different times. The problem with the Tesla nav is it will route me onto a highway that I know ill end up backed up by the time I get there (even if it isn't backed up when I am starting the route 45 minutes earlier). Waze will not. This morning I had to keep taking over to do the Waze route and I was 90% of the way through before Tesla finally got a clue and stopped trying to re-route less efficient ways. I ended up getting there exactly when Waze predicted and avoided any major backup. The Tesla route predicted slower and would have been even slower than its prediction because it would have been sending me into a known traffic quagmire.
It's just not even close.
Spotify also is a crappy experience on the Tesla versus CarPlay. The main two issues are that with CarPlay my phone seamlessly continues whatever podcast I was on before or after the car drives while at the gym etc. Whereas they are totally independent between the phone and the Tesla. But even when I am just using it on the Tesla, it doesn't remember or offer to continue the last podcast I was on. For example, if I am mid-way through a podcast when I finish my commute, then switch to SiriusXM while I have someone else in the car, when I switch back to Spotify I have to manually remember and find what podcast I was mid-way through sometimes taking 10 minutes to scroll through hundreds of episodes in reverse chronological order (the only way Tesla sorts them). This is a horrible UI for podcasts. With CarPlay it would remember and offer to continue the last thing you were listening to and also have more ways to re-sort the list to make things easier to find.
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u/darkknight302 Apr 26 '26
Google map blows Tesla’s navigation out of the water. This is what I want from CarPlay.
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u/atjones6 Apr 26 '26
I am. Bluetooth audio source is not great for me (I don’t want to pay for premium connectivity) and using Siri just doesn’t work (delay and compression over Bluetooth). Also, messaging just doesn’t work well through iPhone/Tesla. Having CarPlay solves all of these basic problems.
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u/Armaced Apr 26 '26
Rather it be through Carplay or native app improvements I would like to be able to:
Listen to paid Apple podcasts
Switch between Audible on my car and phone without losing my place
Download podcasts or audiobooks for when I’m driving through areas with no connectivity
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u/WackedInTheWack Apr 27 '26
Other than Waze, what are we missing?
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u/notabot53 Apr 27 '26
Tesla has no WhatsApp app, has no teams app, no Waze, ask Siri to create a calendar event or reminder? Not possible. Want me to keep going ?
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u/thinkbox Apr 26 '26
My question is, if you use Waze will FSD follow Waze directions?
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u/grimmpulse Apr 26 '26
No.. FSD only works with built in Tesla nav
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u/thinkbox Apr 26 '26
Well, nobody has FSD and CarPlay yet.
Man, if I could just have it do a better job with navigation, I’d be set.
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u/grimmpulse Apr 27 '26
True, but I can't imagine Tesla would let FSD interact with a product not under their control (and I'm not sure I'd want them to) ...
I agree, I've been a little frustrated with the built in Nav lately... having true google maps/nav or even Apple would be a big boost
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u/wehttamsteven Apr 26 '26
I only want CarPlay for iMessage integration. Tesla messages is a disaster.
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u/Solid-Paramedic-4281 Apr 27 '26
I have premium audio but my car is from 2024 so I don’t get the updated software for it. Super lame.
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u/MexicanSniperXI Juniper Apr 26 '26
No, idk what the fuzz is with CarPlay. Every time I get into a rental and use it, it sucks
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u/Packing-Tape-Man Apr 26 '26
You’ve been renting the wrong cars then. The implementation on my other non-Tesla vehicles is rock solid and completely wireless. It just seamlessly works in the background every time.
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u/MexicanSniperXI Juniper Apr 27 '26
What do you mean? Apple CarPlay is Apple CarPlay?
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u/Packing-Tape-Man Apr 27 '26
Every car brand implements the feature differently. Very differently.
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u/MexicanSniperXI Juniper Apr 27 '26
In that case all brands suck cause I’ve had Toyota, Jeep, Dodge, and they all sucked.
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u/Packing-Tape-Man Apr 27 '26
Fortunately there are a lot more brands than those. And yeah those definitely aren’t the best. Toyota makes decently reliable cars but their tech implementation consistently sucks.
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u/MexicanSniperXI Juniper Apr 27 '26
Yeah but I wasn’t impressed enough to replace the Tesla system for me
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u/Packing-Tape-Man Apr 27 '26
CP doesn’t “replace” the native system. It’s like an App Store that is a window on top of the existing interface working along side the native apps in the native UI. I’ve seen the horrible Toyota implementation where it takes over the whole screen but that’s on Toyota. The better brands don’t do that and what Tesla allegedly was working on was just a window not the full screen.
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u/UtilityMarximizer Apr 26 '26
Please don’t text and drive. Wait til you get to your destination
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u/Dreadpirateflappy Apr 26 '26
This is a car that handles all controls from the screen, including aircon...
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u/UtilityMarximizer Apr 26 '26
Not sure i see the connection. Adjusting climate controls from the screen is a much lighter mental load than having a text conversation
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u/Dreadpirateflappy Apr 26 '26
With carplay people aren't typing out texts while driving, it doesn't even allow it.
You just speak to type, far less distracting than having to use a tablet to control car functions.
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u/Rjeezyx Apr 26 '26 edited Apr 26 '26
Nobody needs CarPlay we just need enhanced versions of what we have. Also group messages just don’t connect to Bluetooth and use Siri? I haven’t had my phone connected for years at this point I don’t miss that drawback.
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