Wonder if this guy wins the first place for the most disliked post
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As I've noted before, the Tesla Nav system is much more deeply integrated into the car .. something that you would not get with CarPlay etc. This includes SC availability, status, SC preconditioning en route, NoA and (soon) FSD. And no, Tesla are never going to open up to using 3rd party Nav systems for stuff like NoA and FSD, since the liability issues would be huge.I suspect many people who have used Android Auto and/or CarPlay a lot on other cars wouldn't mind if Tesla spent less effort on their in-car nav and diverted some resources to get Android Auto and CarPlay working on Teslas.
google/apple map is better to use with tablet or iphone, but with Carplay, you can not Pinch-to-zoom on the car screen which is deal breaker. so I prefer tesla one thanks to its bigger screen.The tesla nav(google maps sourced but not identical)is better than 90% of stock nav systems out there that are usually outdated garbage
Apple maps and google maps may be better with carplay and AA
But by no stretch is it garbage
New to Tesla here, and does Tesla nav seriously not support alternate routes? Whatever it picks it what I get?
May be but everyone else supports Car Play so at least there is an option to switch to a more functional navigation experience (everything @S4WRXTTCS listed above).Best nav if you compare to any legacy standard nav.
If you miss CarPlay use maps on your phone as back up. Problem solved. Legacy using android auto and CarPlay bc they can’t built good system them self.May be but everyone else supports Car Play so at least there is an option to switch to a more functional navigation experience (everything @S4WRXTTCS listed above).
I suspect many people who have used Android Auto and/or CarPlay a lot on other cars wouldn't mind if Tesla spent less effort on their in-car nav and diverted some resources to get Android Auto and CarPlay working on Teslas.
I use CarPlay all the time in my Bolt and have used it w/great results on it and two rental cars: an '18 Hyundai Elantra and '19 Nissan Altima. I had the Altima for awhile and put maybe 400 miles on it while traveling in Arizona... Tesla is increasingly the odd man out while most other major automakers support one or both in many of their vehicles at this point, even cheap ones.
If Tesla implements screen mirroring into a window on the screen, I think that may address a lot of people's usage of other phone apps and would take less effort than CarPlay or Android Auto (which requires much more integration). But the native mirroring standards pretty much requires connecting to a common wifi connection point, so Tesla would need to implement some kind of wifi connection in the car for the phone to connect to (in order to make it work on the go). This is also complicated by the data connection (the wifi point probably wouldn't have internet, as I don't think Tesla desires to offer tethering, so phone must be able figure out the wifi point doesn't have internet and fall back on the phone's data plan).CarPlay is last resort. I don't care for it. I used it on my ID.4 and Mach-E mainly for Spotify and occasionally Google Maps (on the ID.4 but I used native maps on the Mach-E). It's so overrated... EVs that have terrible built in music streamers and maps need to rely on CarPlay/AA.
Google Map does provide slightly better navigation that most EV built-in maps but you are also missing out on pre-conditioning and Supercharger locations.
If this were 2012, Tesla would be the clear winner in proprietary nav offerings. No car company released anything that was close with even Microsoft failing with Sync 2 and other big tech efforts.Best nav if you compare to any legacy standard nav.
It is illegal in many states to hold your phone while driving. I suppose you could have some hokey mount to use your phone as a backup.If you miss CarPlay use maps on your phone as back up. Problem solved. Legacy using android auto and CarPlay bc they can’t built good system them self.
If you use your media/maps like we did a decade ago, Tesla has an amazing offering. If you want to switch to many options we have grown accustomed to on our phones, not pay for another data plan, etc., every other car brand on earth offers Carplay/Auto phone-like experiences. If you want your settings for all the media/map services to follow you regardless of car, Tesla is not the brand for you.
You need your phone in the car so just lay it down on the charging pad and open Waze. This works very well for me as it announces problems not to mention police on the speakers of the car and gives me an option of 2 maps for comparison. Waze is better with diverting due to traffic or closures and up to date issues so if I need nav and am going through town I run the route on Waze.To each his/her own but the only thing I miss in CarPlay is the waze police alerts.
This used to bug me when using CarPlay in my 2016 Chevrolet Volt; no way to see the outside air temperature (OAT) except to exit CarPlay. Six years later and CarPlay is still not capable of displaying the OAT.CarPlay not having the outside temp.
Yep.
Here is a list of shortcomings that I can think of:
Doesn't not support alternative routes
Only has rudimentary waypoint
Has no ability to report errors to get them fixed
NoA, FSD Beta, and the Trip planner are dependent on it
Is only updated periodically.
Does not optimize a route for simplicity (like it enjoys taking me on route that force uncontrolled lefts across lots of traffic where neither google or Apple do).
What I find amusing is all the talk about autonomous driving, but the Nav is not anywhere close to being ready for that.
I don’t miss CarPlay. Don’t want to stick my phone next to an already huge screen. There is nothing wrong with wanting features like alternative route selection in the default nav app. If Tesla doesn’t want to add this features, perhaps they should make maps/nav pluggable and open it up for third parties. Waze maps would be nice!If you miss CarPlay use maps on your phone as back up. Problem solved. Legacy using android auto and CarPlay bc they can’t built good system them self.