Carplay, Apple Maps and Waze

Just bought a Mercedes GLA with AppleCarplay.

I was so excited to at last plug my Iphone to run my favorite apps on my dashboard. My enthousiasm melt like a bucket of icecream trowed in a supernova when carplay forced me to use Apple Maps for navigation (and didn't let me look at my agenda but this is another story).

I took a deep breath and tought to myself "Surely, Apple Maps can't be as bad". But after two weeks of giving Apple Maps a chance : I'm sorry, it really really is far away from Waze or google maps. I had to get back to my stupid Iphone holder suck to my window (wich was the reason I moved to carplay and changed my car)

It is so important to me that I must say goodbye to 10+years with Iphone and switch to Android.

Dear Apple, I'm sure I'm not alone. Let me use Waze or at least Google Maps. Of fix Apple Maps but I don't think that could work.

Will you do something about this fast? (Like before Pixel 2 is out in two days and I fell I will be rushing to it)

Warm regards

(Since english is not my primary language please appologize for)

iPhone 6, iOS 11.0.3

Posted on Oct 17, 2017 7:07 AM

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Ade Ward

Level 1

9 points

Posted on Dec 14, 2017 1:09 AM

I, too, am a disgruntled but loyal Apple fan, who has bought a car and had that massive deflating moment upon plugging in my iPhone.

Apple is preventing submission of third party navigation apps on CarPlay. Their Developer guidelines clearly state that third-party CarPlay submissions can only be used for audio apps, "automaker" apps, messaging apps, or Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) apps. Waze does not fit into any of these categories because it is a navigation app.

If you want to help convince Apple to change this policy, please sign up for a free Apple Developer Account and file a bug report with Apple and explain why they need to allow navigation apps on CarPlay. They will take a few weeks to assess your bug report, and then file it as closed, but mark it as a duplicate of an existing bug report. To help Apple staff do this, mention rdar://22830071 in your submission. This is the mechanism that is roughly equivalent of "upvoting" a feature request. If enough developers do this, the original bug report will have so many requests they will be compelled not to ignore it.

Once Apple have opened CarPlay to navigation apps, Waze will definately enter the market, since they've already done so for Android Auto.

Please help spread the word by passing these instructions around, especially to software developers.

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Aymse

Level 1

4 points

Jan 30, 2018 3:38 AM in response to Merlin1166

Apple, I get you and I get that you want to maintain control of what probably is the most important feature of CarPlay. Navigation that is. That said, for those of us not privileged enough to live in an Apple Maps optimized city/country, Waze is our only option - it is not just a preference. Apple Maps simply doesn’t work in Dubai, UAE. I am more than happy to use Apple Maps as my default navigation app however until you support Dubai maps, please enable Waze on CarPlay - it’s the right thing to do.

hfarinha

Level 1

8 points

Jan 30, 2018 5:17 PM in response to anypats

The information in Brazilian media is different. Anyway, better than reading would be answering for sure, besides giving us alternatives to use the iPhone with Apple CarPlay at the same level Android users can do. Imagine leaving in a country like Brazil and driving with no GPS, unless you buy an Android phone or have it resident in the multimedia.

This is the point. And Apple has to give an answer for that. A real good one.

KiltedTim

Level 10

236,264 points

Oct 31, 2017 3:48 AM in response to Otacazz

The Human Interface Guidelines are just that. Guidelines for designing the interface of apps to run on CarPlay. They are not rules for what type of apps are allowed.

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