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CarPlay & Android Auto functionality #6

Open risograph opened 1 year ago

risograph commented 1 year ago

According to this twitter post by Zhuowei Zhang from July linking this Car Thing support article, it seems as if you can cast the display of your Car Thing to any CarPlay/Android Auto compatible on-board computer*.

This probably means that, if ever made possible, a CFW'd Car Thing could display whatever it wants to an on-board computer. If anyone has any more info about this, please reply. And I ask of anyone with a supported device & a Car Thing to test this out for me.

Linked in the post's replies is proof that the CarPlay has MFi compatibility. Link (see lines 1033 thru 1043)

*Information from https://support.spotify.com/us/article/setting-up-car-thing/:

"Apple CarPlay and Android Auto If Apple CarPlay or Android Auto is available in your car, you can use it with Car Thing. Just connect Car Thing to the sound system with the USB cable. Car Thing’s screen will then also show on the head unit’s screen, but you can still use Car Thing to control what is playing. For more information go to Android Auto Help Center or Apple CarPlay support site."

adx74 commented 1 year ago

Wtf is that, i'm gonna try this ...

pharris2411 commented 1 year ago

I tried this with my 2020 Hyundai Kona after coming across this tweet and was unable to get it to display anything on my car's infotainment screen. App version 0.38.3, OS version 8.0.9.

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lmore377 commented 1 year ago

This just seems to be a case of a badly written help document. In the stock fw usb isn't touched at all by any running processes and there's no references to carplay or AA. They probably just meant you could use the car thing at the same time