Accidental Tech Podcast576: Quiet Little Leech
https://atp.fm/576
The cancelation of Apple's car project, excitement for potential AI applications, the wonders of email clients, and starting a car in fifth gear.
jengerIn my experience, both car touchscreens & car infotainment systems all suck - and these are both areas where Apple is strong and could add value:
Apple make great touchscreens and the fashion for big slab displays in cars is crying out for an iPad quality screen! Embedded screens would be good, add upgradable compute and it’s even better.
These could be powered by “carOS” to deliver standalone infotainment & other car controls, plus ensure great CarPlay integration
Apple have experience in making secure, extensible operating systems and their ability to keep a secret is well-known, so they could provide value to the auto-makers through customisation.
In return, Apple could get some really interesting telemetry to improve Apple Maps, which would benefit all iPhone users, as well as being a new platform for devices and apps.
Lots of words, what do you think?
Karan J@karanj @jenger @atpfm @siracusa Very true, that’s fair 🙂
It would be interesting if they essentially provided large screen “iPads for cars” as the infotainment system though, I’d pay for that!
ie they add an OEM division to provide the infotainment hardware as well, not just the OS stack… although maybe that would mean they’d insist on providing the speakers as well… “CarPods” anyone? 😄
(Although their speakers sound pretty good to be fair)