Hawksie

Today Apple announced that Car Play will appear in select vehicles starting later this year. Noticeably missing from car manufacturers (at this point) is Audi. I know Audi indicated Android alliances previously but sure hope they don't leave Audi Apple fans out in the cold.

Stefano Fassone

I am afraid this will be the case if they stick to Android

koobah

Old info. I've heard about this last year. There also was a comment from Audi on why they will not be integrating this into MMI.

Yoshimura

Somebody on another forum suggested that we made a online petition.

spijun

I think that is not worth because the whole VW group did not accept the request from Apple ( Audi, Bentley, Bugatti, Lamborghini, VW, SEAT, Škoda) + Porsche

SteveDu

Surprisingly the CarPlay actually works with QNX-based system (i.e. our MMI system) so... it's really up to Audi to provide integration.

I have a feeling it'll start with 2015 models at the earliest.

spijun

I'm not sure about that and here's why:
http://ces.cnet.com/8301-35289_1-576...l-at-ces-2014/
http://www.digitaltrends.com/cars/co...n-cars/#!ymTEP
http://www.businessweek.com/articles...ndroid-to-cars

SteveDu

Technically Android can run on TOP of QNX... think it this way: QNX is more a low-level OS, while Android / iOS can provide extra platform to run on top of existing QNX platform.

Also this might help in terms of this topic: http://crackberry.com/blackberry-qnx...id-automobiles

spijun

Anything is possible, but simply the VW group has official agreement with Google
I think there will be none of iOS in the new Audi models

Each OS has its advantages and disadvantages, there is no a perfect OS that will please everyone

SteveDu

As long as it's not going to end up like what Tesla is doing by putting a giant tablet into the center console lol.