Apple has been VERY careful about third-party apps. When you do use one, like overcast for podcasts, it could all use a template to Apple has already premade.
This all appears to be for safety/legal reasons. Many areas seem to have laws that dictate how interfaces on infotainment system to work when someone is driving. I’m guessing apple doesn’t want to give anyone control because then they might cause the system to fall out of compliance.
So even if they allowed Waze on the platform I’m not sure would look any different from Apple Maps or support any additional functionality.
This is mostly speculation based on what I’ve heard.
> Apple has been VERY careful about third-party apps. When you do use one, like overcast for podcasts, it could all use a template to Apple has already premade.
I’m sorry, I don’t quite understand what you’re saying here?
Wow, autocorrect really did a number on that. Sorry.
Third parties can’t actually design a UI for CarPlay. It seems there are a few templates that they can make the tiniest changes to and that’s the extent of their customization.
So every podcast player and music app looks basically the same. They use the standard car playlist for you for selecting things and the standard now playing type screen for controlling play back.
Want to add extra buttons to be able to skip between chapters on a podcast? You can’t. Want to rearrange where the buttons are? You can’t. What people to be able to select a podcast by choosing from cover art instead of a list? You can’t.
Basically even the kind of apps Apple does allow our EXTREMELY restricted.
This all appears to be for safety/legal reasons. Many areas seem to have laws that dictate how interfaces on infotainment system to work when someone is driving. I’m guessing apple doesn’t want to give anyone control because then they might cause the system to fall out of compliance.
So even if they allowed Waze on the platform I’m not sure would look any different from Apple Maps or support any additional functionality.
This is mostly speculation based on what I’ve heard.