With the release of CarPlay Ultra, do you have any plans to utilize the increased capabilities with your device?
With the release of CarPlay Ultra, do you have any plans to utilize the increased capabilities with your device?
Great question. CarPlay Ultra, from what I understand, is a feature that will only be available to drivers of cars manufactured by car companies that have partnered with Apple. If you connect to CarPlay in a compatible car, it will provide you with access to both CarPlay infotatinment, as well as native vehicle information including battery SOC, fuel level, speed, tachometer, etc.
The plan for EV Play is to make the same thing available, but with every vehicle -- or at least the ones I can make EV Play compatible with. This will start with Rivian obviously, but the goal is to quickly move on to other car makers. In one of my email updates I showed the future possibility of custom instrument clusters. That's one variation of the many cool things you will be able to do with a unified UI.