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This Guy Followed a Navigation App on an Unpaved Muddy Road, And You Can Guess the Rest
This Guy Followed a Navigation App on an Unpaved Muddy Road, And You Can Guess the Rest

26 Jan 2024, 13:12 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Yet another victim of navigation apps: a sat-nav system sent a couple to a narrow track road, with the vehicle eventually stuck

 
After One Year of Silence, Apple Confirms CarPlay 2.0 Is Finally Coming
After One Year of Silence, Apple Confirms CarPlay 2.0 Is Finally Coming

26 Jan 2024, 05:19 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / CarPlay 2.0 will launch this year, the iPhone maker says, though the company has so far refused to share additional details

 
Tesla Optimus Bot To Start Production in 2025, Musk Makes Creepy Westworld Analogy
Tesla Optimus Bot To Start Production in 2025, Musk Makes Creepy Westworld Analogy

25 Jan 2024, 16:00 UTC · By: Cristian Agatie / Elon Musk thinks that Tesla might be shipping the first units of Optimus bot in 2025, but his weird analogy with Westworld doesn't inspire confidence

 
Blame Google Maps, Not Me: Drunk Driver Says the App Told Him to Drive Down Narrow Stairs
Blame Google Maps, Not Me: Drunk Driver Says the App Told Him to Drive Down Narrow Stairs

25 Jan 2024, 14:24 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / A drunk driver who attempted to drive down the narrow steps in Mallorca, Spain, says the one to blame is Google Maps navigation

 
The Little Things: Android Auto Gets New Google Assistant Animation
The Little Things: Android Auto Gets New Google Assistant Animation

25 Jan 2024, 12:33 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Google has started the rollout of a new voice recognition animation on Android Auto about a year after it started testing it

 
Traffic Institute Calls for Ban on Waze Police Reports, Claims App Users Get More Fines
Traffic Institute Calls for Ban on Waze Police Reports, Claims App Users Get More Fines

24 Jan 2024, 11:19 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / A study conducted by the Vias Traffic Institute in Belgium highlights the problems of reporting speed traps in apps like Waze

 
Ford Cars To Get Google Chrome and Bluetooth Keyboards for Browsing and Gaming
Ford Cars To Get Google Chrome and Bluetooth Keyboards for Browsing and Gaming

24 Jan 2024, 10:29 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Android Automotive-powered Ford cars will also provide access to Google Chrome and offer support for Bluetooth keyboards

 
First Android Auto 11.2 Version Now Available for Download
First Android Auto 11.2 Version Now Available for Download

24 Jan 2024, 08:50 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Android Auto has reached version 11.2, with testers now allowed to download the first pre-release build; the stable update is not yet available

 
Google Still Can't Figure Out Why Android 14 Breaks Down Android Auto
Google Still Can't Figure Out Why Android 14 Breaks Down Android Auto

23 Jan 2024, 12:50 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Users keep struggling with Android Auto after updating their smartphones to Android 14; everything worked correctly on Android 13, they say

 
Apple Accidentally Releases a New CarPlay App, Removes It Before Anyone Sees It
Apple Accidentally Releases a New CarPlay App, Removes It Before Anyone Sees It

23 Jan 2024, 11:30 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / The Apple Music Classical app briefly showed up on CarPlay, likely as someone pressed the go-ahead button too early; the company removed it

 
Honda to Enable Wireless CarPlay in Older Cars
Honda to Enable Wireless CarPlay in Older Cars

23 Jan 2024, 05:11 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / The carmaker will offer a retrofit for certain Accord model years, with the rollout to begin later this year for registered customers

 
Police Keep Giving Away AirTags to Fight the Kia Boys Madness
Police Keep Giving Away AirTags to Fight the Kia Boys Madness

22 Jan 2024, 19:10 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / NYPD gave away AirTags to Hyundai and Kia owners, as the officers hope the trackers would make it easier to recover stolen vehicles

 
The Google Maps Effect: Authorities Looking for Ways to Prevent Cars From Going Down Steps
The Google Maps Effect: Authorities Looking for Ways to Prevent Cars From Going Down Steps

22 Jan 2024, 17:33 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / A Google Maps error in the Edinburgh city center led to three incidents where drivers attempted to go down steps; authorities call for extra measures

 
First FSD Beta V12.1.2 Driving Impressions and Why This Version Is So Important
First FSD Beta V12.1.2 Driving Impressions and Why This Version Is So Important

22 Jan 2024, 11:59 UTC · By: Cristian Agatie / Tesla has finally released the first FSD Beta V12 build to random customers, and the initial feedback seems to point to a significant improvement

 
Tesla Pushes FSD V12 to Hardware 4-Equipped EVs, but It's Still in Beta
Tesla Pushes FSD V12 to Hardware 4-Equipped EVs, but It's Still in Beta

21 Jan 2024, 23:06 UTC · By: Florin Amariei / The next version of Tesla's advanced driver-assistance software should turn the brand's EVs into robotaxis. It won't happen right now

 
Marketing Genius: Apple's Latest iPhone 15 Ad Highlights a Feature You Didn't Know Existed
Marketing Genius: Apple's Latest iPhone 15 Ad Highlights a Feature You Didn't Know Existed

21 Jan 2024, 11:45 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Apple released a new iPhone 15 advertisement, this time to highlight the "Check In" feature that debuted in the iOS 17 update

 
Tesla Software Update 2024.2 Brings Adaptive Headlights to the Model 3 Highland in Europe
Tesla Software Update 2024.2 Brings Adaptive Headlights to the Model 3 Highland in Europe

19 Jan 2024, 18:58 UTC · By: Cristian Agatie / Tesla is preparing the first software update in 2024, and one of the highlights is the adaptive headlight for the refreshed Model 3 in Europe

 
Google Starts Rolling Out the First Big Android Auto Feature of the Year
Google Starts Rolling Out the First Big Android Auto Feature of the Year

19 Jan 2024, 17:44 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Announced a few days ago, AI message summaries are now available for some users enrolled in the Android Auto beta program

 
Lorry Gets Stuck on City Center Steps After Driver Blindly Follows Google Maps
Lorry Gets Stuck on City Center Steps After Driver Blindly Follows Google Maps

19 Jan 2024, 16:34 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / A lorry driver used Google Maps for navigation, eventually getting stuck on the city center steps in the same place where other drivers had the same issue

 
Android Auto Gets Smarter Thanks to AI, Makes CarPlay Feel Obsolete
Android Auto Gets Smarter Thanks to AI, Makes CarPlay Feel Obsolete

18 Jan 2024, 18:50 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Google has just announced a set of new features for Android Auto, with AI now in charge of summarizing long texts while driving