Until siri can reliably handle "Navigate to <business that is a decade old>", offline and using pre-downloaded maps, I'm going to assume all the other, harder speech to text and conversational stuff is just vaporware.

I found another dreadful iPhone input "feature" yesterday. If you are browsing around in third party carplay apps, and ready to tap your selection, but instead press the accelerator first, it truncates the list to only a few items, and scrolls to the top.

Way to reduce driving distractions guys! What's next? If the car is moving, maps changes destinations?

I really wish human computer interaction research were more broadly applied, and if you do dumb stuff like all of the automotive / carplay world, then you'd be liable in court.

I once had a car that hid the backup cam behind a legal disclaimer every time you turned it on. I'm sure at least one pedestrian was hit by a car in reverse while that screen was on. The manufacturer should be 100% liable for the poor UI decision.

I think their intent is actually safety. They employ two touch interaction models: Flexible while not moving and simplified while driving. For instance, keyboard input becomes unavailable while moving and you must rely on Siri. I personally find it irritating, particularly when I am a passenger, but I get it.

> Until siri can reliably handle "Navigate to <business that is a decade old>", offline and using pre-downloaded maps

Yeah, that's unfortunate considering you can have it do nearly all of that (download maps, navigate to business all while offline), except asking siri to do it for you.

> I once had a car that hid the backup cam behind a legal disclaimer every time you turned it on.

My car pops up a dialog telling me (in a paragraph+) to pay attention while in semi-autopilot which I have to click "ok" on to get back to the map. It's very ironic, and extremely dangerous.