> having to look down at the center of my dashboard

that's why more recent models move the screen higher up. it sometimes looks a bit silly (like they glued an ipad on top of the dashboard), but it's a lot more usable

> HUD that projected my location, speed, heading and turn by turn navigation (with lane info!) onto the windshield

the latest carplay implementations are compatible with the inbuilt navigation aids, so turn signals from waze/maps/whatever will feed into the HUD

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felixg3 an hour ago | parent | next [-]

It works with Apple Maps and Google Maps, Waze doesn’t pass this information to the car.

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cmovq 3 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

I wish everyone would just have an option to see the navigation the the gauge cluster.

	▲	user_of_the_wek an hour ago \| parent \| next [-]
		Weirdly enough, some cars don't even have that cluster any more. Like the Volvo EX30.
	▲	izacus 3 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		That's a very common feature nowadays, isn't it? For a rather new models. E.g. Peugeot 4008 I was driving a few months ago could show CarPlay/Auto maps on main gauge cluster.

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nutjob2 an hour ago | parent | prev | next [-]

> that's why more recent models move the screen higher up.

That's far from optimal, that would be where I have my phone, at eye level just to the left of my head, right in front of the pillar. It's perfect in every way, especially since I'm longsighted.

Slate has the right idea, car makers should get out of the user software/interface business and prioritize choice. The instrument cluster is fine, as are basic controls, but they just tend to screw things up and add complexity.

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mschuster91 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

> it sometimes looks a bit silly (like they glued an ipad on top of the dashboard), but it's a lot more usable

... until there's some child walking right into that visual "dead space".