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Apple although he recently abandoned his electric car project, he is still a very successful player in the automotive world thanks to his app CarPlay. It is a direct competitor of the application Android Google car. Although you can hear that from many people CarPlay is better than Android The car, in fact, is the opposite. Here are 5 reasons that will convince you of this.

Google Maps is simply better than Maps Apple

This reason probably does not need to be explained too much. Google launched its map application back in 2005 and Maps Apple did not become public until 7 years later. Today, of course, there is much more parity between the two than before, but Google Maps still has the upper hand, not only in our opinion. Especially since they are available on multiple platforms (including CarPlay), offer a wider range of functions and provide more accurate and reliable navigation data.

Obviously, accuracy and reliability can be subjective depending on your location, but objectively, Google Maps has more geographic data available. Google was almost a decade ahead Applem in the collection of map data, for which it used and still uses data from users. This helps Maps excel in areas such as calculating route times or providing real-time traffic information. Android The car thus directly calls out for users to use Maps in it as a native map application.

Google Assistant offers more than Siri

Unlike Google Maps, it had Apple a head start on digital assistants when it launched Siri in 2011, a full 5 years before Assistant was launched. However, even though the Assistant is five years younger, it is objectively better than Siri, mainly thanks to more accurate and efficient language processing and better support for third-party applications.

Wider support for third-party apps can make a huge difference in a driving car, where most of your interactions with the system are through voice commands. The same can be said about the built-in AI in Google Assistant, which can do things for you, such as summarizing longer text messages, so you can spend less time listening to messages (or worse, by reading them) and focus more on the journey. Google Assistant and Android In short, the car is a more powerful connection than Siri and CarPlay.

More useful notifications

The notification area is something we wouldn't exactly call Apple's loss. The experience of CarIn this regard, Play is very effective and focused on minimizing the distraction of the driver from driving. Everything is done through Siri, including reading and writing text messages, while you don't get any interactive notifications to let you tap for quick actions like calls or messages.

With this approach Apple they think about safety first, which is commendable, but for many drivers, it may be useful or practical to glance at a text message or tap a message alert for a quick reply or call. From the point of view of the overall usefulness of notifications, it is thus a clear winner Android Auto.

Better support for third-party applications

Just like Google Assistant benefits Android The car as a whole from much better support for third-party applications. It currently supports several thousand third-party applications, while CarPlay not even one thousand.

Of course, this can literally change at any moment, and app support issues can vary depending on your individual needs, but in general, if you have a more specialized app that you'd like to use in your car, there's simply a higher chance that it will be Android Support the car. And it doesn't even have to be a specialized app - for example, Facebook Messenger works with Android Car great while CarPlay still doesn't support it.

Android The car warns you of speeding

One of the favorite minor features CarPlay is that it tells you the current speed limit on whatever road you're driving while you're driving. Android The car takes this "of course" one step further and can warn you about speeding in addition to speed limits.

However, this function in Android The car is not always available. You must have navigation running, either in split-screen mode or in a third-party app such as Waze, and feature availability may vary by version Androidfor your phone and your car model. It is worth noting that although CarPlay does not currently have this feature, it is speculated to "land" on the platform later this year.

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