I will also point out that last year with 18.3, Apple released an RC but then the following week announced the Black Unity watch face and band which then appeared in a newer build which was released to the public.
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And with a 26.3 RC, people will have their bugs in 26.2 fixed in 26.3 in like a week… 🤷🏼♂️.
What we need is for them to stop breaking CarPlay every other beta.We don't need that 26.2.1 or 26.3 RC, we need 26.4 beta 1
CarPlay was never broken for me?
I agree with this. That way no "super secret info on new stuff" will be there to let the cat out of the bag.
Me neither. Never had any issues with CarPlay so far. 🤷🏼♂️
If I recall correctly, the way they’ve handled this before is just adding any of the hardware specific identifiers and such in the finalized public version, and keeping them out of the RC beta. If that makes any sense. The final public version isn’t always exactly the same as the RC beta.I agree with this. That way no "super secret info on new stuff" will be there to let the cat out of the bag.
26.4 will be an interesting one. Can’t wait to talk about the beta experience here in the forum with you guys
Yeah, if the RC does come today, it just means we are closer to 26.4. Which I am waiting for.
Wired CarPlay is still borked for me, but using a Wireless BlueTooth CarPlay dongle seems to work just fine, minus the audio cutouts from the BlueTooth dropping.. Would be great to get Wired CarPlay working for us again...
My 2024 Wrangler has both wired and wireless CarPlay. Wired is a mess, luckily wireless works mostly fine.
Maybe it’ll come later, but this is why I expect nothing and hope for the best lol
I used wired CarPlay in a rental, once, a couple of years ago. I would never buy a car with wired CarPlay, based on that experience; it was the most buggy thing I've ever seen. Wireless CarPlay in my wife's car has nowhere near as many issues.
It’s strange how there are so many people having just the opposite of this issue.
Damn these beta updates have been all over the place lately. Once Apple was like a clockwork and releases dropped at specific times.
Maybe it was an issue with the entertainment system of that particular brand of car. I've used carplay in at least 3 different vehicles from 3 different manufacturers and never have had an issue. Since I've been on the betas, i've used it in my 2019 Mazda 6 and my friend's 2020 Civic and it has worked flawlessly.
I only have wired in my car (2016) and it works great never an issue.
I don't remember the specific model -- just that it was a fairly recent Ford, if that tells you anything. What I ended up doing was defaulting back to standard Bluetooth, which worked fine in the Ford.
(It was basically one of the three options on the lot that was roughly equivalent to my Outback, which was in the shop for repairs -- paid for by somebody else's insurance. My Outback is a 2017, which means that it predates when Subaru added CarPlay to their lineup... so Bluetooth is what I use there, every day.)