CarPlay and Android Auto are entertainment systems developed by the Apple and Google companies, with the role of allowing drivers to connect their iPhones and Android smartphones to their cars much more easily.
In the video clip above you have a detailed presentation between CarPlay vs Android Auto on a car capable of running both systems, and in this way you can get an idea of what both have to offer us. Both systems have options available for users to access a set of native applications that allow sending messages, the use of a navigation system, music control, using a voice command system and that's about it for now.
If in CarPlay we have an iOS modified by Apple to run some applications specially designed for it, in Android Auto we have a slightly different system with a design that is in many ways similar to the one used in Android 5.0. The central points of both programs are Siri and Google Play, users being taught to mainly use voice commands to control their car's entertainment systems, without taking their eyes off the road while driving.
Unfortunately, the whole experience is not perfect on any of the systems, but this matters less since no matter how good the programs that allow controlling cars using voice commands are, we will still have to supervise them. Unfortunately, neither Google nor Apple currently have a 100% useful solution to control various functions of smartphones or a car without touching physical or virtual buttons and without looking at a virtual interface, but both CarPlay and Android Cars will be improved in the coming years.
