During this week, a New application available for Carplay that brought controversy, and Apple would have acted quickly, as expected. It's about Sidecarwhich allowed us to perform multiple actions with it, among which is the problem.
And, one of its functions was to be able to use the integrated browser, to, hitting a URL, Play any content on the screenfor what would allow us from watching a movie, to a live football match, for example, which is insecure for the driver.
How Sidecar worked, and why it has been eliminated
Although the developers assured that this function only served the car completely stopped, thus avoiding that it could be used in progress, and, therefore, being dangerousApple was not clear, and doubted that it could generate problems, so, before intermediating, they have asked them to withdraw that function from the app, at least if they want to continue in their store. These, voluntarily, have done so, with the following statement.
Thanks for your interest in our safari navigation function for Carplay. We have felt overwhelmed by their positive response and support for this functionality.
We design this characteristic with security as our main priority, ensuring that it would only work while your vehicle was completely stopped to avoid distracted driving.
Unfortunately, we have received a direct Apple request to eliminate this function from our application in line with the App Store guidelines. While we are disappointed by this result and we hope that this feature was an innovative addition to the Carplay experience, we fully respect the requirements of the Apple platform and we have eliminated the function of Sidecar accordingly.
Therefore, if you had the app, now You can continue using it, but without the corresponding function. In addition, if you had paid for it, you can opt for a refund, since it will not work anymore, and therefore allow you to request it if you had paid exclusively for this way.
If you did not know the application, we leave it here, since it has other tools such as the OS diagnosis, for example, something very useful for many drivers, and that not all of them possess, since, although it does not have the reproduction function, it adapts very well to the needs of a possible car owner, so we recommend you take a look equally.
The adapters that execute Android applications and show Carplay exist as an alternative solution, however, everything that depends on Apple directly, seems that It will not workor at least for now, since they have always rewarded security, and if they, natively, do not let it. And you, could you try it? What do you think of everything?
