当您下次购买新车或新车信息娱乐系统时，您可能不得不在Apple 的 CarPlay(Apple’s CarPlay)或 Android 的Android Auto之间进行选择。当然，您可以使用哪一个取决于您拥有的是 iPhone 还是Android手机。
由于许多车载信息娱乐系统现在都支持这两种功能，因此您下一次购买手机可能会受到每个品牌汽车软件提供的优缺点的影响。让我们看看 Android Auto和CarPlay有何不同，以及每个选项之间的比较。
稳定性：CarPlay 胜出
我们已经使用这两个系统三个月了，在那段时间里，在三星 S21 Ultra(Samsung S21 Ultra)上运行的Android Auto一直是令人沮丧的根源。在您导航或听音乐时，软件崩溃和断开连接是完全不可接受的。尽管进行了重大故障排除，我们仍然不确定为什么Android Auto只是随机崩溃。
(CarPlay)另一方面，CarPlay在此期间甚至没有让我们失望过一次。从概念上讲，这是有道理的，因为 Apple 的软件是专门为他们完全在内部创建的一小部分手机编写和测试的。我们认为车载信息娱乐系统是关键任务，需要解决Android Auto在旗舰主流手机上的不稳定性。(Android Auto)但是，您的里程可能会因Android手机的品牌和型号而异。
用户界面：CarPlay 胜出
CarPlay遵循与 iOS 相同的设计理念，并最终变得更好。它更直观、更有吸引力、使用起来更愉快。Android Auto功能完善，但没有同等程度的润色。CarPlay还支持对其外观进行更多定制，其中大部分都可以从信息娱乐屏幕本身进行更改。
语音助手：Android Auto Wins
Siri在与 iPhone 4S 一起推出时具有开创性，并且仍然是可靠的语音助手。但是，在撰写本文时，Google Assistant具有明显的性能和技术优势。
简而言之，Google Assistant比Siri更智能，功能更多，更能理解你。Apple正在努力追赶Siri，所以请注意这个空间。然而，现在谷歌(Google)拥有语音控制优势。
应用程序支持：这是一个平局！
CarPlay和Android Auto都可以让您使用您选择的核心音乐和导航应用程序。因此，如果您不想，则不必将Apple Maps与CarPlay一起使用。(CarPlay)但是，某些应用程序（例如Google 地图）在 Android (Google Maps)Auto上运行得更好一些。它提供了更好的触摸界面选项。
总体而言，应用程序支持的水平或多或少是相同的。一个例外是您选择的消息应用程序，这需要单独讨论。
消息传递：Android Auto 获胜
只有极少数消息应用与CarPlay兼容，而且由于Telegram 放弃了对 CarPlay 的支持(Telegram dropping CarPlay support)，这个数字已经缩小。在撰写本文时， WhatsApp(WhatsApp)似乎是唯一提供CarPlay支持的消息应用程序。
音乐和播客：平局！
无论您使用的是Apple Music、YouTube Music还是任何主要的第三方音乐流媒体应用程序，您都会没事的。
像往常一样，如果您想使用语音命令来控制音乐播放，则相应的内部应用程序效果最好。然而，在我们的测试中，语音命令对于Spotify与任一品牌的信息娱乐软件都很有效。
拨打和接听电话：这是一场平局！
虽然这是Android Auto和CarPlay最重要的功能之一，但没什么好说的。在这两种情况下，使用语音助手拨打或接听电话都很好。拨打电话、通话清晰度和连接性能基本相同。
降级：Android Auto Wins
在理想情况下，您的汽车和CarPlay或Android Auto将始终可以很好地配合使用。但是，想象一下这样一种情况，您更新手机软件却发现现在与汽车中的软件连接出现问题。
您会期望汽车制造商不断发布软件更新以使他们的工作正常运行，但不能保证。因此，在这种情况下，您唯一的解决方案是将您的CarPlay或Android Auto版本回滚到上一个工作版本。
这是两种解决方案之间的显着差异。如果不回滚到早期版本的 iOS(earlier version of iOS) ，您将无法降级您的CarPlay版本，因为它不受官方支持。这是因为CarPlay内置于 iOS 中，而Android Auto只是一个与其他应用程序一样的应用程序。Android Auto用户可以从APK Mirror等网站旁加载较旧的(APK Mirror)APK文件。
哪个更好？
尽管其中一种解决方案可能在任何特定时间总体上都更好，但苹果(Apple)和谷歌(Google)都在不断努力与竞争对手一较高下。他们竞相吸引用户购买各自的智能手机。
但是，我们认为这两种解决方案本身都不足以成为更改您使用的手机类型的充分理由，除非您不幸背负了不可靠型号的Android手机。因此，我们的建议是购买您想要的手机并使用内置的信息娱乐解决方案。无论哪种方式，您都不会放弃太多。
Android Auto vs. CarPlay: How Are They Different and Which Is Better?
When you next buy a new car or a new car infotainment system, you may have to choose between Apple’s CarPlay or Android’s Android Auto. Of course, which one you can use depends on whether you have an iPhone or an Android phone.
Since many in-car infotainment systems now support both, your next phone purchase may be influenced by the pros and cons each brand of car software offers. Let’s look at how Android Auto and CarPlay are different and how each option compares to the other.
Stability: CarPlay Wins
We’ve been using both systems for three months now, and in that time, Android Auto running on a Samsung S21 Ultra has been a constant source of frustration. It’s entirely unacceptable for the software to crash and disconnect while you’re navigating or listening to music. Despite significant troubleshooting, we’re still not sure why Android Auto just randomly crashes.
CarPlay, on the other hand, has not let us down even once during this time. Conceptually it makes sense since Apple’s software is written and tested specifically for a small set of handsets they wholly created in-house. We consider the in-car infotainment system as mission-critical, and the instability of Android Auto on a flagship mainstream phone needs to be addressed. However, your mileage may vary by brand and model of Android phone.
User Interface: CarPlay Wins
CarPlay follows the same design philosophy as iOS and ends up the better for it. It’s more intuitive, more attractive, and more pleasant to use. Android Auto is perfectly functional, but it doesn’t have the same level of polish. CarPlay also supports more customization of its looks, most of which can be changed from the infotainment screen itself.
Voice Assistant: Android Auto Wins
Siri was groundbreaking when it launched with the iPhone 4S and remains a solid voice assistant. However, at the time of writing, Google Assistant has a clear performance and technological edge.
Simply put, Google Assistant is smarter, has more functionality, and will understand you more often than Siri. Apple is working hard on catching up with Siri, so watch this space. However, right now Google has the voice control edge.
App Support: It’s a Draw!
Both CarPlay and Android Auto let you use the core music and navigation apps of your choice. So you don’t have to use Apple Maps with CarPlay if you don’t want to. However, some apps such as Google Maps work a little better on Android Auto. It offers slightly better touch interface options.
Overall, the level of app support is more or less the same. The one exception is your choice of messaging apps, which needs a separate discussion.
Messaging: Android Auto Wins
Only a tiny number of messaging apps work with CarPlay, and that number has shrunk thanks to Telegram dropping CarPlay support. At the time of writing, it seems that WhatsApp is the only messaging app that offers CarPlay support.
Music and Podcasts: It’s a Draw!
Whether you are using Apple Music, YouTube Music, or any major third-party music streaming apps, you’re going to be okay.
As usual, if you want to use voice commands to control music playback, the respective in-house apps work the best. However, in our testing, voice commands worked well for Spotify with either brand of infotainment software.
Making and Receiving Calls: It’s a Draw!
While this is one of the most important functions for either Android Auto and CarPlay, there isn’t that much to say. Using the voice assistant to make or receive calls in both cases worked fine. Making calls, call clarity, and connection performance was essentially the same.
Downgrading: Android Auto Wins
In an ideal world, both your car and CarPlay or Android Auto will always play nicely together. However, imagine a situation in which you update your phone software only to find that there are now problems connecting with the software in your car.
You’d expect that car makers keep releasing software updates to keep things working correctly from their side, but there’s no guarantee. So the only solution you’d have in that situation is to roll your version of CarPlay or Android Auto back to the last working version.
This is a significant difference between the two solutions. You can’t downgrade your CarPlay version without rolling back to an earlier version of iOS as it isn’t officially supported. That’s because CarPlay is built into iOS, whereas Android Auto is just an app like any other. Android Auto users can sideload an older APK file from a site like APK Mirror.
Which Is Better?
While one of these solutions is likely to be better overall at any given time, both Apple and Google are constantly working to one-up their competitors. They compete to entice users to buy their respective smartphones.
However, we don’t think either solution is a good enough reason by itself to change which type of phone you use unless you’re unlucky enough to be saddled with an unreliable model of an Android phone. As such, our recommendation is to buy the phone you want and live with the infotainment solution that’s built into it. You’re not giving up much either way.
