Comment by expertentipp
3 years ago
Awww nostalgia hits... some very very long time ago I was working on software tested on KitKat. It's better not to mention it during interviews otherwise will be dismissed as a dinosaur.
3 years ago
Awww nostalgia hits... some very very long time ago I was working on software tested on KitKat. It's better not to mention it during interviews otherwise will be dismissed as a dinosaur.
I have it on my 2020 civic and at least it doesn't lag. Problem with newer builds is the inevitable creep of increased CPU and memory usage until eventually perfectly good hardware is no longer able to run anything.
Yea I tend to have pretty high memory usage, including when I was running close to stock (i.e., before installing a bunch of third-party apps). My model didn't come with a built-in GPS app, but I was told that the next trim up/more expensive model did. I think more expensive trims came with headunits with more RAM (I think 4GB?) but I can't confirm. It'd be great to see a PR from someone with better hardware to see the actual headunit differences between trims
I'll check mine. I have the Sport Touring so it's the top trim below the Type R with built in GPS but I never actually use the GPS cause my phone's is better.
yep, I also have a 2020 Civic and the software actually is alright, though perhaps my expectations were set really low by the amount of hate I read about the software online. But hey, it supports CarPlay just fine (although does have some weird graphical artifacts sometimes) and the screen is responsive enough which is all that I really want.
I can't speak to CarPlay but yea I'll say the headunit software is certainly usable. One of the reasons I started this project was because I admire the engineering involved. I wish they would've shipped wireless Android Auto though. My car only works with wired Android Auto. It was only a minor inconvenience until I broke a USB-C cable. I rely on my car, I didn't need a failure point in my navigation. I ended up buying an adapter (the Motorola MA1) that lets me use Android Auto wirelessly (the MA1 worked okay, I had a few issues where it would randomly reboot but one day that stopped and I still don't know why; it's finicky). It just seems absurd to have a whole separate hardware/software stack in the form of an adapter just because Honda couldn't use a newer Wi-Fi/Bluetooth chip