I logged 250 miles testing Android Auto vs Apple CarPlay and there's one I'm going to stick with
THE SO WHAT
Real-world 250-mile tests of Android Auto vs CarPlay matter because drivers are effectively choosing an in-car OS. If your product touches navigation, media, or commerce, you should be optimizing for the system your target users actually prefer, not splitting effort evenly by default.
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