Music is the best passenger you can have on any road trip. If you have moved over to the Android ecosystem but still love your curated playlists on Apple Music, you do not have to leave them behind.

You’re either in the Android camp or a member of the Apple ecosphere. The inability to switch between the competing smartphone mirroring technologies immediately makes this comparison a bit void.

While Android Auto has gained some useful features through recent updates, it still lacks many CarPlay staples that Apple users have enjoyed for a while.

A month of driving with Apple CarPlay showed me some unique benefits I wish Google would copy.