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I personally love CarPlay. A requirement for my next vehicle is wireless CarPlay, and I will not even begin to consider it if it does not have that. Some people

by tnel77 4y ago

I personally love CarPlay. A requirement for my next vehicle is wireless CarPlay, and I will not even begin to consider it if it does not have that. Some people want ventilated seats or a V8. I want CarPlay. I think this is a very silly move by GM that they will quickly reverse.

ashconnor 4y ago
CarPlay is also a requirement for me. Wireless not so much. The adapters are pretty good these days.
- bdcravens 4y ago
  Recommendations? I purchased a device that lets me watch video in the head unit (runs Android and uses CarPlay protocol), and adds wireless CarPlay. However, it's shocking at how slow it is at going into CarPlay mode.
  - debevv 4y ago
    I bought this 2-3 years ago https://cplay2air.com https://cplay2air.com and it has always worked wonderfully. It takes around 5 seconds to connect, which is fine for me since the entertaining system of my car it’s slow to startup anyway (totalling ~10 seconds from turning the key to carplay)
- ghostpepper 4y ago
  What adapter do you use? My car has a USB A port that accepts a regular iPhone charging cable - takes all of five seconds to connect as I'm getting in the car.
  - ashconnor 4y ago
    This one https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0BBG4QRPX https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0BBG4QRPX
kube-system 4y ago
After having wireless CarPlay, not sure I can ever go back. It’s really nice to get in the car and just go, and everything from my phone is automatically on the dash and controllable with the car’s native controls. The last thing I want is for my car to be another device with its own subscription, accounts, applications, configuration, etc.
- LanceH 4y ago
  It's a bit of a pain if two people share the car. Even worse if two people share more than one car. There never seems to be an option to force use a specific phone when more than one is possible. They all seem sticky to a phone and it always seems to be the other one. I guess a good thing about carplay is that when traveling with someone else, they can use their phone to update things like maps, and we're not completely locked out of it until we come to a stop.
  - Operyl 4y ago
    Toyota's wireless carplay lets you switch in the Settings very quickly (10-15 seconds to get there). So they're not universally bad at least.
    - secstate 4y ago
      10-15 seconds is an eternity. I can switch the bluetooth phone connected in a 10 year old car in 10-15 seconds.
      - Operyl 4y ago
        Eh, I frequently switch. I just do it while I wait for the AC to kick in, not a huge deal.
        newjersey 4y ago
        I have a much older car from 2007 so no Android Auto or Apple Carplay for me but I thought I was supposed to sit there after I start my car for at least half a minute? Maybe not needed for newer cars? I start the car and wait for the dashcam to chime. I start driving once it chimes. I have an older Aukey, not hard wired, so it takes about half a minute for it to chime which I thought was perfect timing.
MBCook 4y ago
I love CarPlay but I’ve given up on wireless. The idea seems nice, but in practice I have two issues. First CarPlay just takes a fair amount of power so you’re going to notice it’s effect on battery life. Second is the audio playback lag. I can’t stand it. It feels like seconds (though maybe it’s not that bad). The interface is ok but hitting pause or play or next track takes noticeable time to happen. I’ve only ever tried it in my car. Maybe it’s fine in other vehicles. But it’s useless to me. It’s extremely responsive when connected by cable, so I just ended up going back to plugging in.
- aaronbrethorst 4y ago
  Wireless CarPlay in my 2022 Kia EV is way less enjoyable than wired CarPlay in my 2005 Toyota with an aftermarket Sony head unit with CarPlay support. Latency is much, much lower in the Toyota and there's never any trouble with switching between my iPhone and my wife's. Whoever's is plugged in wins—the end. As opposed to the Kia where it's always a crapshoot and plagued by endless Bluetooth connectivity issues.
  - coolspot 4y ago
    I think you can use wired CarPlay in Kia even though it has wireless. I use wired in my 2023 Kia and love it!
    - aaronbrethorst 4y ago
      Interesting...I'll check this out next time I'm driving. Hope you're right! I'd love to be freed from the tyranny of Bluetooth :)
      - coolspot 4y ago
        Note that usb-c doesn’t work for carplay, you will have to use usb-a
TulliusCicero 4y ago
Just rented a car with wireless Android Auto, and while it was convenient when it worked, it occasionally dropped the connection and I had to manually restart it (and sometimes it would refuse to connect). On one day where I was on a road trip, this happened several times. Also, when I wanted to turn it off temporarily, there's no easy way to do so on either the phone or car. Gotta turn the car off or dive deep into infotainment settings. It looks like neither the auto manufacturers nor Google have thought this through.
- silisili 4y ago
  The first and only time I tried Android Auto, I asked my wife to look up directions to a place on my phone. It kept saying not to use the phone while driving, and effectively blocked it. I mean, I get the spirit, but the experience was terrible.
  - philsnow 4y ago
    I was using Waze a couple days ago while connected to CarPlay, but at a dead stop with the car in Park. The route selection screen on the phone wouldn't let me choose a particular route (HOV route) but it also wouldn't say why. It just either didn't respond to the input or else the route label flashed but didn't actually activate. The CarPlay screen only included the non-HOV versions of the routes, so I just plain couldn't pick the route I wanted. I unplugged the phone for two seconds, picked the HOV route, and then plugged it back in, but I was infuriated by it. This is not a knock on CarPlay, but rather Waze's UX decisions. It requires GPS access to function, it can tell if I'm stopped or not.
  - TulliusCicero 4y ago
    Oh yeah that's awful. Even dumber, that's only true for Android Auto, not CarPlay (even with Google Maps still).
- pandemicsoul 4y ago
  I have a BMW and my Apple CarPlay kept doing this to me where it would disconnect and then take like 30+ seconds to reconnect itself. When I looked for support, the stuff I read was unclear whether it was a CarPlay issue or an issue with the BMW software, but eventually it did fix itself and I rarely have an issue with it anymore (and when I do, it's more of a "blip" than a full disconnect).

by tnel77 4y ago

ashconnor 4y ago

CarPlay is also a requirement for me. Wireless not so much. The adapters are pretty good these days.

bdcravens 4y ago
Recommendations? I purchased a device that lets me watch video in the head unit (runs Android and uses CarPlay protocol), and adds wireless CarPlay. However, it's shocking at how slow it is at going into CarPlay mode.
- debevv 4y ago
  I bought this 2-3 years ago https://cplay2air.com https://cplay2air.com and it has always worked wonderfully. It takes around 5 seconds to connect, which is fine for me since the entertaining system of my car it’s slow to startup anyway (totalling ~10 seconds from turning the key to carplay)
ghostpepper 4y ago
What adapter do you use? My car has a USB A port that accepts a regular iPhone charging cable - takes all of five seconds to connect as I'm getting in the car.
- ashconnor 4y ago
  This one https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0BBG4QRPX https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0BBG4QRPX

kube-system 4y ago

After having wireless CarPlay, not sure I can ever go back. It’s really nice to get in the car and just go, and everything from my phone is automatically on the dash and controllable with the car’s native controls. The last thing I want is for my car to be another device with its own subscription, accounts, applications, configuration, etc.

LanceH 4y ago
It's a bit of a pain if two people share the car. Even worse if two people share more than one car. There never seems to be an option to force use a specific phone when more than one is possible. They all seem sticky to a phone and it always seems to be the other one. I guess a good thing about carplay is that when traveling with someone else, they can use their phone to update things like maps, and we're not completely locked out of it until we come to a stop.
- Operyl 4y ago
  Toyota's wireless carplay lets you switch in the Settings very quickly (10-15 seconds to get there). So they're not universally bad at least.
  - secstate 4y ago
    10-15 seconds is an eternity. I can switch the bluetooth phone connected in a 10 year old car in 10-15 seconds.
    - Operyl 4y ago
      Eh, I frequently switch. I just do it while I wait for the AC to kick in, not a huge deal.
      - newjersey 4y ago
        I have a much older car from 2007 so no Android Auto or Apple Carplay for me but I thought I was supposed to sit there after I start my car for at least half a minute? Maybe not needed for newer cars? I start the car and wait for the dashcam to chime. I start driving once it chimes. I have an older Aukey, not hard wired, so it takes about half a minute for it to chime which I thought was perfect timing.

MBCook 4y ago

I love CarPlay but I’ve given up on wireless. The idea seems nice, but in practice I have two issues. First CarPlay just takes a fair amount of power so you’re going to notice it’s effect on battery life. Second is the audio playback lag. I can’t stand it. It feels like seconds (though maybe it’s not that bad). The interface is ok but hitting pause or play or next track takes noticeable time to happen. I’ve only ever tried it in my car. Maybe it’s fine in other vehicles. But it’s useless to me. It’s extremely responsive when connected by cable, so I just ended up going back to plugging in.

aaronbrethorst 4y ago
Wireless CarPlay in my 2022 Kia EV is way less enjoyable than wired CarPlay in my 2005 Toyota with an aftermarket Sony head unit with CarPlay support. Latency is much, much lower in the Toyota and there's never any trouble with switching between my iPhone and my wife's. Whoever's is plugged in wins—the end. As opposed to the Kia where it's always a crapshoot and plagued by endless Bluetooth connectivity issues.
- coolspot 4y ago
  I think you can use wired CarPlay in Kia even though it has wireless. I use wired in my 2023 Kia and love it!
  - aaronbrethorst 4y ago
    Interesting...I'll check this out next time I'm driving. Hope you're right! I'd love to be freed from the tyranny of Bluetooth :)
    - coolspot 4y ago
      Note that usb-c doesn’t work for carplay, you will have to use usb-a

TulliusCicero 4y ago

Just rented a car with wireless Android Auto, and while it was convenient when it worked, it occasionally dropped the connection and I had to manually restart it (and sometimes it would refuse to connect). On one day where I was on a road trip, this happened several times. Also, when I wanted to turn it off temporarily, there's no easy way to do so on either the phone or car. Gotta turn the car off or dive deep into infotainment settings. It looks like neither the auto manufacturers nor Google have thought this through.

silisili 4y ago
The first and only time I tried Android Auto, I asked my wife to look up directions to a place on my phone. It kept saying not to use the phone while driving, and effectively blocked it. I mean, I get the spirit, but the experience was terrible.
- philsnow 4y ago
  I was using Waze a couple days ago while connected to CarPlay, but at a dead stop with the car in Park. The route selection screen on the phone wouldn't let me choose a particular route (HOV route) but it also wouldn't say why. It just either didn't respond to the input or else the route label flashed but didn't actually activate. The CarPlay screen only included the non-HOV versions of the routes, so I just plain couldn't pick the route I wanted. I unplugged the phone for two seconds, picked the HOV route, and then plugged it back in, but I was infuriated by it. This is not a knock on CarPlay, but rather Waze's UX decisions. It requires GPS access to function, it can tell if I'm stopped or not.
- TulliusCicero 4y ago
  Oh yeah that's awful. Even dumber, that's only true for Android Auto, not CarPlay (even with Google Maps still).
pandemicsoul 4y ago
I have a BMW and my Apple CarPlay kept doing this to me where it would disconnect and then take like 30+ seconds to reconnect itself. When I looked for support, the stuff I read was unclear whether it was a CarPlay issue or an issue with the BMW software, but eventually it did fix itself and I rarely have an issue with it anymore (and when I do, it's more of a "blip" than a full disconnect).