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carplay

  1. N

    CarPlay cancels connection when iPhone battery below 50%

    Wired CarPlay has been finicky for both my 15 pro and my wife’s 15 on both of our cars (vw group). If you slightly move the cable car play disconnects. I have tried at this point more than a dozen of cables from apple's official one, to thunderbolt 3,4, usb 3.1, usb 2.0. Really anything. The...
  2. 4nthony

    Wired -- or reliable wireless -- Remote?

    Does anyone know of a reliable solution for controlling audio on an iPhone in CarPlay? My van lacks dedicated FWD/REW buttons on the steering wheel. I picked up a bluetooth media button and it works...sometimes. It works great if the iPhone display is on, but once it turns off, it can take...
  3. H

    Apple Music How to play downloaded music?

    It’s crazy I have to ask this, but that’s the sad sad state of Siri today. I have 8 Gig of downloaded Apple Music songs on my iPhone and want to play them in my car using Siri. I have toggled off “Mobile Data” for the Music app. Can someone come up with a Siri request that will actually...
  4. W

    Voice calls crackle/distort via CarPlay on iPhone13 Pro Max iOS 17.3 and Alpine CarPlay unit

    Hey there! I‘ve just bought an Alpine ilx-705d and I’m experiencing crackles when doing telephone calls via CarPlay. I have no crackles when listening to music or checking my mailbox via CarPlay. It also doesn’t crackle when doing calls via Bluetooth. It only crackles when doing an active call...
  5. Wanted797

    Apple music Lock Screen widget remains after using CarPlay.

    Maybe I’m just missing something but every time I use CarPlay (wired) and listen to music, when I get out of the car I will have the music widget on my Lock Screen with the song paused. I can’t get rid of the widget even if I go into running apps, Apple Music is NOT running. To remove the...
  6. J

    Doing anything on iPhone causes CarPlay radio to start (Hyundai / Kia)

    We’ve been experiencing an odd issue with our new 2023 Sonata, which has the factory stock touchscreen head unit. When connected to an iPhone via CarPlay, regardless of if it’s wired or wireless, if we do something like take a picture, enabling the camera automatically activates the microphone...
  7. B

    CarPlay CarPlay Dock (The one on the screen, not a phone holder)

    I've got a gripe with how the Dock functions in CarPlay. I wish it would stay the same and stop changing based on the apps I've interacted with. This is the way it works: The top icon is for navigation, the middle is for audio and the bottom is for communication (but also Settings shows up...
  8. gowithjourney

    Universal Journey Navigation - New CarPlay navigation app with weather monitoring

    Hey there everyone 👋 https://gowithjourney.com We're excited to share a new navigation app with full turn-by-turn instructions, CarPlay, and weather support! Our goal is to continue building a premium navigation app with a multitude of features to help you plan and navigate your routes. Some...
  9. D

    iPhone 15 Pro Max USB splitter for CarPlay with 15PM and 13PM

    Anyone had any success finding an adapter that works for connecting a USB-A to USB-C cable and a USB-A to lightning cable for CarPlay? I want to be able to run CarPlay from either cable with a 15 PM and a 13 PM connected separately without having to disconnect / connect respective cables from...
  10. S

    CarPlay CarPlay Head Units with fast charging USB-C?

    Is there any brand of head unit or car model with CarPlay that outputs 27W or 30W USB-C for fast charging?
  11. K

    Glitchy Carplay maps since iOS 16.6.1

    Didn't see this mentioned anywhere else so curious if I'm the only one with this issue. Since the update to 16.6.1 last week, I've been having glitchy maps in CarPlay like the image attached. As I continue to drive, it's almost like it's clearing the map tiles from memory too early because the...
  12. andymuzik

    CarPlay Apple Music sounds distorted / Crackling

    Hi , I've using Apple Music & CarPlay for a while and recently picked a Skoda which came with inbuilt 8 speaker setup & woofer. Almost every 3rd song starts sounding as if the speakers are unable to handle the music ( It starts to Jarr ) . Now the same tracks on Spotify & Amazon music play...
  13. MakaniKai

    iPhone 13 mini Selecting search results on CarPlay

    Is it just my stereo or is there really no way to tap on the map icons when searching for a place on CarPlay? It will display a list of results with truncated addresses, and a whole bunch of pins on the map. How do I reliably pick one? They're not even numbered like on Android Auto so I have no...
  14. robgreene

    Carplay = Dangerous?

    When calls come in or go out during navigation, why does Carplay not shift to a Split Screen of Navigation + Phone Call instead of Full Screen Call? It's so dangerous taking navigation away entirely like that, particularly when people are in congested areas where lots of turns may be necessary...
  15. S

    Car radio randomly stops working when CarPlay is connected

    The weirdest thing, and it happens on my aftermarket radio as well as my wife's Equinox stock radio. iPhone is connected (wired and unwired CarPlay depending on the car), but we're listening to XM or the regular radio through the head unit (not CarPlay). Suddenly the sound stops, and the radio...
  16. S

    iPhone 12 Pro Max Carbridge for Apple CarPlay

    Hello I want to download and install Carbridge on my iPhone 12 in order to watch YouTube on CarPlay in my car. OS is 16.4.1 They say that it could be done without jailbreak Is it true? Is it safe? Any opinion? Again: my goal is to stream video from my iPhone to CarPlay Thanks
  17. A

    CarPlay Issues with CarPlay disconnecting iPhone while playing music and driving

    I’m currently driving a year old Nissan with CarPlay and plugging in (not even relying on Bluetooth) my iPhone 13PM into it and for two or three years maybe, it plays like clockwork. Seemingly, since the release of iOS 16.4 or so, I set up the phone plugged in, play music from Apple Music, start...
  18. SimonTT

    All iPads iPad as a Car Gauge Cluster

    Hi, I saw this video () and really liked the idea of modernising a car with something like this, but I am quite picky about screen quality and this one only has about 100ppi (I don't really like the 160ppi of my 27" Ultrafine Display), iPads have 260ppi and are at least 60Hz. Added with the fact...
  19. C

    CarPlay What's up with CarPlay??

    Not sure if it's my truck, the apps I'm using, or CarPlay itself but things have gotten increasingly buggy and unreliable. This morning I couldn't play a song with Spotify without using the phone directly. Music wouldn't play otherwise. Then when I tried to order a coffee with the Panera app...
  20. scfrazer2019

    Next track steering wheel control no longer working

    I noticed that my steering wheel button to change tracks no longer works on my 2019 GMC Acadia. It worked until about a week ago. If I change back to car radio or SXM, the next buttons works fine. However in CarPlay and using Pandora, it no longer changes to the next song. I also streamed my...