Apple CarPlay is Garbage- Did we get the Beta version?

[izzysanchez]

I had this problem on a long trip, 1700 miles in 2 days type trip. What I found out with my iPhone Xr is:

• Hard connected or not didn’t have an effect, didn’t matter
• The phone did get pretty hot, it was warm
• Where I placed the phone did seem to matter, in the hard console or on the seat.
• Shutting down the car and back on didn’t make a difference
• Shutting down the phone and back on again worked EVERY TIME, I think it might have been a phone issue. I did it this while driving on the highway and the phone always reconnected.

Not saying the integration is not the problem, just what worked for me. Upgraded to an iPhone 15 since my Xr was pretty old and not a great battery.

 

[chris_in_phx]

I finally took mine in to have the tech look at why CarPlay refused to function correctly. It seems they are well aware of this issue. I was told at the dealer and to “be patient and await an update.” To be frank Toyotas Apple Car play software is total garbage. It has more glitches than features and doesn’t connect more than half the time. It recently totally packed up on me on a 4 hour trip and I drove on in silence. Well not total silence, just wind noise from the mirrors. The software code must be riddled with errors as it never behaves the same way twice. Google maps audio drops, then it’s back. Amazon Music freezes completely then it says search unavailable. iPhone randomly disables itself as CarPlay device, then readable all by itself. Don’t get me started on Siri…

Anyone have any ideas on a solution ?

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Not that this helps you but i havent had any issues other than the iphone not connecting automatically if i remote start. I wonder if you have a bad head unit?

Edit: i have an iPhone 15 pro (new hardware & software)

 

[ultane]

I had this problem on a long trip, 1700 miles in 2 days type trip. What I found out with my iPhone Xr is:

• Hard connected or not didn’t have an effect, didn’t matter
• The phone did get pretty hot, it was warm
• Where I placed the phone did seem to matter, in the hard console or on the seat.
• Shutting down the car and back on didn’t make a difference
• Shutting down the phone and back on again worked EVERY TIME, I think it might have been a phone issue. I did it this while driving on the highway and the phone always reconnected.

Not saying the integration is not the problem, just what worked for me. Upgraded to an iPhone 15 since my Xr was pretty old and not a great battery.

I’ve often wondered if it was an iOS issue. Maybe we should be talking to Apple Support, instead of bitching about it here. (?)