Is your bluetooth on? I believe CarPlay stopped working in the bronco for a day until i re-enabled bluetooth. I had disabled bluetooth bc i was connected to the in house surround sound and wanted it disconnected.
Haha, guess old habits die hard lol. Only have a 3gb data plan to share with the wife, we rarely get close to going over it except when I have android auto running. Seems like a few days of running it I start getting the alert 50% used, 75% used 90% used lol
What I use CarPlay for is neither laggy nor buggy. Apps respond as quickly as native Sync selections, which is to say, with no noticeable lag. Without CarPlay, using apps like Waze would mean having to mount my phone somewhere up on the dash and fiddling during a drive. With CarPlay, I can have nav and music on the same screen. Or nav (e.g., for trails), and pitch and roll or other settings displayed simultaneously. With CarPlay, I can hear and respond to a text hands-free. That's especially helpful when my wife would like me to stop by the grocery store and pick something up on the way home, for example. Much better than getting all the way home without seeing the text and having to go back out again.I'm aware of the existence of these interfaces, and have tried them myself, but for the life of me I can't understand why anyone would prefer using either of those laggy and buggy connections over a simple bluetooth connection for basic phone interface. You guys trying to play raid shadow legends or something on your Bronco screens? All that stuff is already on your phone and isn't neutered and nannied for your safety, why do you need it over there too
I stream music from my iPhone to my car whether it’s Pandora, Apple Music, or another app. I also use Waze and sometimes Apple Maps. I don’t really miss CarPlay when driving my Tesla but their app works seamlessly with my iPhone for music and calls. The Tesla mapping is awesome especially with its 17” diagonal screen.I feel I'm in such a minority. I don't want my vehicle to become an extension of my phone. I get in my vehicle and put the phone down. I don't need my text messages read to me, I don't need anything on my phone while driving. I can answer texts/phone calls etc when I get where I'm going. I have satellite radio, and with that I'm good to go. Even if I wanted a podcast or audio book, I could still stream that via bluetooth. Carplay gains me nothing. I don't get the fascination with having it.
My phone is mounted just to the left of the blinker, same position as in my plane, and I can do all of what you listed without needing anything besides a bluetooth connection to the Bronco for sound. I'm using it like a bluetooth speaker, and that's it. Text to speech and back, hands free when I feel like it, fully functional when I don't feel like it. I tried the synch for onxoffroad, the connection isn't super stable and tends to disconnect and reconnect more often than what I consider acceptable, and I end up with less functionality than if I just use the phone for it instead. Once connected, not only do I have watered down functionality on the app shown in the screen, it even limits function on my phone too.
This is the answer I was looking for. My current car was just before CarPlay came out to the masses and every time I use it in our other car or while traveling, the clear benefit is the up to date maps and ease of searching for a place on your phone and hitting go. Trying to type your destination into an integrated GPS system was always terrible.
You should shop for plans, it may be that you can move to an unlimited one for less than you're paying now. Maybe even toss in a free/discounted new phone. Emphasis on "may"
Same here, when my daughter’s car was totaled. It was a must have feature when I was looking for a replacement. I just don’t know if I could buy anything new that doesn’t have it. I’m sure I’m not paying for it as a service.
