I rent cars frequently and most of the cars I rent support CarPlay. Literally all cars in the past few months had been pretty buggy when it comes to CarPlay. Sudden disconnects. Not connecting again after first try. Wireless or wired CarPlay has been so buggy for me that I'm horrified of the idea of the entire car's infotainment system running on this stack. I tried cars from BMW, Peugeot, BYD and VW.
Interesting, we have a VW ID 3 and never have issues with CarPlay. The Skoda that we had before that (2016 or 2017) had a glitch every few weeks or so where it would hang. Though I guess the bugs hadn't been ironed out in the CarPlay support yet (that car did not have a net connection, so we never updated the software).
We've had issues with Carplay and AA over wired and non wired connections in our motorhome (camper van for you yanks)
So we've got a 5g router with wifi in there - if that's on whilst you're driving the phone, whether iphone or android, will not connect to the headunit so no Carplay / AA.
These things are still extremely buggy which is hilarious considering how long they've been around.
(not to mention losing the connection on both AA and Carplay when going through a toll booth in France)
I have wired CarPlay in my Honda Accord, it's like 95% fine. My wife has wireless CarPlay in her Honda Pilot, and it's got the weird disconnection issues. We found that if our kids are using the wireless tethering it really kills the connection. However this really compounds when we drive into major cities, the interstates seem mostly fine. Once we hit Dallas proper we have to turn off tethering or else it won't connect at all.
Car manufacturers have been known to go cheap when it comes to their infotainment SOC/Bluetooth chips. Some auto manufacturers in particular have had buggy chips in recent years that have caused issues with integrations like these.
I had issues with wired CarPlay in multiple cars (and consistently on my Crosstrek)
Turned out to be a loose lightning port on my iPhone. A 15 minute visit to my local Apple Store fixed the problem.
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I rent cars frequently and most of the cars I rent support CarPlay. Literally all cars in the past few months had been pretty buggy when it comes to CarPlay. Sudden disconnects. Not connecting again after first try. Wireless or wired CarPlay has been so buggy for me that I'm horrified of the idea of the entire car's infotainment system running on this stack. I tried cars from BMW, Peugeot, BYD and VW.
I also rent a fair amount of cars and I've found Carplay to be rock solid. Only ever used wireless Carplay, though.
Wired CarPlay is even more seamless. There’s no pairing you just plug the cable in and go
Plus every car I’ve used wireless in (a small number though) the lag on the interface has driven me nuts.
Plug in a wire, it’s great.
Interesting, we have a VW ID 3 and never have issues with CarPlay. The Skoda that we had before that (2016 or 2017) had a glitch every few weeks or so where it would hang. Though I guess the bugs hadn't been ironed out in the CarPlay support yet (that car did not have a net connection, so we never updated the software).
We've had issues with Carplay and AA over wired and non wired connections in our motorhome (camper van for you yanks)
So we've got a 5g router with wifi in there - if that's on whilst you're driving the phone, whether iphone or android, will not connect to the headunit so no Carplay / AA.
These things are still extremely buggy which is hilarious considering how long they've been around.
(not to mention losing the connection on both AA and Carplay when going through a toll booth in France)
I have wired CarPlay in my Honda Accord, it's like 95% fine. My wife has wireless CarPlay in her Honda Pilot, and it's got the weird disconnection issues. We found that if our kids are using the wireless tethering it really kills the connection. However this really compounds when we drive into major cities, the interstates seem mostly fine. Once we hit Dallas proper we have to turn off tethering or else it won't connect at all.
The only problem I've had with that regard was two different GM vehicles I owned in the past would randomly shut off the whole infotainment system.
Otherwise, CarPlay itself has been solid and I'd never even consider purchasing a car without it.
Car manufacturers have been known to go cheap when it comes to their infotainment SOC/Bluetooth chips. Some auto manufacturers in particular have had buggy chips in recent years that have caused issues with integrations like these.
I had issues with wired CarPlay in multiple cars (and consistently on my Crosstrek) Turned out to be a loose lightning port on my iPhone. A 15 minute visit to my local Apple Store fixed the problem.
There have been a lot of bugs on Apple's part, that they've been slowly fixing on iOS 18.X versions.