What’s sad is I bought two of the wireless ones and they were dropping like crazy!! My phone calls, music and I just ended up returning them both. They were great when they did work. Didn’t know if it was the component so that’s why I returned them. Now to see if was a software issue.. smh
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Apple Releases Wireless CarPlay Fix
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This is always my experience (using a third-party screen). Connecting to wireless is never an issue.
Wait-what?!
I have a 2020 Outback Legacy - I've been plugging my phone in for 5 years - didn't know it supported wireless Carplay...
GM's ICE cars still have CarPlay, it's only their newer EVs that don't.It is GM’s fault for not having CarPlay in the first place,.
It's been around kind of a long time now, it's starting to trickle down to used cars and base models as well.
For some reason in the back of my mind I always have this ridiculous hope the .1s will fix every annoying bug I encounter, increase battery life, etc. But then it's a reboot and back to reality.
Indeed as my ‘25 Tahoe does & noticed yesterday (1st time) intermittent loss of volume so we’ll see if this addresses it.
AFAIK only from 2023 onwards
https://appleinsider.com/articles/2...ng-wireless-apple-carplay-on-the-2023-outback (ours is a 2024)
Dang, now my Apple CarPlay doesn't even connect at all. I see a spinning wheel, then the connection just drops. Tried several times on my aftermarket CarPlay dongle thingy.
I've been dealing with this in my 2024 Jeep Grand Cherokee for the past month. Downloading now and hopefully it fixes the issue.
Since 18.4, my CarPlay issues have occurred on both wireless and wired connections. I have had wireless connection issues, but the biggest has been while on a phone call—the connection will randomly drop and then re-connect. I tried connecting it with a wired connection and had the same issue, which made me believe this was a 18.4 issue. Multiple phone reboots and Infotainment system reboots haven't resolved it.
Hopefully, this will resolve it. I will see today.
Hopefully, this will resolve it. I will see today.
2021 Audi Q3 here. No issues at all on my end.
Wireless Carplay is not always the best choice. Best would to be able to choose between wired and wireless on the go. The Car should support both. For example if more than one person drive the same car and all are in the car. Or on longer trips. My car has connection errors when i leave the car more than three times on a longer trips. A cableis not the worst solution.
For short trips, wireless is amazing
For short trips, wireless is amazing
Just updated, and I am still having the same issues with a 2024 Jeep Grand Cherokee 4xe. CarPlay worked fine until version 18.4, and it also worked fine in the loaner 2025 Jeep Grand Cherokee I had for a few days. My wife's phone also works fine on our Jeep with wireless, and she has the same phone (iPhone 16 Pro) and same software (18.4). This is just frustrating, weird, and totally unacceptable.
Since IOS 18 carplay has been a disaster, reboots,audio issues, random lag when tryingto navigate. It's def not my car, works perfectly for anything other than 18.x.
Let's hope this update fixes it, cos I think we are all getting sick and tired of Apple's general problem with their continued lack of QE/QA....
Let's hope this update fixes it, cos I think we are all getting sick and tired of Apple's general problem with their continued lack of QE/QA....
I did find that the following sequence fix the carplay reboots, even the one where the first phone call would always disconnect...
From the car interface - unpair and delete any phones and remove any remaining data
From the phone - remove car from carplay and then remove car from bluetooth devices - reboot phone
Then restart your car, to reboot the headunit
Pair phone to car/carplay using normal proceedure for your vehicle
This has stopped the reboots on mine and also on my wife's car.Hope this help you too.