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johnb300m

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I'm trying this topic out here, since I've been running around with this with Lucid for months now, and they've finally given up and said it's "an Apple issue."
CarPlay, especially wireless, has never worked great in my '23 Air Pure.
It got so bad in fact, Lucid replaced the cabin control module that runs CarPlay among other things.
Symptoms are that it will never connect wirelessly with the two iPhones in the household.
Both are iPhone 15s, one standard, one Pro. All kept up to date on the latest iOS.
iOS updates sometimes impact connection reliability from "meh, a little flakey" to "impossible to connect."
We will often need to do some kind of random dance between killing wifi, bluetooth, and reconnecting to the car.
Sometimes wireless won't work at all, and will need to connect to CarPlay via USB cable, but that even isn't perfect. That will sometimes lead to an issue where audio plays for a split second, and continually pauses.
Or, for instance, Music or Spotify will play, but there will be no audio from the car or phone.

Is anyone else having these issues with CarPlay in Lucid vehicles?
Or in other vehicles?
The Lucid shares a garage with my other 2023 Jeep Grand Cherokee and wireless CarPlay has worked flawlessly in there, except for maybe a day or two, of finickiness.
 
I'm trying this topic out here, since I've been running around with this with Lucid for months now, and they've finally given up and said it's "an Apple issue."
CarPlay, especially wireless, has never worked great in my '23 Air Pure.
It got so bad in fact, Lucid replaced the cabin control module that runs CarPlay among other things.
Symptoms are that it will never connect wirelessly with the two iPhones in the household.
Both are iPhone 15s, one standard, one Pro. All kept up to date on the latest iOS.
iOS updates sometimes impact connection reliability from "meh, a little flakey" to "impossible to connect."
We will often need to do some kind of random dance between killing wifi, bluetooth, and reconnecting to the car.
Sometimes wireless won't work at all, and will need to connect to CarPlay via USB cable, but that even isn't perfect. That will sometimes lead to an issue where audio plays for a split second, and continually pauses.
Or, for instance, Music or Spotify will play, but there will be no audio from the car or phone.

Is anyone else having these issues with CarPlay in Lucid vehicles?
Or in other vehicles?
The Lucid shares a garage with my other 2023 Jeep Grand Cherokee and wireless CarPlay has worked flawlessly in there, except for maybe a day or two, of finickiness.
Did you update to 18.4.1 yet? The key bug fix in that update was wireless CarPlay stability. I know you said you’re up to date but just in case you missed the latest. You didn’t specify what iOS you’re on.
 
Did you update to 18.4.1 yet? The key bug fix in that update was wireless CarPlay stability. I know you said you’re up to date but just in case you missed the latest. You didn’t specify what iOS you’re on.
Thanks for that info!
I have NOT updated to 18.4.1 yet, since I saw a few reports that it was bricking phones, so I've been letting it simmer. It's in my queue though.
I did check the "Learn More" notes and did not see anything in there about CarPlay, so I sort of ignored it.

But just checking now on https://support.apple.com/en-us/121161, I see there's the note about CarPlay issue fixes.
I'll have to try the update and car interface this weekend.
 
Thanks for that info!
I have NOT updated to 18.4.1 yet, since I saw a few reports that it was bricking phones, so I've been letting it simmer. It's in my queue though.
I did check the "Learn More" notes and did not see anything in there about CarPlay, so I sort of ignored it.

But just checking now on https://support.apple.com/en-us/121161, I see there's the note about CarPlay issue fixes.
I'll have to try the update and car interface this weekend.
Best of luck. Hope it works out for you.
 
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