iOS 11 CarPlay

Thanks. Good to see they've finally caught on that ETA/Distance are essential numbers on a GPS screen at ALL times & given them permanent portion of the screen.

If they want to improve on it again, allow Google Maps

 

Or Waze! (which I know is now owned by Google)

 

3. ...and multi lane guidance is a fantastic upgrade. Plus the road's speed limit too. Night mode is enabled.

 

I’ve had plenty of crashes using navigation with public beta 3. Now that I have 4, hopefully that stops.

 

Oh gross! When did they buy them? Is that why I see ads for Dunkin' Donuts everywhere now

 

Welcome to 2013.

 

I have an issue with my Alpine ilx-107 where there is not audio for Maps navigation. The playing audio lower or stops, but there is no voice. This is a recent install, so I have only used iOS11 since install. Tried a bunch of settings. No avail.

 

I've only used this with iOS11, but in my car the night mode appears to be integrated with the auto headlights in my car, so if the lights come on maps switches to night mode and if they turn off, the unit goes back to the regular mode.

 

Not sure how but it seems to be automatic. Also not CarPlay (or car/headlights triggered) specific since here is a screenshot of it on just the iPhone.

 

My car switches to dark mode when the lights come on, I believe.

 

....and how does it know this when it's not plugged into CarPlay and is just the iPhone? See my 2ed pic above.

 

If you are just using navigation on the phone, it goes by current time compared to sunset time, I believe.

 

Boy do I know that location - was there hundreds of time on business - brought back great memories

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I have a carplay maps issue - when I just use it as a map - no directions - it stops tracking where I am. It seems to happen when I stop at a light. Then I pick up I realize the map hasn't moved and there is no location icon. I have to go into the top area and press the Arrow symbol to get it started again. Anyone else having this?
Thanks

 

Tested it. It’s controlled by my cars ambient light sensor. Throw a towel over it and the screen goes instantly into night mode. It also forces the phone into night mode.

 

Tested today on my car - 2017 VW goes into night mode when headlights are turned on

 

Perhaps someone here could answer this for me. When I get into the car, and select Maps, it brings up a standard location (say, "home"), and, from here, I can long press to either use Guidance or ETA. How can I access this when I select a different location? When I search for a different location, I can only figure out how to do Guidance. Often, I prefer just the ETA.

 

Did a little test too and it DOES work of the ambient sensor in my car and probably headlights on/dash lights dimmer on others that don't have auto headlights.

randomplaydo: You should have the dash lights dimmer wire hooked to your aftermarket so it knows when the headlights are on (usually yellow). If not it should probably default to the iPhone's Night Mode.

The iPhone automatically does Night Mode too and not sure what the trigger is. Some have said sunset/sunrise which could be and probably is the case. Oddly this changes everyday and will also very if your location changes (latitude and/or longitude). Of course this is all known and calculated by the iPhone.

 

Which 2017 VW do you have? I updated to iOS 11b8 last night and bluetooth and carplay are now broken in my 2017 VW Golf.

 

I read about it being broken - not running IOS 11 beta - but it worried me. I have a Jetta. Be eager to hear updates from you on this problem

 

No issues in my Hyundai. Must be a vw thing

 

Omg yes I wish they would just allow google maps. I've been using google maps and waze with android auto and it's great but android auto is much clunkier than CarPlay and just doesn't look as nice

 

Is it a matter of "allowing" or Google/Waze not going for it. Audible and other non-apple apps have coded CarPlay apps. Is it truly apple preventing it?

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I have a 2018 Ram and a 2018 Chrysler Pacifica. Both with Connect systems and CarPlay. Neither will go into dark mode in Apple Maps, and I don't see anywhere to manually change it either. Doesn't matter if lights are on/off or auto, apple maps stays in daytime mode. I even disconnected my iPhone from the USB, it instantly went into dark mode on my phone... the moment I plug it back in to USB, dark mode goes away and comes back to day time mode. It's the same way in both cars. My wife's phone is an iPhone 6s, and mine is an iPhone X... same issue on both phones, in both cars. I'm at a loss on the issue.