I wish I could change the unit in my car, but no after market solution exists (that I know of) for Dodge Journeys (possibly other recent Dodges too? not sure). With climate controls built into it, it really sucks
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Sony Introduces New Aftermarket CarPlay and Siri Eyes Free Systems
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I thought CarPlay was available in (almost) the entire Toyota line up?
edit: just Google'd it, I must have been thinking of something else, they do not.
Except you just lost the ability to program your car. I know with the Camry you program your lights etc through the radio screen.
I've thought about putting an aftermarket device in my 2010 Camry, but how much of a hassle would thst be since I don't have any Bluetooth at all to begin with?
I wonder if a factory Honda backup camera and SXM antenna would work with it. The nav unit in our CRV is so dated, no Bluetooth either.
Go back and read any Macrumors thread about CarPlay and Siri from the last few years. People complaining about limited number of apps available to use in CarPlay (and GooglePlay but that seldom is mentioned) and voice commands not working very well and they have to use Apple Maps and can't use Google or Waze or whatever... now imagine finding out that this system, this flawed unusable system, is 10,000 times better than Entune. You can't use anybody's map app. If you want navigation, you use Toyotas built in system, which is DVD based. Want/need an update for your maps? That'll be $400.00 dollars. And the number of apps you can use is up to what, six? seven? And the voice recognition is second to everyone. I use to amuse people trying to ask for 'nearest gas station' and have it tell me that it can't find that radio station. I'm not saying that CarPlay doesn't have problems, it does, at least the rental I had a few months ago still did, but it was nothing compared to the utter uselessness of Entune. I haven't noticed them promoting Entune for a few years on TV or radio ads, but a friend said it was still the only 'entertainment' system available on Toyota brand cars.
The reason I asked why is I was considering the Camry XLE (Last choice amongst other cars I was looking at) and Etune seems to be not favored my many. Reading through this thread and others, the results are not very favorable with Entune for reasons you stated and @EdT made some valid points as well.
Ultimately, I upgraded to the new Ford Taurus SHO, which has Sync 3 and I couldn't be happier with my choice. (And the twin turbo power is exhilarating!)
If you use Apple Music or Spotify and have the space for a dual din you will love it.
You left out:. Specifically, this way you can use Google Maps and Waze, neither of which are on CarPlay, making the setup infinitely better.
Until CarPlay can run those apps, and my audio streaming apps, some of which are obscure, I have no interest.
Have they made the nag screen optional yet? Software update needed if not.
Does it support Sirius XM yet for cars that already have the antenna? Hardware update if not.
Does it support Sirius XM yet for cars that already have the antenna? Hardware update if not.
My car came with a dual din touch screen, so yes. And I use Apple Music as well. I guess I'll check it out.
For the posts asking about others' CarPlay experience, mine has been mediocre, and this is from someone who has used two aftermarket CarPlay head units.
It has gotten a lot better, bug-wise, but it is still very limited, and this will most likely will not change any time soon. I notice that Siri has gotten a lot better, but still very limited on CP vs on the iPhone. This has been the most annoying thing about it lately, at least for me.
Example, when using CP, if you ask what time Target Closes, it will say that it cannot do that.
One really nice recent addition to CP is Amazon Music. CP has a lot of compatible music apps and audio book apps, but that is it.
A piece of advice for anyone that is looking for an aftermarket CP unit, try to get one with a physical Siri Button. While some are compatible with steering wheel controls, the adapters don't always work with Siri, and if you do not have steering wheel controls, having a physical button for it makes using CP so much easier.
I personally prefer physical buttons for the basics such as volume/mute, skip, Siri. The all touch screen units suck imo.
Do you have the Journey with the Alpine package?
It has gotten a lot better, bug-wise, but it is still very limited, and this will most likely will not change any time soon. I notice that Siri has gotten a lot better, but still very limited on CP vs on the iPhone. This has been the most annoying thing about it lately, at least for me.
Example, when using CP, if you ask what time Target Closes, it will say that it cannot do that.
One really nice recent addition to CP is Amazon Music. CP has a lot of compatible music apps and audio book apps, but that is it.
A piece of advice for anyone that is looking for an aftermarket CP unit, try to get one with a physical Siri Button. While some are compatible with steering wheel controls, the adapters don't always work with Siri, and if you do not have steering wheel controls, having a physical button for it makes using CP so much easier.
I personally prefer physical buttons for the basics such as volume/mute, skip, Siri. The all touch screen units suck imo.
Do you have the Journey with the Alpine package?
Yup.
Waze is pretty much the default app running whenever I hop into my car along with Apple Music or pandora and sometimes SoundCloud which I'm not sure CarPlay allows.
Yeah. I'm paying for Full Self Driving. Expecting $50K before incentives and taxes (base battery + premium upgrades + FSD + midnight silver paint + destination fee.)
Nice man, sounds like an awesome vehicle. Don't forget to add an LSD, then jailbreak the software to install a "drifting" profile for the autonomous driver
"Why is this guy's Tesla drifting around every corner?"
"Idk, but I like it!"
idk, that translation means the article will be published Sept 10 which could mean we find out details and release date. Im hoping it releases that day though.
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