Toyota Ireland - Apple CarPlay

JamesBond2010 · 09-01-2021 11:15pm

The Falcon wrote: »

Agreed Carplay better than Android and opinions on Google say the same. I'm Android also and totally unimpressed so far. Tried Carplay with my old iPhone (running IOS 14) and very impressed. I'm going to persist with Android though till I crack it or it cracks me.

I got spotify to work by clicking unknown sources in settings (different version of spotify ). also know that there is no icons for messaging like there is in iphone. but whats app and messaging are still supported. i was looking an iphone to try it & see what it was like. The same totally unimpressed by it Android auto I could do the same thing before i got it installed.

The Falcon · 09-01-2021 11:18pm

JamesBond2010 wrote: »

I got spotify to work by clicking unknown sources in settings (different version of spotify ). also know that there is no icons for messaging like there is in iphone. but whats app and messaging are still supported. i was looking an iphone to try it & see what it was like. The same totally unimpressed by it Android auto I could do the same thing before i got it installed.

Looks like Android Auto is still a work in progress - hopefully they'll get there soon ðŸ€ž

GustavoFring · 09-01-2021 11:23pm

JamesBond2010 wrote: »

lads is this all the apps that showing up in my one how do i add other apps like ones supported whatsapp and spotifiy

Scroll down and you should see more apps?

EDIT - did you go through the set up fully in the app?

JamesBond2010 · 10-01-2021 12:40am

GustavoFring wrote: »

Scroll down and you should see more apps?

EDIT - did you go through the set up fully in the app?

I forgot to mention that it was android now not iPhone .Ya that all downloaded "Google maps media and messaging." Have to alter stuff to get my version of Spotify to work & appear but other than that. Thats all the apps showing up for android

corks finest · 10-01-2021 12:45pm

ba_barabus wrote: »

It's a licensing issue and I've been told it'll be sorted before years end. But it's not really acceptable is it.

Crazy situation, I don't understand why, as anyone can go out and buy a unit and put it in, I've a pioneer that works with apple play and android

10-01-2021 12:48pm

It’s not just a Toyota thing. In my Ford CarPlay is way better than Android Auto and I know someone with an Audi says similar. AA is just poorly done.

L-M · 10-01-2021 12:52pm

Android auto is fairly awful in comparison to Apple car play. The only problem with Apple car play is the voice command stuff is limited to Apple apps, ie you can’t ask Spotify to play music etc

corks finest · 10-01-2021 12:52pm

The Falcon wrote: »

Agreed Carplay better than Android and opinions on Google say the same. I'm Android also and totally unimpressed so far. Tried Carplay with my old iPhone (running IOS 14) and very impressed. I'm going to persist with Android though till I crack it or it cracks me.

Have both on my unit and switched back to an android phone and android auto is as good to me as apple carplay, Spotify is Seamless, no issues whatsoever, pioneer SPH 250 DAB

10-01-2021 12:56pm

L-M wrote: »

Android auto is fairly awful in comparison to Apple car play. The only problem with Apple car play is the voice command stuff is limited to Apple apps, ie you can’t ask Spotify to play music etc

Yeah that is a drawback, same as not being able to ask Siri to navigate to somewhere in Google Maps. Luckily GM has the Google voice search built in but it could be more seamless. Android Auto just isn’t smooth enough for handy use in a car though.

corks finest · 10-01-2021 1:08pm

ReginaldSmythV wrote: »

Yeah that is a drawback, same as not being able to ask Siri to navigate to somewhere in Google Maps. Luckily GM has the Google voice search built in but it could be more seamless. Android Auto just isn’t smooth enough for handy use in a car though.

Ah lads yere spoiled, voice commands work, Google maps is accurate,voice to text is OK, maybe I'm easily pleased but I'm impressed with my unit

JamesBond2010 · 10-01-2021 4:24pm

corks finest wrote: »

Ah lads yere spoiled, voice commands work, Google maps is accurate,voice to text is OK, maybe I'm easily pleased but I'm impressed with my unit

It is just i was probally expecting more like apple car play interface than the android auto interface.

Does the wireless thing android auto work in your Ford ?

shanec1928 · 10-01-2021 5:07pm

JamesBond2010 wrote: »

It is just i was probally expecting more like apple car play interface than the android auto interface.

Does the wireless thing android auto work in your Ford ?

wireless android auto will only be available on android 11 or what ever it’s called also think it will only work with select models.

corks finest · 12-01-2021 10:57am

shanec1928 wrote: »

wireless android auto will only be available on android 11 or what ever it’s called also think it will only work with select models.

CES 2021: Pioneer Introduces Wireless CarPlay Receiver With Modular Design for Flexible Installation

shanec1928 · 12-01-2021 9:46pm

corks finest wrote: »

CES 2021: Pioneer Introduces Wireless CarPlay Receiver With Modular Design for Flexible Installation

Only certain model android phones will support wireless android auto.

DaveyDave · 12-01-2021 10:05pm

corks finest wrote: »

Ah lads yere spoiled, voice commands work, Google maps is accurate,voice to text is OK, maybe I'm easily pleased but I'm impressed with my unit

Yeah I don't get it, I've been using Android Auto in my Golf for 3 years with 3 different phones and haven't had any major issues. A few small things such as it not playing messages when I press the notification sometimes or the odd time it doesn't hear me say 'yes' to reply to a message but other than that it does exactly what I need it to. It's a smooth experience and it's easy enough to use.

It does depend on the car though. In my Golf if I mute the volume Spotify will pause whereas in my mam's Mokka X it didn't. The navigation volume wouldn't change and was distorted also but fine in the Golf.

corks finest · 12-01-2021 10:26pm

shanec1928 wrote: »

Only certain model android phones will support wireless android auto.

All new ones will

JamesBond2010 · 13-01-2021 1:18am

shanec1928 wrote: »

Only certain model android phones will support wireless android auto.

but i heard it drains the phone battery like hell though, which would be a right pain if it does

corks finest · 13-01-2021 11:32am

JamesBond2010 wrote: »

but i heard it drains the phone battery like hell though, which would be a right pain if it does

FFS that's not too clever so

DaveyDave · 13-01-2021 1:22pm

I don't think it would be an issue for battery drain but I believe wireless charging increases heat on the battery which will shorten the lifespan of it in the phone over time.

JamesBond2010 · 13-01-2021 2:04pm

DaveyDave wrote: »

I don't think it would be an issue for battery drain but I believe wireless charging increases heat on the battery which will shorten the lifespan of it in the phone over time.

Well either way it will defeat the purpose of it being wireless.if u have to plug the thing in after a while. If there was a way of improving it so u could use Bluetooth then that would be ideal.

Henry Ford III · 13-01-2021 4:03pm

Is wireless that important? Functionality and reliability are I'd suggest.

corks finest · 13-01-2021 4:16pm

Henry Ford III wrote: »

Is wireless that important? Functionality and reliability are I'd suggest.

For me yes, left arm goosed at times (ladder fall)
So if I stretch without thinking as I do when reaching for the phone in glove box - android auto) connection, wireless would be good

jaggiebunnet · 03-02-2021 4:25pm

has anyone had a 2019 Rav 4 upgraded to use be able to use carplay? Just had ours in for service and they said they couldn't upgrade as it has no satnav.

JamesBond2010 · 03-02-2021 5:37pm

jaggiebunnet wrote: »

has anyone had a 2019 Rav 4 upgraded to use be able to use carplay? Just had ours in for service and they said they couldn't upgrade as it has no satnav.

i had 2019 corolla without satnav & mine was upgraded

Should ask other dealers and see what they say, heard some thing before about it before but cant remember which model it was.

JamesBond2010 · 14-04-2021 4:17pm

Lads anyone else think android auto is not that great now,when you get a message the dictation when you read the message doesnt read it properly sometimes & you get an totally different message to what is actually sent.& as for sending messages nearly the same. i thought u might be a be able to at least see the messages you get.

andublin · 11-05-2021 5:18pm

eladnova wrote: »

Hi
Any new Toyota owners out there know when Apple's CarPlay will be integrated.
We had a vague 'it's coming soon' from a sales guy but no real idea of 2019 or 202 etc

€100 in Denis Mahoney, May 2021

JamesBond2010 · 11-05-2021 5:56pm

andublin wrote: »

€100 in Denis Mahoney, May 2021

what ?? ur are replying to the 1st post thats over 2 yrs old did u read the rest of the thread the other 8 pages some people have had it installed months now.

andublin · 12-05-2021 9:55am

“Some people have had it installed for months now.”

Yes I read all 8 pages.This isn’t a competition for most of us. The first post, though old, is still relevant, for people like myself, newly searching for information.

I added information about the cost of the upgrade, to be helpful to anyone like myself searching for this. If anyone knows of a cheaper way to get the official files and do the update, that would be appreciated by most other people

Sorry about you feeling offended and scornful.

JamesBond2010 · 12-05-2021 10:24am

andublin wrote: »

“Some people have had it installed for months now.”

Yes I read all 8 pages.This isn’t a competition for most of us. The first post, though old, is still relevant, for people like myself, newly searching for information.

I added information about the cost of the upgrade, to be helpful to anyone like myself searching for this. If anyone knows of a cheaper way to get the official files and do the update, that would be appreciated by most other people

Sorry about you feeling offended and scornful.

It was a free update, that dealer was only screwing u for money I didn't pay anything for my update.

andublin · 13-05-2021 9:20am

Details of the dealer providing free update would also be helpful

flanders2006 · 16-05-2021 10:50pm

andublin wrote: »

Details of the dealer providing free update would also be helpful

I got mine free with service at Toyota liffey valley

lostinashford · 17-05-2021 6:32pm

Was quoted €184.50 today, when my car is in for service next week. Carroll & Kinsella Deansgrange :eek:

JamesBond2010 · 17-05-2021 10:08pm

lostinashford wrote: »

Was quoted €184.50 today, when my car is in for service next week. Carroll & Kinsella Deansgrange :eek:

Is that for the service or for the update.i just paid for the service when mine was in updated it for nothing. Inquire off other dealers seems to be awful amount of con artists dealers in Dublin. I would say it straight to them why are they charging when other dealers offer it for free.

20/20 · 19-05-2021 1:07am

Does anyone know if there is a minimum age your car has to be for carplay ?

sumo12 · 19-05-2021 8:24am

20/20 wrote: »

Does anyone know if there is a minimum age your car has to be for carplay ?

I'm hazy on this one, but I thinks its MM16 units, which came out in 2015. These are updateable to latest software.

I could be a mile wrong on this though and one of the guys who has had it done can correct me

19-05-2021 8:38am

Wouldn’t mind knowing too if it goes back that far. We have a 2015 one ourselves. Is there a way to know from the info on the software if it will work?

20/20 · 19-05-2021 11:21am

My car is 2017 with Sat-Nav. It used to have google street view / Speed cameras / Petrol stations and prices near me / parking spaces and prices near me / weather updates / and Aha (which basically was an App like Tunein) plus some others. It came with three years of free updates, and so last year everything stoped working except the Sat-Nav.
I left car into Denis Mahony Kilbarrack this morning for service and asked for radio update . Was told there isnt one, and he tried to sell me a new radio that still has no Carplay.
I know there is an update because when I try to use anything the onscreen message says log into Toyota.eu for update.
I have logged into Toyota a few times and entered my info. The site even tells me which updates are for my radio and allows me to add them to a shopping cart, but gives me no option to pay or download.
This is VERY BAD play form Toyota. When I paid over €42,000 in 2017 the sales guy kept banging on about the stereo been top notch.

20/20 · 19-05-2021 11:27am

Forgot to say after my rant, What I would like to know is suggestions for a good double din stereo to replace the Toyota factory model in a Land-cruiser.

JamesBond2010 · 19-05-2021 12:24pm

I think it is only the new models only MM17(software version on headunit) onwards that allow for the upgrade for the software

corks finest · 20-05-2021 11:26pm

20/20 wrote: »

Forgot to say after my rant, What I would like to know is suggestions for a good double din stereo to replace the Toyota factory model in a Land-cruiser.

I put in a pioneer SPH 250 DAB in my Honda Insight, fab
Presume it’ll go into any car
Car play and android auto , plays Spotify and great Bluetooth and sound, calls v good

corks finest · 20-05-2021 11:32pm

20/20 wrote: »

Forgot to say after my rant, What I would like to know is suggestions for a good double din stereo to replace the Toyota factory model in a Land-cruiser.

I put in a pioneer SPH 250 DAB in my Honda Insight, fab
Presume it’ll go into any car

dubliniift · 22-05-2021 9:25pm

evan10 · 08-08-2021 10:13am

Hi just came across this thread after days of searching for Irish people talking about weather Apple car play can be installed. I will be purchasing a 191-D Toyota Corolla Hatchback sport and the dealer says it doesn’t come with it but it might be able to be retrofitted can anyone confirm this for me please? Thanks lads

JamesBond2010 · 08-08-2021 10:40pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117722771#Comment_117722771

ya mine was upgraded to it my original unit didnt have the sat nav option mine so mine was upgraded easily. should be able to upgrade it no problem

evan10 · 11-08-2021 5:24pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117725771#Comment_117725771

Hi so the dealer got back to me today saying that they can’t upgrade to Apple car play because of the software that’s installed won’t take it? This is Toyota Ashbourne do you have any idea what’s wrong? It’s a 2019 Toyota Corolla

JamesBond2010 · 12-08-2021 4:20am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117739046#Comment_117739046

Wonder does it have the software with sat navigation built in. Cause I think that one was a bit different to the one with out sat nav.The one with out sat nav was easiest to upgrade.

Do u know what software version is in the car ? Mine without the satnav was MM17 version.

evan10 · 12-08-2021 6:34am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117740964#Comment_117740964

My one seems to have sat nav built into it I’m picking it up today so you’re thinking ones with sat nav probably can’t be done? I’ll figure some way around it even if the unit needs replacing I’ll do that

doney84 · 12-08-2021 11:24am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117740997#Comment_117740997

I have a 191 saloon with Sat Nav. My dealer was able to upgrade mine to Android Auto/Carplay. Not sure if my car being the saloon version makes a difference.

JamesBond2010 · 12-08-2021 6:02pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117740997#Comment_117740997

I think it is just more work that is all, no it doesnt make a difference if the car is a saloon same radio and software.

doney84 · 13-08-2021 1:15am

I remember reading on a Toyota forum that the MM17 head unit was made by both Panasonic and Denso and something about the android auto/carplay upgrade maybe not working with one of them. This was ages ago and can't remember all the details but your dealer should be able to advise.

Toyota Ireland - Apple CarPlay

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