Good news for Apple CarPlay users

[mgrobins]

BMW 1 series has wireless carplay so it's hardly a new tech (1 series is end of life). No idea why VW have made this plug in only.

I'll have to source a short USB cable I guess... I'm about to get a new Golf R and carplay will be a great new feature to use.

As I understand it Carplay simply mirrors the iphone so there is no splitting of apps across both like you would on a multi monitor PC for example?

I played with a new A250 merc and both displays on it can be customised extensively so the lack of that in the cockpit diaply for VW is again, a bit of a dissapointment.
I am pretty sure they could do a firmware update and revamp this... but also pretty sure they will give owners the finger on it as the full digital implementation of the Mk8 may be perceived as less ground breaking if they did that.

[Foxpuppet]

For me plugging in isn’t an issue. Keeps the phone fully charged ready for when I get out of the car. Seriously drains battery life just running on Bluetooth.


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[The_Hawk]

Running CarPlay for nav + steaming music sees my iPhone 8 Plus not charge (but not go down either). I don't know that wireless would be able to keep up at all.