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Wireless Carplay
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You can thank someone on another thread for posting this a month or 2 ago. https://a.co/d/aPH89nU
Unpair your phone from the explorer or you’ll get connection issues.
Unpair your phone from the explorer or you’ll get connection issues.
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Dont know why most love wireless, I prefer wired 10/10 times. It charges with lil to no heating, its faster/smoother, if for any reason starts to act up, just unplug and plug phone back again AND wired outputs lossless audio.
Wireless is slower, phone gets hot, eats battery, audio is lossy and have those annoying random disconnections that may require a phone restart after. Dealt with 4 different MFGs, all same crap and annoying.
Wireless is slower, phone gets hot, eats battery, audio is lossy and have those annoying random disconnections that may require a phone restart after. Dealt with 4 different MFGs, all same crap and annoying.
I never thought I needed it either until I drone my wife’s new MB. It has a charging pad and wireless CarPlay. But the CarPlay is a choice.
If I get in the car with my phone, it starts everything in normal car mode but I have a CarPlay icon on the screen. Allows me to use it while charging but doesn’t force me.
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If I get in the car with my phone, it starts everything in normal car mode but I have a CarPlay icon on the screen. Allows me to use it while charging but doesn’t force me.
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My wife's BMW is the same way. Still holds true to everything including the lossy audio with wireless. Wireless charging is also slower, during summer after a 40 min drive, I need to remove it from the charging pad. I get a warning regarding phone being too hot. Never had that issue with wired during summer.
I use the wireless for long trips even. Rarely encounter the overheating charging issue. Don't notice lower sound quality either. Those that play lossless over the stock B&O system need to reconsider--waste of bandwidth! I have a separate (different brand) dongle when my wife is driving. Biggest issue with the wireless dongles is occasionally (but rather frequently) it won't connect. I either have to unplug the dongle, or reboot Sync to get it working again.
Not sure what speakers or system has to do with lossless audio? You dont need special speakers or headphones for lossless output. I mean car's from early 90's were outputting better sound with the CD's lol
The better speakers, the better the sound but even on stock audio, it's still an upgrade vs compressed audio.
The better speakers, the better the sound but even on stock audio, it's still an upgrade vs compressed audio.
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I can say, so far, the wireless CarPlay in my new 2025 is working great. When I picked it up a few days ago, it had 6 miles on it. The center screen took forever to load and was behaving erratically. After a Google search, you soft-boot and it's fine. My Wife's Macan has wireless CarPlay, and once it gets used to you, as soon as you start it up, Waze and Apple Music are playing. Explorer works like that now, after the reboot.
I do not think my phone charges wirelessly reliably, though. I'm not sure if it is the case or not, but it briefly displays the charging symbol and then stops.
I do not think my phone charges wirelessly reliably, though. I'm not sure if it is the case or not, but it briefly displays the charging symbol and then stops.
