Apple’s CarPlay is an infotainment software that powers over 800 car models. Present in automotive media centers, the program connects with Apple devices, facilitating navigation through GPS applications, listening to music using streaming applications, among other resources. However, significant slowdowns and crashes were noted by some when connecting an iPhone to CarPlay.
CarPlay faces limitation in data transmission with iPhone
O site Neowin relata that the user Edmunds on Twitter showed through a video a lack of fluid behavior when using CarPlay with his iPhone. There is clearly a delay between the command on the cell phone and the response on the car’s media center.
Last year, our Lucid Air’s infotainment was buggy and lagged. Today, responsiveness has improved and CarPlay functionality has been added — now we’re just trying to make it more aesthetically pleasing… pic.twitter.com/oR4kpiNong
— Edmund (@edmund) April 24, 2023
or famous youtuber Marques Brownlee from the MKBHD YouTube channel reported that he suffered from the same slowdown issue when using CarPlay. According to him, the problem can never be fixed and therefore, the best thing to do is to know how to prevent this type of problem from occurring when using CarPlay.
According to reports, iPhone users should avoid using applications that require access to the smartphone’s camera while the cell phone is connected to CarPlay. This solution was discovered by Edmunds while he was talking about it. You can check out a demo video in this tweet below.
Apple CarPlay has had a horrible bug/issue for a while where if you use the camera while the phone is connected to the car, it’ll be glitchy/laggy. It may never get fixed, but hey at least we know how to avoid it. https://t.co/7CBRlvj859
— Marques Brownlee (@MKBHD) April 26, 2023
About CarPlay
Developed by Apple, CarPlay was launched in March 2014 and, according to the company, the application is present in the main vehicle manufacturers in the market. Android Auto was launched a year later, in 2015, and is used by 28 car manufacturers in 26 countries around the world, with Nvidia as a hardware supplier, thanks to the Open Automotive Alliance, an alliance between car manufacturers and automotive companies. technology that aims to increase the use of Android in vehicles.
