I just plugged 12 volt dual USB adaptor into the 12 volt to charge our phones in the car as the built in USB is useless in that regard.
Hey fellow CX-5’ers!! What’s the latest on Apple [emoji519] Car Play? Is it going to be available to those of us with a 2017 CX-5? Will it work via Bluetooth or only with a USB connection? Not a fan of anything Android. They’re really just an expensive paper weight. Pure junk. Even with an iPhone [emoji336] update to make it look and act like an iPhone it still is just total junk.
It sounds like this fall there will be a genuine Mazda accessory upgrade. I suspect this is an upgraded usb hub and software update. It’s not possible to mirror the phone over Bluetooth as there simply isn’t enough bandwidth. It barely manages to stream music. So it’s probably going to be USB like every other car. The one exception is BMW that has implemented wireless CarPlay which uses WiFi. You would also need Qi wireless charging as well for this so it doesn’t just kill your battery in my opinion. I believe BMW also has the wireless charging.
It sounds like this fall there will be a genuine Mazda accessory upgrade. I suspect this is an upgraded usb hub and software update. It’s not possible to mirror the phone over Bluetooth as there simply isn’t enough bandwidth. It barely manages to stream music. So it’s probably going to be USB like every other car. The one exception is BMW that has implemented wireless CarPlay which uses WiFi. You would also need Qi wireless charging as well for this so it doesn’t just kill your battery in my opinion. I believe BMW also has the wireless charging.
Concur. Android can probably just be done with a software update (since it already exists in hacked versions of the Connect), but CarPlay needs an authentication chip near the USB.
Not a fan of anything Android. Theyre really just an expensive paper weight. Pure junk. Even with an iPhone update to make it look and act like an iPhone it still is just total junk.
True, I think you would still want the upgraded power output so it can actually charge the phone. Running nav will drain faster than what the current USB ports can output.
We know wireless AA is coming and that mazdaconnect has wifi (off in usa market) so the timing may work out best and not need any usb power upgrade.
Unless they add all this stuff to when MZD Connect 2 comes out
Would be really awesome if they upgraded us when that comes out but it probably won’t happen. On my previous Ford I really wanted them to upgrade me to Sync3 from MFT. That will likely involve a completely new infotainment hardware as well as was the case with Ford.
I know some did this with Ford to go to Sync3. It was expensive though as the whole head unit basically had to be swapped. And only worked on models like the Focus that didn’t change much otherwise between model years so the new unit just dropped in.