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People are getting fed up with all the useless tech in their cars (www.theverge.com)
submitted 3 years ago by to c/technology@lemmy.world
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For the first time in 28 years of JD Power’s car owner survey, there is a consecutive year-over-year decline in satisfaction, with most of the ire directed toward in-car infotainment.

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[–] 30 points 3 years ago (3 children)

I just learned that higher-end Kia vehicles don’t have wireless CarPlay but the cheaper, smaller models do. It has something to do with the built-in navigation those models come with… which I would happily ditch to not have to be tethered to the car with crappy Apple iPhone wires. Love the vehicle but the head unit software is terrible. They can’t get the most basic things right because they’re too busy giving us pointless stuff we didn’t ask for.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 years ago

    So my 2023 Limited trim Hyundai Elantra is the same way. (And correct me if I'm wrong but I'm pretty sure KIA and Hyundai are more or else 'the same' at this point? Made by the same people or something?)

    I ended up getting one of these: AAWireless 2023 - Wireless Android Auto Dongle - https://a.co/d/hXeBrWT

    It's not ideal but at least it elimates some of the wire mess and my phone itself isn't physically tethered any where.

    Works pretty solid for me so far.

    My solution is for Android but surely there's something similar for iPhone out there too?

    Shouldn't have to jump through hoops for this, especially for higher end models but here we are...

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  • [–] -4 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    As someone who drives a higher-end Kia SUV, and sells them, this is untrue. Off the top of my head without looking, I'm fairly positive the ONLY model to not get wireless is the Rio. Even then I think it may still get it.

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  • [–] 3 points 3 years ago

    So much wrong in your post. My ‘22 Stinger GT2 doesn’t have wireless AA or CarPlay. It absolutely does have to do with the built in GPS as the newer, less expensive vehicles/trims WITHOUT built in GPS allow wireless AA and CarPlay. Redline Reviews has mentioned this in his YouTube videos of KIA/Hyundai products, too. It is some kind of dispute between the maker of the maps for the factory GPS, KIA/Hyundai and Google/Apple. I have read numerous times that the hardware is present but it is blocked software side.

    Aside from that, if you truly are selling these vehicles you need to brush up on the tech side.

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