Roger Fingas
The 2016 Civic, arriving this fall, will be Honda's second vehicle with support for Apple CarPlay, according to an official announcement.
Among other features, the Civic will have a 7-inch touchscreen supporting both CarPlay and Android Auto, the carmaker said. The company didn't elaborate on whether it would enable wireless CarPlay connections, but did note that drivers will need at least an iPhone 5 and iOS 8.4.
Honda was an early official partner for CarPlay, but has been slow to launch any vehicles with the technology. Its first vehicle was in fact the 2016 Accord, revealed in July.
The biggest CarPlay backer so far has been GM, with models across several brands such as Cadillac and Chevrolet. The first-ever vehicle with CarPlay support was the Ferrari FF, released in 2014.
Dozens of brands have pledged support for the standard though, such as Dodge, Ford, Fiat, Hyundai, BMW, and Volkswagen.
CarPlay connects an iPhone to a native or aftermarket dash display and provides a simplified app interface. Outside of Apple's Phone, Music, Messages, Maps, and Podcasts apps, however, only a handful of titles are compatible, such as Audible, Rdio, Spotify, and Overcast.
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I hope it's more responsive than I've previously tested on aftermarket units.
I hope it's more responsive than I've previously tested on aftermarket units.
At one time, Honda pledged support for CarPlay in certain 2014 models with their Display Audio system with a firmware upgrade. This upgrade never made it past a limited beta test. Honda backtracked on supporting CarPlay on the Display Audio system. The 2016 Accord was the first model to have Display Audio Plus, which supports CarPlay and Android Auto. The 2016 Civic is the second Honda to get it. The upcoming redesigned Odyssey and Ridgeline will be next. So far, the system isn't gaining much praise with its knob-less volume control and slow operation.
I'm waiting for my MY2016 VW Golf to arrive :D it has car play also, cant wait to try it out.
My friend got a new Honda HRV, not the biggest fan of their current touchscreen systems.
[quote name="zroger73" url="/t/188318/honda-adds-carplay-support-to-2016-civic-models#post_2778255"]At one time, Honda pledged support for CarPlay in certain 2014 models with their Display Audio system with a firmware upgrade. This upgrade never made it past a limited beta test. Honda backtracked on supporting CarPlay on the Display Audio system. The 2016 Accord was the first model to have Display Audio Plus , which supports CarPlay and Android Auto. The 2016 Civic is the second Honda to get it. The upcoming redesigned Odyssey and Ridgeline will be next. So far, the system isn't gaining much praise with its knob-less volume control and slow operation. [/quote] It's probably running Android, duct tape, and some Java code stolen from first generation Blu-Ray players. ;)
At least Honda is trying to accommodate car play and android auto but Toyota is not even saying anything about such support. Yes, somehow display system in current cars is not user friendly and very responsive and I am talking about most of the cars about their. What we need is mirror transferring main functions from phone like Map, music, call/messages, calendar/reminder, alerts to car display system. Other than that, not much of importance.