Roger Fingas
Honda has added another pickup truck — the 2018 Ridgeline — to its stable of vehicles compatible with Apple's CarPlay, which bridges Siri and iPhone apps with with dash interfaces.
To get CarPlay, Ridgeline buyers must pay extra for an 8-inch Display Audio touchscreen, which also supports Android Auto. The base model of the truck starts at $29,360, but trims can range up to $43,120.
Far fewer trucks support CarPlay compared with compacts, sedans, and SUVs. Some notable exceptions include the likes of Ford's F-150, the GMC Sierra, and Honda's 2017 Ridgeline.
Honda has announced a slate of CarPlay-compatible vehicles in the past few months. The most notable addition may be the 2018 Fit — previously, CarPlay was completely absent from the Fit line, despite the presence of the platform on other popular Honda cars like the Civic and the Accord.
Two automakers, Volvo and Scania, have added CarPlay to semi trucks used by professional drivers.
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The 2017 model had both Apple CarPlay and Android Auto.
"Far fewer trucks support CarPlay compared with compacts, sedans, and SUVs. Some notable exceptions include the likes of Ford's F-150, the GMC Sierra, and Honda's 2017 Ridgeline."
It even says in the article the 2017 model supported CarPlay. Was this from a Honda PR release that got lost on someone's desk for a year?
Haha! I've been using CarPlay in my 2017 Ridgeline RTL-E that I bought in June of 2016.
AI needs a fact-checking department.
What is the point of this article? The 2017 Ridgeline has CarPlay today.
I have a 2017 Ridgeline. It has carplay. I use it all the time.