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iOS 17.0.2 Apple Car Play- Cannot send or reply to text messages
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Ah! I thought I was the only one having this issue. I have a 2024 BMW X5 and cannot send / reply to text messages using Siri.
when I say “hey siri send a text message to …” the replies “send a text message to,<whiever>” and she abruptly stops speaking, when I am done saying the message, she says “your message” and just stops. A second later will say “sorry, I cannot show that to you.”
thus has been going on for a while now in the ios17 versions.
when I say “hey siri send a text message to …” the replies “send a text message to,<whiever>” and she abruptly stops speaking, when I am done saying the message, she says “your message” and just stops. A second later will say “sorry, I cannot show that to you.”
thus has been going on for a while now in the ios17 versions.
Yes. This is the problem. Definitely an Apple software bug. Here’s another thread with 7 pages of people saying the same thing across a variety of cars
Issue with replying to text on CarPlay wi… - Apple Community
17.4.1 does not fix this issue in my Lexus nx 350h 2022 with the small size screen either. I was hoping this update would fix it but now we wait more. I spoke to Apple senior tech and they again acknowledge this is a known software issue on their end and told me to wait for a software update.Well, sad to report that 17.4.1 does not fix this issue -- at least for me in my 2024 BMW..
Just reporting in again... in my RAV4 with the large screen, I've had a lot more success with Siri if I use "Hey Siri" or touch the screen, vs using the speak button on the steering wheel. The speak button always seems to wake up the Toyota assistant, even if I use a long press for Siri. And when the Toyota assistant is awake, that's when I have the most problems with Siri. I think they're fighting with each other. If I use "Hey Siri" then subsequent commands work almost all the time.
I can't believe this issue has been ongoing for so long. I am part of the Apple forum that has been linked here a few times. While Lexus vehicles are being primarily discussed here, this is an issue for Hyundai, Toyota, Kia, and others. I have a 2024 Hyundai Kona EV and am having the same problems.
17.4 fixed it a bit, as I can send texts more reliably now. However, I still have issues with Siri listening to herself when asking if I want to reply to a text or play music. The audio still does not cut out when trying to send a text and will even unmute itself if I hit the mute button first (aside from Podcasts, they seem to work as it should).
You can use the buttons on-screen to help a bit, but this defeats the hands-free and keeping your eyes on the road point of Apple CarPlay.
Thanks to the OP for the Apple Feedback link. I just submitted that. Here's hoping with enough people complaining about it, it will gain some more traction to get resolved.
17.4 fixed it a bit, as I can send texts more reliably now. However, I still have issues with Siri listening to herself when asking if I want to reply to a text or play music. The audio still does not cut out when trying to send a text and will even unmute itself if I hit the mute button first (aside from Podcasts, they seem to work as it should).
You can use the buttons on-screen to help a bit, but this defeats the hands-free and keeping your eyes on the road point of Apple CarPlay.
Thanks to the OP for the Apple Feedback link. I just submitted that. Here's hoping with enough people complaining about it, it will gain some more traction to get resolved.
We just purchased a 2024 Santa Fe… text worked once (or twice or three times), then it won’t work, but just stutter…definitely the one time the dealer tried it and told me there was nothing wrong. It’s pretty frustrating when my first experience with Car Play in a car that cost more than my first house causes more distraction/frustration than anything. (I’ve been reading, I know I’m not alone).
Everything works except text - It stutters if I try to send something and sometimes calls the person (or a random person), or tells me it cant do that while in a vehicle.
I wondered about the comment somebody made about the vehicle microphone interfering. I have a speaker button on the steering wheel, but it doesn’t do anything with Car Play… I have to use the screen or “hey siri”. I changed my Siri voice (that somebody else mentioned), but haven’t tried it yet.
I’ll also see if there is a microphone on and off button like the Lexus has.
Has anyone tried anything else?
The dealership told me my phone was too old and they had no problem testing with their phones (I have an iPhone 12, they used an iPhone 6. I‘m a bit worried that they weren’t doing their math on that one).
I’ll see if the new Siri voice works better and will let you know!
Everything works except text - It stutters if I try to send something and sometimes calls the person (or a random person), or tells me it cant do that while in a vehicle.
I wondered about the comment somebody made about the vehicle microphone interfering. I have a speaker button on the steering wheel, but it doesn’t do anything with Car Play… I have to use the screen or “hey siri”. I changed my Siri voice (that somebody else mentioned), but haven’t tried it yet.
I’ll also see if there is a microphone on and off button like the Lexus has.
Has anyone tried anything else?
The dealership told me my phone was too old and they had no problem testing with their phones (I have an iPhone 12, they used an iPhone 6. I‘m a bit worried that they weren’t doing their math on that one).
I’ll see if the new Siri voice works better and will let you know!
Here’s my update. I changed Siri from a man’s voice to the woman’s voice we usually hear. I haven’t tried it too many times yet (it seems people are tired of getting “test” messages from me!). When I did try it though, it seemed to work. I’ll come back and whine about it if that changes .
.I was hoping for a fix in 17.5. Can’t believe this issue has been going on for so long. Maybe they’ll fix it in one of the upcoming betas before 17.5 public releaseDownloaded the 17.5 Beta - sad to report, the problem still exists.
I was also having problems with CarPlay not connecting when I started the car. I tired this and it seemed to help:
- Setting --> Wi-Fi --> car's wifi CarPlay network
- Make sure "Auto-Join" is on
- Make sure "Private Wi-Fi Address" and "Limit IP Address Tracking" are both off
Since I made this change, CarPlay has been connecting with no problems, and text messages are working perfectly as well.
- Setting --> Wi-Fi --> car's wifi CarPlay network
- Make sure "Auto-Join" is on
- Make sure "Private Wi-Fi Address" and "Limit IP Address Tracking" are both off
Since I made this change, CarPlay has been connecting with no problems, and text messages are working perfectly as well.
Ok, so I have just read this from September all the way through to now. I have this issue, I have a Sony xav-ax4050 with wireless apple carplay. It is fitted into a 2008 Alfa Romeo 159, Siri did work, worked fine for me for weeks, then poof! Listens, selects the contact, starts to transcribe the message then I get a ring of dots and then after 30 seconds "Something went wrong, please try again later". I have done everything from resetting, using beta's and even buying a new phone which resolved it for about 30 minutes. Interestingly, I now have an Apple watch Ultra 2, Siri is faultless on this apart from when the phone is connected to Carplay, now if I push the crown to summon Siri and send a message, I get the same experience through my watch. I am now so convinced that this isn't Sony, or my older car but specifically the OS, also I am in the UK so interesting to rule out regional issues.
So my question is, the developer beta for iOS 18 is out, has anyone tried this and have they had any results regarding this issue?
So my question is, the developer beta for iOS 18 is out, has anyone tried this and have they had any results regarding this issue?
I had a similar problem. I would ask it to call somebody and it would respond with "Call Somebody... Call Somebody... call Somebody...etc". Then it would say you can't do this while operating a vehicle.
The fix I found on a forum somewhere was to change the Siri voice. I wasn't optimistic, but had nothing to lose since we took it into the dealership and they said nothing was wrong with the electronics.
I had a man Siri and changed it back to the default voice and that fixed it.
There’s a thread on here for iOS 18 b1 and people saying there are still car play issues like this. So annoying!