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Car voice commands and Siri CarPlay

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6.1K views 10 replies 5 participants last post by  urbancamper  
#1 ·
I have my iPhone connected to the car through Bluetooth to make calls and I usually plug it in to use Apple CarPlay.
I am trying to figure out if and how I can still use the car voice commands, when my phone is connected but Siri kicks in every time I use the voice button on the steering wheel.
Any ideas?
 
#4 ·
I have my iPhone connected to the car through Bluetooth to make calls and I usually plug it in to use Apple CarPlay.
I am trying to figure out if and how I can still use the car voice commands, when my phone is connected but Siri kicks in every time I use the voice button on the steering wheel.
Any ideas?
I have a question (since you use Apple carplay). When using Google maps with Apple carplay does it show on the entire 12 inch display or is it split? I use Android auto and it's split unless I use Kias navigation, only then can I get the full display. Also, does it show the full 12 in display for Apple carplay with anything? For ex: Pandora, etc. Or is that split? Thank you for your help! A picture would be very helpful also 😊
 
#5 ·
You can have CarPlay set up to either take up the full screen or be in split screen. With the phone unplugged, you have to go to setup > device connections > phone projection/CarPlay. If you have the box that says “use split screen” checked, CarPlay will be in split screen with 1/3 of the screen being the Kia interface. If you have that box unchecked, then CarPlay will take up the entire screen.

Android Auto, on the other hand, is a different story. As far as Kia’s software on these widescreen displays is concerned, there is no widescreen Android Auto. So it doesn’t look for it and places AA in a box in the classic aspect ratio. So at this time, if you’re using AA, you really want to go into the setup > device connections > phone projection/AA and make sure you check “use split screen” to display the Kia split screen UI, because otherwise you will be wasting that right 1/3 of the screen. And then continue to hope that Kia will fix this with a future update… but be aware that many updates have come and gone since widescreen AA was introduced in late 2019, and Kia’s software still doesn’t look for it.