# Apple CarPlay, ye vex me **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [May 19, 2022, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apple-carplay-ye-vex-me/964655 "2022-05-19T01:28:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Oly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/oly/32/8255_2.png) [@Oly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oly)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2022, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apple-carplay-ye-vex-me/964655/1 "2022-05-19T01:28:52Z")
Here are 3 of the consternations: 1. I download podcasts to my phone but when I connect the phone to the car by USB, the podcasts show up with the cloud icon and a message says I need WiFi connection to listen. No WiFi needed when I listen directly from my phone. 2. Podcasts I have downloaded show up on my phone but not on CarPlay. 3. Podcasts I have deleted from my phone — some of them long ago— still show up on CarPlay. There seems to be no way to delete them. I use the podcast app preloaded on iPhone and Overcast. Same thing happens but in different combinations. Anyone else have these problems? Found a solution? ---
**Author:** ![Si\_Amigo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/si_amigo/32/2877_2.png) [@Si\_Amigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Si_Amigo)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2022, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apple-carplay-ye-vex-me/964655/2 "2022-05-19T01:44:40Z")
Perhaps the issue is with your cars head unit and not your phone. What kind of car do you have? ---
**Author:** ![Oly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/oly/32/8255_2.png) [@Oly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oly)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2022, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apple-carplay-ye-vex-me/964655/3 "2022-05-19T01:56:01Z")
2017 Chevy Colorado. ---
**Author:** ![Si\_Amigo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/si_amigo/32/2877_2.png) [@Si\_Amigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Si_Amigo)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2022, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apple-carplay-ye-vex-me/964655/4 "2022-05-19T02:17:55Z")
Looks to be an issue with this particular model. You may want to see if there is a SW update available from the dealer. > **[Android autoplay Apple carplay glitchy/not working](https://www.coloradofans.com/threads/android-autoplay-apple-carplay-glitchy-not-working.371161/)** > > I would like to create this thread to be a one stop shop for all of your autoplay and carplay issues. I have been having so many issues I would like to share with you my success to prevent frustration to you. > > No recognition of device on the... ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2022, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apple-carplay-ye-vex-me/964655/5 "2022-05-19T02:28:46Z")
I use CarPlay and the Apple Podcasts app every day in my 2017 Escape, and I have no issues. My Escape uses Sync3. ---
**Author:** ![Turki-lurki](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/turki-lurki/32/7168_2.png) [@Turki-lurki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Turki-lurki)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2022, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apple-carplay-ye-vex-me/964655/6 "2022-05-19T02:31:05Z")
Similar CarPlay annoyance with my Honda CRV snd iPhone. Locks up GPS. Drops calls.Dealer reloaded software x2 and replaced entertainment unit- excellent service. Now they blame the phone saying it is obsolete. Apple doesn’t think so. Makes me think of Toyota for next car. ---
**Author:** ![Riemann](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/riemann/32/3133_2.png) [@Riemann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Riemann)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2022, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apple-carplay-ye-vex-me/964655/7 "2022-05-19T02:40:17Z")
> [@Turki-lurki](#): > > Makes me think of Toyota for next car. Sure, it you want it to autoplay whatever it can find on your phone every time Bluetooth connects, which usually coincides with you backing out of your garage or pulling out of a parking spot when you need to concentrate. Or to autoplay whatever it can find at the end of every phone call, even if nothing was playing before the phone call. With no way to stop this behavior. The incidence of annoying problems with car/phone connection is astonishing. I really don’t know why the car & phone manufacturers can’t get together and sort it out, they just seem to blame each other. ---
**Author:** ![Turki-lurki](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/turki-lurki/32/7168_2.png) [@Turki-lurki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Turki-lurki)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2022, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apple-carplay-ye-vex-me/964655/8 "2022-05-19T02:47:00Z")
It depresses me to think that my 1993 GMC fishing truck is the least annoying vehicle we have. ---
**Author:** ![Hampshire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hampshire/32/4887_2.png) [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2022, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apple-carplay-ye-vex-me/964655/9 "2022-05-19T02:59:09Z")
I get that with a lot of podcast apps on Carplay. I find it helps to have the phone on and the app open before plugging it into the car. It’s like Carplay will let you use the app through the Carplay interface but it has problems opening it. ---
**Author:** ![minor7flat5](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/minor7flat5/32/258_2.png) [@minor7flat5](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/minor7flat5)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2022, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apple-carplay-ye-vex-me/964655/10 "2022-05-19T12:59:56Z")
> [@Riemann](#): > > The incidence of annoying problems with car/phone connection is astonishing. I really don’t know why the car & phone manufacturers can’t get together and sort it out, they just seem to blame each other. Word. I have been carrying the latest and greatest iPhone since the first iPhone, and I have driven in many new rental vehicles and owned a few different vehicles during that time. Every single one is flaky. There is a distinct sensation that the part of the car that does “phone calls” and the part that does “audio” are completely unrelated and have their own Bluetooth connections–like two remote departments of some huge corporation. It often seems that the phone works but car audio doesn’t, or vice-versa. Besides that, there is random bugginess: my current vehicle lets me ask Siri stuff but usually cuts her off before she can reply. It’s 2022. Why is this stuff still so buggy and flaky? ---
**Author:** ![MeanJoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/meanjoe/32/5693_2.png) [@MeanJoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanJoe)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2022, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apple-carplay-ye-vex-me/964655/11 "2022-06-02T13:59:55Z")
2019 Colorado ZR2 here. Cheers! I would suggest you Google “Colorado Fans Forum” and post your question there. Another poster shared an older link to a discussion on CarPlay/Android Auto. It’s a great forum for Colorado owners who are really helpful. I’m over there as “mjsmith0469”. And post pictures of your Colorado in an intro post, they love pictures of other people’s Colorados. Haha.