Here you go.

 

Wow! How many times do I need to tell EVERYONE, NO APPLE CAR PLAY for 2016's. Its different HW. Get over it, or get a 2017.

 

I think everyone gets the point -- it's not going to happen. I think what people are pissed about is that it shouldn't have been that way. Nissan wants to have the best experience possible, which I understand, but as many Hyundai and Kia owners will tell you, good enough is good enough.

Frankly, we all knew it when we realized that Nissan wasn't going to bother delivering applications for our version of NissanConnect, which doesn't even require a head unit firmware upgrade. As much as I love this car, the auto market is going another direction when it comes to how they work with technology, and I don't see myself buying another Nissan after this one.

 

Then stay away from Honda/Acura. They're worse.

 

Anyone know if we could make a class action lawsuit against Nissan. Seems that they knew they were going to screw us 2016 owners since they weren't ready and the our nissan connect with no updates or features. Any attorneys on the forum???

 

I'm disappointed as much as the next guy but how do you sue someone into submission? That is part of the problem with this world. I didn't know it was a "right" to have apple carplay in our cars. Nissan doesn't owe us CarPlay. If they owe us anything it would be a Nismo Maxi or at least more HP

 

Dude this is the funniest comment I've seen in a while.

If you talk to an attorney, please record it and post it.

I'd love to know the grounds for a class action.

 

LOL, yeah its pretty ridiculous! People that want it have 2 options, pay to have the headunits swapped out or get over it.

 

What is the big deal with CarPlay?

I get that the navigation isn't "Tesla-like". Okay.

But damn - I've owned a number of permutations of Nissan and other navis, and the Nissan/Infiniti flavor is one of the most usable. The current-gen has some quirks - my car was in for lagging and phone goofiness - but in general, it's leaps and bounds better than my 2011 BMW 535i (disclaimer - BMW cleaned it up with new hardware and software by the time the late-2013 model year cars came out).

If you want to file a class action, go after Toyota/Lexus. Their stuff is utter crap.

 

For me, I don't care about CarPlay as much as I care about Android Auto, but zooming out a bit to 'connected devices':

1) It'd be nice to use streaming radio services right on the display and/or integrated with voice so I don't have to screw with my phone

2) Navigation forever. If I had the nav in my wife's Chrysler UConnect system, I'd be less ticked, but the nav is annoying in this car, and the traffic calculation is terrible.

 

https://topclassactions.com/lawsuit-...i-intouch-app/

I brought it up because I saw this a while back. Infiniti/Nissan was sued over their Infiniti In Touch app that never worked or had promised features. Same or sound just like Nissan Connect? I dont know how class action suits go, so was hoping someone might know or is an attorney on here.

So FU

 

Actually it's quite different! If the car was promised with a certain feature and it was purchased on the pretense of that particular feature then yes they can be sued for "false advertising" or not delivering said goods but This is not even close to Apple CarPlay not being offered for a 2016.

So back at ya.....:baw ling:

 

I wouldn't mind having Carplay, but not enough to pay the premium for a 2017 (I just bought a leftover 2016 because it was much cheaper than buying a similarly equipped 2017). It would be nice if I could actually send a text via bluetooth with my iPhone though. Even having a button on the steering wheel that I could use to enable Siri would be OK.

 

F Me? Dude - first of all, not appropriate.

Second of all - you're way off base even thinking that a 2016 model year car "should" have features on a 2017.

Go sue Nissan. Tell us how that works out.

 

How about just saying "Hey Siri"

- iPhone 5s/6 = plugged in
- iPhone 6s = doesn't require to be charging

 

No need for that language here. Consider this your first and only warning.

 

Unfortunately, the microphone that Siri uses on my iPhone 6 hasn't worked for about a year. Siri works using bluetooth, but my phone won't let me enable the "Allow Hey Siri" option.

 

just hold the home button down.

That's actually what I do.

 

Yeah, that's the only way Siri works with my phone (as long as I'm using a bluetooth microphone).

 

They cannot even be bothered to add more than the pathetic Google search app. No Pandora, no iHeart radio, etc.

Those were actually ADVERTISED to come with the car. 1 year later, no dice. We passed on getting the new armada due to this bait and switch marketing nonsense.

 

This was actually promised when the vehicle first came out back in May 2015, even dealers told me that Apple CarPlay would be done via software update. I have an email from them stating android auto would be added also, but more than anything I fought with them about Nissan Connect and their answer is the generic, your phone already has all the apps and the only necessity was the Google Search. Makes no sense since when I went to Vegas I rented a 2015 Altima 3.5 and the nissan Connect on it had four times the apps the newer maxima had.

Nissan does suck major when it comes to updating their infotainment and so far I do know they are two versions of the 2016 Maxima's which do have different map versions the famous A and B and you can reset the Heads up via the maintenance hack, but even then the only last resort we for the 2016 owners have is wait for a hack or mod for it, which so far everyone is mute on it.

Thank goodness I do lease and do plan on getting another lease in another two years God willingly I hope.

But I went all the way up emailing everyone involved with nissan connect and maxima's designers with zero answers. I know why they don't update their software, but I am more pissed that Nissan is so dependent on sirius, even if you get the wifi adapter for the car it still sucks or so I have heard. It is a shame since the heads up display and the nav are meant to be used boldy with this design.

 

I purchased a 2017 Maxima 2 days ago. My car did not come with Apple CarPlay installed. It's not on the screen, not in settings like this video shows, and I just get "USB device connected" when I connect the phone to USB 1.


The dealer does not know what the issue is.

Do any forum members know what could be happening? Apple CarPlay is one of the main reasons I purchased the vehicle.

 

Interesting info for the group: The reason its not working is that the SD card they gave me was for a 2016 Maxima rather than my car (a 2017 Maxima). They are ordering me a new SD card (back-ordered unfortunately), but that sheds some light on where Apple CarPlay lives: the SD card. Those of you that have 2016 models, you may try a 2017 SD card and see if CarPlay shows up on your screen...

 

Well, that's additional interesting confirmation. Explains why the head unit part number didn't change from the latter part of the 2016 models to the 2017 models. It's too bad one needs access codes to unlock a new SD card. Maybe I need to go play with an image of an sd card.

 

Please see if you can dump the files and we can compare.
Although, I have an android phone.
LMAO at my first post....

 

Yeah a dump of a 2017 Maxima SD card would be nice

 

Somehow, I highly doubt it. I think you have a case of a clueless dealer-itus. The car's nav system is married to an sd card, you can't just take another card, insert it and have it work. IIRC, new card comes with activation code.

Are you sure you got 2017 model?
Couple of ways to verify it: under the on the inside surface of the hood, there should be a label about emission control. Check it that it says MY2017.
Another way would be to put your vin number into a web site that does vin decoding.
Also, kind of obvious, but you need to be using an iPhone that supports carplay (iPhone 5 and newer), and car play needs to be not restricted on the phone.

 

Does anyone know of a dock that is made for and can be installed in the bottom of the phone slot in the phone compartment so you can plug the phone in without messing with the cable? Long shot, I know.

Thanks.

 

One doesnt exist YET, but I can design and manufacture one. Would likely be around $50+shipping. Would anyone be interested?

 

Has anyone tried this SD card method to see if it produces any results to get carplay in the 16 maxima? If it is tied to the SD card there would have to be a way to make it work I would think.

 

I very very highly doubt that would work.

 

You are probably correct, I guess I am just curious as to why though and why there couldn't be a way around it if it simply a software update on an SD card? (According to posts from above)

 

I agree, there SHOULD be. But it sounds like Nissan has made a business decision to not allow updating their nav systems - I dont know of any Nissan model that has received any meaningful updates after release. That is the great thing about Carplay though. If you have it, you dont need to rely on Nissan for updates, the updates come as new iOS updates.

 

Okay, so after some more digging it looks like each SD card is married to a specific head unit. So, while this is far above my abilities, it looks like this could be achieved by tapping into an SD card and marrying it to the head unit/VIN number associated with your 16 maxima, and then I would imagine it would update to unlock all of the features accessible on that SD card (i.e. carplay). Again, would require wayyyy more skills than I have, but doesn't appear impossible.

 

I don't think you understand. The firmware that runs the device does NOT live on the SD card. it lives in the memory of the headunit. Updating the SD card will do nothing to help here. The SD card only holds the maps used by the nav system. CarPlay is not stored here.

 

No idea about Nissan, but when you order a Hyundai map/firmware update from Mapnsoft the "map update" on the SD card also has updated firmware on it used to flash the head unit.

 

wow this is still going on? smh

 

Er, sorta. The SD card provided can also store a copy of the firmware. When inserting the SD card and passing the identification check, the head unit will prompt the user to update the firmware if the card software is newer than the head unit. I have never actually seen this in action.

 

YOU DO KNOW THAT THIS IS 100% A LOAD OF BULL SH*T, RIGHT? IT IS ABSOLUTELY NOTHING MORE THAN A SIMPLE TELEMATICS SOFTWARE UPDATE. PERIOD.

 

also text messaging can work both ways; not just incoming as it does with iphones using nissan's nav software