I am a new member to the forum and I am considering purchasing a 2017 Nissan Maxima in Saudi Arabia
A quick question that I have been getting mixed answeres to and would love to get a clear answer.
Does the 2017 Nissan Maxima SR have Apple Car play in Saudi Arabia (GCC specs)
as per my understanding the onyl difrence between the 2016 and 2017 is the aple carplay.
1- spoke to 3 dealers (1 in Saudi arabia, and 2 the the UAE) 2 have stated that apple carplay isnt avilable on GCC models and they only diffrence betwen the Maxima SR 16 and 17 is a carbonfiber spoiler, one has told me that it does have apple carplay and when i went to test drive the car he made me drive the 16 model telling me that its the exact same as the 17 and mainly the only reason for my test drive was to actually see if the aple carplay was avilable.
2- the middle east nisan website doesnt mention apple car play anywhere but then again most the the specs are mentioned for the 16 model without any updates for the 17
3- the apple middle east website states that apple car play is avilable of the Nissan maxima (still that doesnt mean that its avilable in GCC)

I know this isnt issue but I would like to be sure of what i am buying

 

After trying apple carplay i think it is overrated. Not much different then comnecting with bluetooth. Or even using an ipod I wish these car had screen mirroring.. that would be more valuable.

 

I live in Kuwait and i have a 2016 SV. Mine doesn't have apple car play and i visited the dealer and the 17 doesn't have it either.

 

I have received my 2018 Maxima SR in Dubai today and the dealer informed me Apple CarPlay it's not available, despite what I read in the web that in 2016 it should have been made available.

 

 

I love people like you, "I don't have to support my argument simply because if you disagree with me you're wrong".

Pretty weak

 

 

Thanks for the info. I would love to know what you paid for your car. We can convert your currency to U.S. dollars. Do you have a tax and if so, what might that be? Just very curious. Oh, and can you tell us what you pay per liter? of gasoline.

 

Unfortunately the Apple CarPlay is not available in GCC.

I 'm in Saudi Arabia and have 16 S.
I have tried several time to get the answer but I think this is because of Nissan Middle East and this is their requirement if I'm not mistaken.

Our dealerships are under Nissan Middle East.

I was about to try to buy a unit from the US but was told that it only works with a specific memory card and mine wouldn't work in it so I decided to abort this option :d

I'm thinking to change the whole screen to an android one but trying to find with higher specifications to avoid lags.

 

I live in Saudi Arabia and have a 2017 S and it doesn't have the CarPlay which is really something very annoying since I don't have any valid answer from the dealership on the reason why it doesn't have although other makers have the CarPlay normally so it is not restricted by the GCC.

@mfshehri, if you found a suitable option for the screen please share it .

Have a good day.

 

 

 

Blazinghassan "As I said, list one thing bad about CarPlay."
Simple - its an Apple product. Apple only understands their own products and fight any standards. Think of their promotion of Appletalk as an ethernet interface - a disaster. Apple simple has about the worst user interface ever.

 

 

 

I completely agree with you! Carplay is this car's best feature.

A few reasons:
1. The graphics are better than the factory nav.
2. Route calculation is better than the factory nav.
3. No need to pay for map updates.
4. No need to pay for subscription to have traffic information.
5. The software is continually improved with new features and increased functionality.
6. As an example of 5, google maps and waze will soon be available.

What's not to love?

I'm glad I got an early 17 rather than a late 16, with the attendant price premium, because of Carplay.

 

I have good suolation on same screen, only you need to upgrade orginal screen to andriod system
like this

 

How and who would do this? Did you try it?

 

i try to make it. I see some video on other car. Is fantastic

 

Hi Mohammed,

can you please share more information, i want to try this on my Max,

 

2019 models of new maxima are already out. Any lucky buyer with Apple Car Play?

 

For GCC carplay . Maybe not.

but for me i install android system on orginal screen. It very nice. But i use all time youtube and navigation system.

 

i have 2018 SR from Petromin (One of the dealers in Saudi Arabia ), and i don't have the apple car play , and also i don't have the option to choose or change song from the instrument cluster display (all other country have this )

 

how ?

 

i install android system on orginal screen.

it cost me around 220 BHD bahrain dinars