Apple CarPlay Lag

I use Waze and the longer I drive, the further behind it gets. I’ll be parked in my garage and Waze will say I’m driving 45mph. But it’s not just Waze, when someone calls, it will ring but the caller ID doesn’t come up in the screen until it goes into voicemail, by then it’s too late to answer! It’s very frustrating. I drive a 2023 Kia Sorento. I’ve had it to Kia dealership twice. I also have a 2018 Hyundai Kona with no CarPlay issues, so I don’t think it’s CarPlay!

I was having the same issue with my K5. If you’re experiencing lag due to using Google Maps, I fixed the lag issue by:

1. Settings -> Google Maps -> Location
2. Set to “Always” for Allow Location Access

So far, the lag seemed to disappeared instantly when testing.

Have you tried to disable PiP on iPhone? It may be work, I have the same issue as you. I disable PiP and it works for me

Negative- I’ve gotten into the habit of tapping the app view button on my infotainment every few minutes to make sure it’s accurate. Just waiting for either an iOS update or infotainment update to have this issue stated in the release notes.

The issue is larger than location. I constantly see performance lag just moving around the interface. Select an app and it shows up a minute or so later. Apple Music time indicator can be 30-40 seconds behind the actual song playing. It will still show a prior song after switching to a new song. Location is off on maps due to a performance issue vs gps location detection.

I also have this issue, at first it’s fine but the longer I drive the more it seems to lag. I drove about a 40 minute trip two days ago and by the time my exit was coming up off the highway maps was easily a mile behind where I was just like you, but I don’t think it’s an issue with maps specifically because the entire CarPlay interface lags on any touch for quite a while. 2022 Kia Stinger… wonder if it’s a Kia infotainment issue.

Howdy RohanDalal,

Thanks for posting in the Apple Support Communities.

We understand you've noticed the location seems to be delayed while using maps with Apple CarPlay, right?

If we have that correct, let's check if Precise Location is enabled for the Maps app. If that isn't enabled, let's go ahead and turn this on to allow for your location to be accurate. Check out the following steps for assistance with locating this, and you can learn more details here: Turn Location Services and GPS on or off on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch - Apple Support

How to share your specific location

With iOS 14 and iPadOS 14, some apps can use Precise Location to get to your specific location. To share only your approximate location — which may be sufficient for an app that doesn’t need your exact location — turn Precise Location off. Here's how:

1. Go to Settings > Privacy, then select Location Services.

2. Select an app, then turn Precise Location on or off.

Learn more about privacy and Location Services.

Let us know if that changes the results for you, and confirm that you have the latest iOS version installed on your paired iPhone.

Have a great day!

Same issue for me with a 13 pro max. Apple maps seems to work OK but google maps and waze are totally unusable in carplay.

If I open Waze in particular it will freeze up the entire ui and everything becomes unusable.

This has been the case for quite some time (a year or more) and I think it's pretty poor apple haven't yet solved this issue.

Android auto is currently looking like the better option.

Interestingly enough I have just changed my car but I am still using the exact same phone and apple carplay works fine. Google maps and Waze both work as intended with no issue at all, so this has got to be some sort of an issue with apple carplay not playing nicely with certain head units. As I stated in previous post with my previous car it was totally unusable. Strange.

The same thing: Started i guess from iOS 16 - but not sure. The same problem with iPhone 11 and with iPhone 14 (updated my phone before NY). Problem is noticeable with wireless CarPlay (in "native" wireless mode and also via wireless adapter), in wired mode everything is ok.

Lag appears in Waze and in GoogleMaps. started with 5 sec lag in became bigger up to 3-5 minutes (you see positin on map you passed 5 minutes ago) and after this head unit in car are crashing/rebooting. lag is visible within car position on map and if speed is showing on screen - there is also lags on speed change.

I'm experiencing "exactly" the same issue after the recent updates of IOS (iPhone 12 mini and Jeep Compass 2021)

It seems to be related to the usage of Google Maps or Waze..

Switching to (Apple) Maps the issue is not there most of the times.

I got the same issue as well. It’s working fine when you first plugged in, but became laggy after some time. I think the issue is with IOS 16 background app refresh

I have the same problem for at least a year. The problem is was almost any function on CarPlay. It is really annoying and makes CarPlay mainly useless.