Wireless Apple Car Play in 2024 Hyundai Tucson Limited

Why can’t I connect to Apple Car Play wirelessly in my new Tucson. This is my first Hyundai and I am extremely disappointed I cannot connect CarPlay wirelessly. All other vehicles I have owned provided wireless play connect. This is so antiquated. Just because I have built in navigation should not prohibit the wireless connection. Please fix this with some type of IOS or Hyundai update. Please!

Posted on Dec 29, 2023 4:51 PM

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Posted on Feb 2, 2024 9:04 AM

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Dec 29, 2023 5:46 PM in response to The_Cat_Lover2010

Thank you. I wouldn't say I like using a USB connection with Apple Car Play. My previous vehicles always connected wirelessly. This is so backward with Hyundai. I was told because I have a factory-installed navigation system and a 10.25-inch nav screen, I have to use USB to connect. Lower trims without navigation can connect wirelessly. Why? This makes no sense. It is a pure drag to connect my phone to a USB cable in the car. I want to leave my phone in my purse and enjoy Apple CarPlay. Bluetooth works wirelessly, of course, in the car; but not Apple CarPlay. Supposedly there is some dispute between Apple and Hyundai about who owns the navigation button in the vehicle????? Stupid....just fix it and make it work. This is so annoying!



Feb 4, 2024 7:12 PM in response to WashingtonNats

Thanks, I will look into the device you mentioned.

This is my first Hyundai. I have always driven cars with wireless Apple CarPlay. I do not like having to connect my iPhone to the car via a cable. This is annoying. Like my previous cars, I want to be able to simply get in my car, leave my iPhone in my purse and automatically have access to Apple CarPlay. I can listen to audiobooks, Pandora, my AppleMusic, send/retrieve What's App messages. I do not rely on Google Maps....I use the car navigation, but the hook up via a cable is a pure drag. Hyundai, please fix this. It's ridiculous!!!

Feb 13, 2024 5:34 PM in response to Katia614

Sorry to tell you, but the update did not work


My Kona was working with Apple CarPlay slightly

Hyundai pushed an update and now it doesn’t work at all. I’ll see the screen, but when it comes to texting or giving Apple command, it doesn’t work and even unsend a message when I try to force it by using the screen of the Kona. They’re indicating they don’t know as the engineers of Hyundai when it’ll be repaired. I only had the car for a little over a week. And they may have to process it as a lemon and it’s brand new.

Feb 13, 2024 5:45 PM in response to Konariss24

Konariss24 wrote:
I only had the car for a little over a week. And they may have to process it as a lemon and it’s brand new.

A little off topic but you’re saying they may label your car as a lemon based solely on this issue? Or do you have some other issues going on? Generally, something like not being able to connect to Apple CarPlay or similar services (like Android Auto) wouldn’t qualify as a serious defect or condition that substantially impairs the vehicles use, value or safety even though as consumers we may feel like it does so it’s interesting if they are able to use the lemon law on your vehicle if it’s solely due to CarPlay not working. I only ask because it’s truly an interesting thing if this is the case.

Feb 16, 2024 7:38 AM in response to Cicibear262

Similar issues with my 24 Kona EV.


I wish it would work fine with a USB cable. That option doesn't fix anything for me (just like another post mentioned), even if I set it up to not use wireless Apple CarPlay. So I'm not sure it has anything to do with the wireless side of things.


Siri listens/responds to herself, unsends messages, sends stuff I didn't say (but she did). Music continues to play in the background so that creates an added level of frustration. It will even unmute audio when I use Siri. They only way to keep music from playing is to drop the level to 0 before I activate Siri.


iPhone 15 Pro Max - 17.3.1


Mar 2, 2024 12:16 PM in response to Linda Charles

Linda, when you say you "received" the firmware update, what do you mean? did you download it from somewhere? Did the car receive it from the alleged over the air update feature?


I have just had my Tucson for 8 days, and it appears to me that there is newer navigation software disclosed here that is not on my car: https://update.hyundai.com/US/EN/updateNoticePopup/GnwBK4


I see no way of downloading anything other than the nav software, and nothing seems to be updating over the air.

Mar 2, 2024 12:59 PM in response to Cicibear262

Cicibear, The first part of what you were told is the equivalent of your ISP insisting that you power cycle your modem when your internet is down, although you have clearly stated that everyone you know in the neighbourhood is also down. Useless boilerplate from 1st level support who don't have a clue.


The second part is just plain false.

Mar 3, 2024 12:14 AM in response to nxnw

I hate the response I got too 😂 I had literally told them I tried all the stuff (like clearly I’m posting here I’m one to scour the web for ways to do it myself) but they gave me the dumbed down response.

I want to be able to use CarPlay wirelessly but I’ve gotten back in the habit of plugging my phone in like I used to do years ago.


also is it just me or is music way louder via Bluetooth vs CarPlay? No one has ever told me they noticed but I blast my music and I can say it’s louder via Bluetooth. I can’t navigate my phone like I can CarPlay but it’s about 30% louder 🤷🏻‍♀️


I hope someone finds a way to update without having to spend hours downloading the update files that seem to be corrupt anyways 🤦🏻‍♀️

Mar 3, 2024 8:06 AM in response to Linda Charles

Continuing my tale of woe, in my efforts to install the update using the Hyundai Navigation Updater app: I have not succeeded in installing the update yet, but am posting this so others may avoid going down the same rabbit holes I have died in. What HASN’T worked so far:

  • copying the folder of downloaded files to the root of the USB key (instead of the individual files)
  • reformatting the USB key ExFat on a PC (rather than reformatting it ExFat on a mac)
  • selecting the USB key as the destination for the download, rather than the default “NaU” folder located in my downloads folder - now, this may have moved the needle a bit because when I did this, it said, approximately: “are you sure, this drive will be reformatted Exfat and all contents will be deleted”. That was promising, except:
    • My small startup drive had only 30 GB to spare and the app balked, saying it needs “74 GB” of hard disk space as temporary storage for the download before copying to the USB key. This dialog prompted me to find another location, which I tried to do but iy crashed when I tried this from the prompt;
    • If I started over and tried from “settings” to change the temp storage to an external hard drive, the app said it was going to reformat it, so no;
    • If, from settings, I tried an internal volume other than the startup, it said “Only a hard disk can be used as a storage location”. IT WAS a hard disk.
    • I deleted enough from my startup to free up 78 GB (note here that 78>74), the app balked again, saying it needs “74 GB” of hard disk space as temporary storage for the download before copying to the USB key.
    • How about 81 GB? No. 
    • Deleted more and rebooted. 86 GB Enough? No. It needs “74 GB” of hard disk.


Major clown show.



Apr 28, 2024 5:10 PM in response to Konariss24

they probs need to reload the cars software. After 3 check engine issues and 6 months of going back and forth to the dealer, (2024 N line Tucson hybrid) they reinstalled the software and it seems to be better. They said if the check engine came back on,they would start a buyback. Not because of CarPlay but because of many other weird driving issues and check engine. The CarPlay issue though is super annoying.

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