Why is CarPlay not functioning on my 2024 Can-Am Spyder?

Shortly after I installed 2.1.1, it offered an "update" to 2.1.0. As it said on the screen, this is the initial firmware the bikes shipped with. I knew that it would remove ACP by doing so. I figured they must have pulled 2.1.1 due to some fatal bug (which I never saw any) and rather than risk a bike failure due to 2.1.1 I let it roll back to 2.1.0 and of course lost ACP in the process. I stupidly assumed they would fix it in a few days and 2.1.1 or 2.1.2 would be available quickly but as we all know, that has not happened.

Below is the screen I took of the "update" to 2.1.0 for reference.

Yes, you are correct, just general "come on BRP, sort it out!" kind of emails with exactly the responses you mentioned each and every time.

Here's my final thoughts about Apple Carplay on my 2024 Spyder RT Sea2Sky. I am annoyed that it wasn't included with my Spyder, but it is not the reason I bought my Spyder, and had I known ahead of time that it wasn't working I would still have bought my Spyder.

I love riding my Spyder, and in fact after posting this and eating some lunch, I'm going for a ride.

It's sunny and about 80 F outside so it'll be perfect.

Tomorrow, Saturday, it's supposed to be overcast, but no rain, so another riding day!

Sunday is forecast for thunderstorms so my Spyder will be hiding in the garage all day.

As for navigation, I purchased a Garmin Zumo XT GPS that is waterproof, and designed for motorcycles. I plug it into the USB cable in the glovebox in front of the handlebars. I have it mounted to the handlebars with an Arkon MC25MMB mount, a security lock made by Motopumps that I bought from Lamonster Garage, and the mounting parts included with the Garmin. It's paired via bluetooth with my iPhone (which is plugged into the USB port in the top case) and with the Sena 3S Plus headset mounted in my helmet, so I can hear the GPS directions even at freeway speeds.

Here's what it looks like when I'm sitting on my Spyder.

Once Apple Carplay is released by BRP then I'll test BRP's implementation of Carplay with my iPhone and helmet headset and decide whether I will keep using my Garmin setup, or if it will end up on eBay.

In the meantime, let's ride!

No. Someone posted in a can am Facebook group that they had heard it is being abandoned on the 2024’s

Still trying to get it to download. It downloads completely and then says server unavailable. Guess I'll try again tomorrow. I'm sure the servers are slammed.

They released it yesterday. If you can connect over wifi you can download directly. I went to brp dealer and had them do it with their buds2 system. Btw works perfectly and so nice to have it active

Was released yesterday and works perfectly

I got it "mostly" working a couple of days ago, as in CarPlay came up on the display, but when I tried to navigate to a local business it located the business, but then just had a spinning series of dots, without actually saying it was ready to navigate.

That was while my Spyder was parked inside my garage, with the key on but the engine was not running.

Today I went out and tried again, but raised the metal garage door before doing anything else.

My Spyder was still parked inside the garage, but I started the engine this time.

After connecting my iPhone to the USB cable in the glove box, and confirming that the iPhone and the SENA headset in my helmet both showed up as being connected thru bluetooth with my Spyder, it worked.

I asked it to navigate to my local WalMart:

So I'm guessing the failure from a couple of days ago was because the GPS signal was being blocked by my metal garage door.

iPhone SE Gen 2 connected to the USB port in the glove box using an Apple lightning cable.

SENA 3S Plus Boom Microphone bluetooth kit mounted in my helmet.

BRP/Can-Am have not enabled it yet. It is supposed to happen this month. You can run the Wi-Fi update to your head unit every few days and see if it updates. Pro-tip, if your home Wi-Fi doesn’t reach your bike, use your phone hotspot. The updates are small.

I’m thinking from some of the comments around the technicians at our shop it might take a “hard” update hooked up to Buds at the BRP dealership. The home wifi system might not be able to install the ACP program on our machines. I will be doing that Monday on mine to check that out.

Hi JohnDeeredoo,

Thanks for the info, didn't had the chance to poke at the Spyder too much since I got it few days ago (work and bad weather keeps getting in the way lol) I intend to conduct various testing this weekend, I will get back to this forum with my findings (good or bad).