Would be nice if apple enables the ability to use wifi carplay and starlink connectivity. At the moment you have to have corded carplay when using wifi starlink... A bit annoying and going abck in time to 1990's. Surely there's a way to fix this issue.
Here's why...
An iPhone (or iPad) can have only one active WiFi connection.
Wireless CarPlay establishes an ad-hoc (i.e. "point-to-point") WiFi network between the iPhone and the Infotainment system. While this ad-hoc network is active, the iPhone cannot connect to another WiFi infrastructure network - such as a Starlink router. Bluetooth is initially used to establish the WiFi connection between the devices
By contrast, while using a wired CarPlay connection between your iPhone and the Infotainment system, the iPhone's WiFi connection is available - and can connect to an infrastructure WiFi network.
The only way that could be possible would be to have a second WiFi radio in the phone. That would increase the size and weight and decrease the battery life.
I don't understand why you would need both unless you're in the middle of nowhere where you have no cellular data signal at all.
aussiewithbigtv wrote:
Would be nice if apple enables the ability to use wifi carplay and starlink connectivity. At the moment you have to have corded carplay when using wifi starlink... A bit annoying and going abck in time to 1990's. Surely there's a way to fix this issue.
Apple isn't here. This is a user to user only forum. Feedback to Apple goes here --> Feedback - iPhone - Apple
Keep in mind that Starlink is not an Apple Service. And CarPlay relies on Bluetooth. Wifi isn't really required for CarPlay to work seamlessly.
CarPlay integration with Starlink and Wi-Fi
