Apple Carplay affecting call quality?

I've been having issues will call quality on my iPhone 7 connected via bluetooth to a 2018 Hyundai Tuson. People I call say I am cutting out a lot and they can hear feedback of their voice during a call. I have had the car tested by my Hyundai dealer and the radio unit is fine and has the latest updates.


Doing some testing I have discovered a call when the phone is connected via bluetooth but disconnected from the car usb port (and hence carplay not activated) call quality is fine. I have connect the phone to the car's usb port during a call and the quality issues come back.


Does anyone have experience of this and is there a fix?

iPhone 7, iOS 11.3.1

Posted on May 23, 2018 10:18 AM

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May 24, 2018 9:40 AM in response to Joseph_S.

Hi Joseph,


I have tried all of the above with the exception of using a certified cable. I have one on order and will advise if this makes a difference. The car system is fully updated (confirmed by my Hyundai dealer yesterday) and I am running the latest version of ios on my phone.


I have done some additional testing today to try and identify if CarPlay is causing the issue. I have made a call using a Bluetooth connection only i.e. the phone is not connected to the cars USB socket and CarPlay not activated. The call quality to my test subject was instantly better. No cutting out and no feedback.


I plugged the phone into the car USB socket during the call (there is only one on the Tucson) and the quality issues returned. I was able to replicate this by plugging and unplugging the cable and the quality dipped when connected to the USB/CarPlay activated. I even made separate calls to rule out the plugging in and out.


To identify if it was a problem with the car media system or CarPlay, I disabled CarPlay in the menu settings and repeated the above test. The call quality was good with the phone both plugged in and removed from the car USB socket. The quality issue returned when I reactivated CarPlay.


Obviously I need to repeat this with a certified cable, but using different cables hasn't altered the poor quality calls which suggests that CarPlay is the likely cause.


Regards

Darren

May 24, 2018 8:55 AM in response to dazzyfm

Hello dazzyfm,


Thanks for that info and choosing the Apple Support Communities. Based on what you stated, it seems you are experiencing issues with call quality when using CarPlay and your iPhone. To help with this issue, please each of these steps, and then contact Apple for further help.

If CarPlay doesn't work like you expect, here’s what you can check. After each step, try using CarPlay again.

  1. Make sure that Siri is turned on.
  2. Restart your iPhone and your car. Depending on your car, you might see the CarPlay Home screen when you turn it on. If you don't, look for the CarPlay logo on your car’s display.
  3. If possible, connect your iPhone to a different USB port in your car.
  4. Try a different Lightning to USB cable. Make sure that the cable is certified.
  5. Update to the latest version of iOS.
  6. Check your car’s manual for help. You might need to install firmware updates for your stereo.


Set up CarPlay with your iPhone
Contact Apple Support


Cheers!

May 31, 2018 12:32 PM in response to dazzyfm

Dude you’re not going to convince any apple person responding to you that it’s their side. It’s gonna take a high up guy in apple with a friend or family member complaining before anything of value starts to come out.


I have crackles in call quality for all my 11.3 and 11.4 devices. I have no problems with one of my old iphones that I refuse to upgrade. I have kenwood, pioneer and soundstream HUs. It’s apple because I got an old iphone that works on all CarPlay units perfectly. I’ll let you guess what OS version I have.


They need to give microphone level control, that’s my user-best-guess because it sounds like an old audio problem from the late 90s where the mic or general volume is too high for the HU preamps, no matter what the manufacturer.


Check your phone and tada, no microphone level control.... actually no any volume control is provided to the user during CarPlay.


Good job apple!


Sigh.

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