Paulaus

It means you can have Apple Maps / Google Maps / Waze etc as your sat NAV in the car. Makes finding destinations much easier (ask Siri) and the map on the screen is much better than the Lexus one. It also integrates Music and Messages app. Because of the slight faff of having to plug into USB port, some people get the converter discussed above that gives a permanent usb connection nad syncs wirelessly to your phone. I’ll probably get one of those at some point, but for now tend not to bother with car play for short day to day activities, but load it up going somewhere unfamiliar, further away, or where traffic might be a concern.

Oooh - might get that. Since I got my ACP upgrade for free it feels worth it....

Cameras are on the maps, yes. Whether they warn you, like Waze, depends on if you have settings for warning turned on

In the online instructions, it says you "must use a data certified cable" not just a charging cable. Not really sure what that means - I use an original apple cable and it works, but if you have issues with other cables, that may be why.

Has anyone with the upgrade had issues with using other apps while Maps is active? BBC sounds, messages etc work fine in the car when there is no active navigation. But as soon as a route is selected, it appears as a sticky and won't really allow access to other apps (for example to change music) unless the route is cancelled. This is the case whether driving (which I can understand to an extent) or static (which I can't).

I checked this today, and no - it doesn't. If you set up Lexus Nav to a route, the info/HUD works as usual. It stays there when you connect to ACP and open maps and even get a route displayed. But as soon as you press Go, the info/HUD disappears. Going the opposite way loses ACP. So it seems you can have only 1 nav operating at a time and cannot have ACP on main screen plus Lexus nav on HUD.

ACP - Apple Car Play APC - probably ACP typo?

These are the routes home from Lexus Croydon. The red is Lexus Sat NAV route. Blue was Car Play. Car Play was longer, but avoids a load of traffic. im not even sure if you can do Lexus NAV on hud while car play is running. “Lexus” is like an app on ACP screen, but when you click it it seem to exit ACP and go back to normal Lexus UI. I didn’t try running a route in Lexus then sticking ACP on to see what happens. I guess in most cases, the Lexus NAV on hud will be generally the same, but rerouting for traffic will be better on ACP running either waze, Maps or Google maps. I’ll try it out to see

You may as well not bother with the update, then, as you can already play music from phone on Bluetooth and send messages using Siri from the phone assist (press and hold phone button) without the upgrade. Apple maps / google maps / Waze are so much better than the Lexus sat nav - the loss of HUD is worth it imo

Siri does work, but by pressing the speak control button, not by saying “Hey Siri”. I’ve used it for one longish route, but it was totally different from the route the Lexus sat nav uses, so you would have the map saying one thing and the hud another. Apple map on the car also talks to Apple Watch, so you get the time to turn vibrations on the watch.

Finally finished, 3 days later! On the plus side, they gave it to me free, so happy with that. As others said, HUD doesn’t work. Connected to USB cable and CarPlay icon appears in main menu. original Lexus maps etc still all there. no need to say Hey Siri - you press the voice button on wheel instead

that's what they told me.... 5hrs they said back by lunch time they said just not which day! Telling me to plan to pick up Saturday; went in Wednesday

Mine is in the dealer today to get done. Also £80, but courtesy car free. Was also in yesterday and will be in tomorrow...! it’s the first one they have done (Croydon) but 3 days seems a bit long! Apparently it’s going well, just slow. if it goes wrong, it screws the whole interface system and would cost them £5.5k to fix, they say, so they are taking their time....

I asked Lexus Customer care about this and got a reply. I have a 2019 NX.