CarPlay for GLEs produced before January 8th, 2016?
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CarPlay for GLEs produced before January 8th, 2016?
I got my 2016 GLE in mid September and I'm wondering if there will be any option to update GLEs produced prior to the date that Mercedes-Benz starts rolling out CarPlay.
CarPlay is included standard with COMAND Navigation in 2016 CLS550 Coupe and CLS63 S Coupe models with December 1, 2015 production or later, and 2016 GLE400, GLE450 Coupe, GLE63 and GLE63 S models with January 8, 2016 production or later.
Mercedes-Benz 2016 U.S. CarPlay Vehicles
December 1, 2015 or Later
- 2016 B-Class
- 2016 CLA
- 2016 CLS400
- 2016 CLS550
- 2016 CLS63 S
- 2016 E400 Coupe
- 2016 E550 Coupe
- 2016 E400 Cabriolet
- 2016 E550 Cabriolet
- 2016 GLA
January 8, 2016 or Later
- 2016 GLE300d
- 2016 GLE350
- 2016 GLE400
- 2016 GLE450
- 2016 GLE63
- 2016 GLE63 S
Mercedes-Benz 2016 U.S. CarPlay Vehicles
December 1, 2015 or Later
- 2016 B-Class
- 2016 CLA
- 2016 CLS400
- 2016 CLS550
- 2016 CLS63 S
- 2016 E400 Coupe
- 2016 E550 Coupe
- 2016 E400 Cabriolet
- 2016 E550 Cabriolet
- 2016 GLA
January 8, 2016 or Later
- 2016 GLE300d
- 2016 GLE350
- 2016 GLE400
- 2016 GLE450
- 2016 GLE63
- 2016 GLE63 S
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I'm with you on this one. I have a GLE coupe produced in October. I was always told it would have CarPlay. Generally, I am very unhappy with the whole buying experience. If CarPlay comes through for me, it would help my feelings a bit.
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Anyway to flash the command firmware and upgrade? I just got a GLE400 about 3 weeks ago and would love to have carplay..
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2017 BMW 230ix convertible, 2018 GLC300
I ordered a GLE 300d that was supposed to be produced the end of December. It has a delay production date of January 11th so I guess it will have CarPlay. What will that feature do for me?
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Even my VW egolf that I leased for $69 a month already comes with Apple Carplay and Android Auto standard..this is a joke, period.
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I just called MB customer care to ask about software updates/retrofitting CarPlay. I was very confidently told that there would be no retrofit. At this point, I am disappointed enough that this car may not stay in the garage very long. They did a lot of things right but there are enough highly irritating things to motivate me to pursue a rapid turnover.
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2005 SL55 Pewter-Charcoal, 2016 GLE300d Palladium-Espresso, (2013 GL350BT White-Almond:returned)
Add another dissatisfied customer...
I just called MB customer care to ask about software updates/retrofitting CarPlay. I was very confidently told that there would be no retrofit. At this point, I am disappointed enough that this car may not stay in the garage very long. They did a lot of things right but there are enough highly irritating things to motivate me to pursue a rapid turnover.
GLE300d built 11/15...
--JC
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I just picked up my 2016 GLE-350 on January 30th, if this truck does not get CarPlay eventually I will raise hell, all those stupid online Mercedes Apps that no one uses and no CarPlay? The hell with that! They don't need to retro fit anything, just push an update through and be done with it. Im also calling MB tomorrow to find out whats going on with this.
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On top of everything else, the apps that mercedes does offer run like dog#@$# because the 3g service is so slow it makes it useless. I am REALLY unhappy with that portion of command.
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My 2016 GLE300d came with CarPlay. I ordered the car in November. It arrived in Virginia around January 18, 2016, when I was out of the country so I did not pick it up until early February. The salesman connected an iphone to the car, and we saw the CarPlay icon on the car's display and tested it. I must have lucked out in that my car was built just after January 9 when this feature was to be added. There is nothing on the window sticker to indicate that it has CarPlay. I only know because we tested it.
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CarPlay
Mine came with Apple Carplay. It wouldn't be a deal breaker for me. I would say the nicest thing about it is that when you receive a text it appears and you can click the pad and it will read the text, and allow you to respond by voice. And you can use Siri to do things; I've found in previous ML's of mine that the voice response for commands is basically useless so this is a nice change.
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Mine came with Apple Carplay. It wouldn't be a deal breaker for me. I would say the nicest thing about it is that when you receive a text it appears and you can click the pad and it will read the text, and allow you to respond by voice. And you can use Siri to do things; I've found in previous ML's of mine that the voice response for commands is basically useless so this is a nice change.
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2016 GLE450 AMG Coupe / 2012 ML350
car play
i hear you have to have your phone plugged in to use it, i think that kinda sucks when everything is now wireless so i don't think u will be missing much. its coming with my build but don't think i will really use it. i like to leave my phone in my pocket and just have the phone connect via Bluetooth on my ML.
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does anyone know about Android Auto? Since I only use Android phones.
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I'm starting to wonder if there is any one particular person at MB we can email, write to, or call collectively about a retrofit.
I'm speculating that this update is most likely a software one on a specific head-unit that probably hasn't changed between production dates. Probably the only reason MB wouldn't offer such a thing is because not enough owners are vocal about it and if that isn't the reason, we should at least know why.
Edit:
Looking at the original CarPlay notice, it looks like this might be a good place to start:
Nick Schwartz
Assistant Product Manager - Cross Carline Technology
Nick.Schwartz@mbusa.com
I'm speculating that this update is most likely a software one on a specific head-unit that probably hasn't changed between production dates. Probably the only reason MB wouldn't offer such a thing is because not enough owners are vocal about it and if that isn't the reason, we should at least know why.
Edit:
Looking at the original CarPlay notice, it looks like this might be a good place to start:
Nick Schwartz
Assistant Product Manager - Cross Carline Technology
Nick.Schwartz@mbusa.com
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