Need an update on WiFi
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Well,the best way that you could test if the iPhone is using the car Wi-Fi or not is to turn off the celluar data in your phone and connect to your car Wi-Fi and then try the iTunes radio
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I just touch the "Media" button on the command area and then the system connects the device (iPhone in this case) through bluetooth and it starts playing streaming music from the music stations I had selected on iTunes Radio. Without any doubt at all, there use to be a big difference with and without connection to WiFi. It was so bad in the past that I would deactivate the WiFi in the car so that I could just stream the music through the At&T data plan and 4G LTE connection. But recently, I do not need to deactivate the WiFi since it works good enough. Is this just a coincidence? I don't think so.
Btw, the phone has to be getting connection through the car's WiFi because when I try to go to a couple of different websites on the phone while I'm sitting in the car, it is quite slow as opposed to the normal 4G LTE it normally uses when it is very fast. But evidently, the WiFI is now just fast enough to be able to stream the music from iTunes Radio quite well as opposed to the past.
Btw, the phone has to be getting connection through the car's WiFi because when I try to go to a couple of different websites on the phone while I'm sitting in the car, it is quite slow as opposed to the normal 4G LTE it normally uses when it is very fast. But evidently, the WiFI is now just fast enough to be able to stream the music from iTunes Radio quite well as opposed to the past.
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If I'm far away from the car it will change from the Mercedes connection to the AT&T 4G LTE connection. How does that prove anything? Isn't it convincing enough that web browsing on the phone while sitting in the car (the WiFi symbol is showing and on the phone and on the WiFi settings is says connected to Mercedes) is very slow. When I deactivate the WiFi in the car, browsing the web is now very fast since it's using the AT&T data. To me that's 100% proof.
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If I'm far away from the car it will change from the Mercedes connection to the AT&T 4G LTE connection. How does that prove anything? Isn't it convincing enough that web browsing on the phone while sitting in the car (the WiFi symbol is showing and on the phone and on the WiFi settings is says connected to Mercedes) is very slow. When I deactivate the WiFi in the car, browsing the web is now very fast since it's using the AT&T data. To me that's 100% proof.
In the top right of your right car display do you have two gold arrows pointing in opposite direction? This indicates that your car is connected to Verizon Telematics with an internet connection.
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The answer is a big YES! I knew this to be the case all along but I just drove the car around the block to get away from my home WiFi and the 2 gold arrows popped up on the upper right hand side of the car display screen. And, on the iPhone WiFi settings it clearly states MB WLAN followed by a number. I have been trying to say this on about 10 different posts. As I said before, I was 100% certain that my phone was being connected to the car's WiFI as long as I have that feature activated. So with all this confusion above, I have a feeling that the car's internet speed is slightly faster in recent weeks and that's why I am able to stream the music from iTunes Radio with much better luck while using the car's WiFi connection.
Man I hope this settles it this time. But I would love to hear from any of you about this issue.
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4G on your phone is always going to be much faster that the car's WiFi using 3G for its uplink. You aren't going to see good connected car app performance until the car has a 4G head unit, and this 2015 model year car doesn't have that.
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But I thought that perhaps the speed could be improved by some sort of software update. I think something to improve it slightly has already been done by either Verizon or MB per my "zillion" comments above.
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(Or just turn off the phone's Bluetooth.)
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Ok, I just did another test with the iPhone left in the house. I drove around a few blocks and when I went to launch MB Apps, sure enough the 2 golden arrows showed up on the upper right hand corner of the screen as usual. The only App that I have now is the Google Maps. They obviously disconnected all the rest probably in early July along with the Internet Radio.
