Hey, friends today I will give my personal review that I observe after using this so here is the reviews about Honda Civic Adds Available Wireless CarPlay Review. Wireless CarPlay is becoming more popular among automakers, and Honda is one of the most recent to do so, having debuted it in the 2021 Accord and now expanding it to the Civic for 2022. I recently had the opportunity to spend some time in the new Civic, which offers a familiar infotainment experience with a few useful additions. so let get started with today Review. Getting different problems is altogether gives a very different experience. today the Review I am going to share with you is about Honda Civic Adds Available Wireless CarPlay Review.
My test vehicle was a top-tier Touring trim, with a 9-inch main infotainment screen with SiriusXM and built-in navigation, as opposed to the 7-inch screen found on other trims.
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Honda Infotainment
I reviewed the 2018 Accord with wired CarPlay a few years ago, and the overall look of the Honda infotainment system remains remarkably similar, with a Home Screen featuring color-coded tiles based on function, such as blue for audio functions, yellow for system functions, green for phone/messaging functions, and red for navigation.
The customizable shortcuts have been moved from the top status strip to their own row at the bottom of the display, allowing for six larger tabs that will take you directly to your most frequently used apps from wherever you are in the native Honda system, but not CarPlay.
The system includes smart shortcuts, which predict what functions you might want to use at any given time based on your previous listening, music, and navigation behaviour. You can give suggestions a thumbs up or down, and they will improve over time as they collect more data about your usage patterns.
While Honda claims to have improved the responsiveness of the Civic’s infotainment system, I found it to be a little sluggish, especially when opening apps for the first time after the system booted up. SiriusXM stations took up to a minute to begin playing after starting the car, and the navigation app was routinely quite slow to fully launch the first time I accessed it after starting the car, though it was much faster on subsequent visits during the same drive.
A conveniently located volume knob is useful for quick adjustments, and hard buttons for home, back, and audio forward/back provide some quick-access controls that don’t require the touchscreen.
Wireless CarPlay
Importantly, wireless CarPlay is only available on the Touring trim of the 2022 Civic, with all other trims limited to wired CarPlay. That’s a shame, because the wireless upgrade makes CarPlay so much more convenient for short trips where you might not even want to take your phone out of your pocket.
Wireless CarPlay setup was extremely simple as expected, with the usual prompts appearing after connecting my phone to the system via Bluetooth, and from that point on connecting automatically and seamlessly every time I started the car.
On the Civic, CarPlay takes up the entire screen, and with a 9-inch screen, it’s plenty big. You can’t see information from the native Honda system alongside CarPlay because there is no split-screen functionality or persistent status bar, but the physical Home button next to the screen makes it easy to exit CarPlay and you can use the shortcuts to simplify getting into CarPlay.
The large 10.2-inch digital driver’s display on the Touring trim, which can helpfully display some data such as your audio information and navigation prompts from either the built-in system or CarPlay, also helps to mitigate the lack of visibility for the native system on the main screen while in CarPlay.
Directions from Apple Maps are displayed on the driver’s display inside the digital speedometer.
The Touring trim’s Bose audio system provides good audio quality, with 12 speakers distributed throughout the cabin. CarPlay audio prompts are directional in nature, coming from a speaker located behind the screen. Other audio also dims slightly while Siri is speaking to ensure that Siri can be heard.
Wireless Charging and Ports
Wireless phone chargers appear to be hit-or-miss as well, with manufacturers releasing a wide range of designs. It appears to be a simple concept, but I’m always surprised that some of them don’t work consistently.
Supporting a variety of device sizes and keeping them properly positioned while subjected to various forces in a moving vehicle appears to be difficult, but I’m pleased to say that Honda has done a solid job with its wireless charger in the new Civic. The phone charger, like wireless CarPlay, is only available on the Touring trim.
The charging solution for the Civic is a simple rubberized pad in a cubby at the base of the centre stack. A pair of subtle plastic rails keep devices relatively centred over the charging coils in the cubby, and my iPhone 13 Pro Max in an Apple case fit comfortably. The charger had no trouble starting or maintaining charging with my phone, and my phone always stayed exactly where I put it.
Update: Several readers and one MacRumors staff member have said that they have had significant issues with wireless charging in the Civic. I experienced no issues with my iPhone 13 Pro Max, so perhaps the size of the phone plays a role.
Honda continues to rely on USB-A for wired connectivity in the Civic, with four ports available on the EX and Touring trims: one charge-and-data port, one charge-only port up front next to the wireless charging cubby, and two charge-only ports on the rear of the centre console for backseat passengers. The LX and Sport trims have a single USB-A port in the front for wired CarPlay and Android Auto connectivity.
Wrap-up
Wireless CarPlay is a welcome addition to the 2022 Civic, making the feature available on one of the most popular cars in the United States, particularly among first-time and younger buyers. Unfortunately, it’s only available in the Touring trim, so you’ll have to add more than $7,000 to the base price of the vehicle to get wireless CarPlay, though you’ll obviously get a lot of other upgrades as well.
The wireless phone charger is the same way. Given their interrelated utility, it’s not uncommon for wireless CarPlay and wireless phone chargers to be paired up on trim levels, so this isn’t surprising, but it would be nice if these features were available on some lower trims, even as a standalone option that didn’t require you to also add all of the upgrades included in higher trims.
Even in the top-tier Touring trim required to get these features, the 2022 Civic costs less than $30,000, putting it within reach of many mainstream new car buyers. I just wish it was more accessible to the crowd looking to stay under $25,000 in price.