An elegant electronic symbiosis (aka using CarPlay)

[JustAnotherMidlifeCrisis]

Back in the UK and catching up with my XPower.

Finally realised the hotspot password isn’t the MG password I chose originally or the PIN but a separate password given in the infotainment.

Tried it with my iPhone 14. Worked first time.

And it supports Apple CarPlay. The car gives the phone its 4G connection via the MG hotspot (aka onboard WiFi) and the phone uses this to run Apple Maps, Siri etc., which in turn show up on the infotainment screen. Unless I have misunderstood.

All the while charging the phone through the same wire.

Nifty!

 

[wattmatters]

All the while charging the phone through the same wire.

Not sure I understand.

Plugging the phone in to the USB port already enables CarPlay.

 

[leonkernan]

The phone doesn't need the car for data. It's more than capable of doing its own thing.
Carplay basically makes the car a monitor for the phone.

 

[JustAnotherMidlifeCrisis]

My point was that if your phone doesn't have data then the hotspot provides it, following which the phone is able to run CarPlay. Since the hotspot is free and apparently unlimited, you get CarPlay at no charge and without even needing a phone plan.

 

[wattmatters]

Never knew an iPhone without data was a thing.

 

[Grriff]

Don't know about Apple CarPlay but the hotspot is very useful when you have a Pay-as-you-go SIM on an Android phone. Unlike Honda's offering, it's free (as noted above)!

 

[JustAnotherMidlifeCrisis]

Never knew an iPhone without data was a thing.

It is when your non-UK employer gives you a shambolic roaming allowance.