Apple CarPlay Sidebar

[anthonymooney87]

Hi everyone,
I’m hoping someone might be able to shed some light for me.

RHD MG4 SR.

Apple CarPlay has the sidebar for recently opened apps which is handy.
It’s on the left side of the screen however (passenger side). Ideally this would be on my side.

I’ve seen other vehicles have the option of setting this to RHD OR LHD but not finding anything in settings in CarPlay or the infotainment.

I know it can be done as I’ve seen images showing this on the driver side.

I think I’ve overlooked a minor setting.

Would greatly appreciate if any advice.

Thanks all.

 

[Tig170]

... its another characteristic of the MG4

 

[anthonymooney87]

... its another characteristic of the MG4

Thought as much

 

[Deepbluexl]

Isnt there a setting in the carplay Menu to choose RHD or LHD? Android Auto has this setting to override when the car will not tell the correct RHD or LHD..

 

[ReintjeWA]

My sidebar in CarPlay is mostly on the right (so my/driver’s side) but it does seem to change at random every now and then

 

[anthonymooney87]

My sidebar in CarPlay is mostly on the right (so my/driver’s side) but it does seem to change at random every now and then

Thank you.

I’ve reset the CarPlay settings from my phone hoping it might do something.
I’ll check it in the morning

 

[siteguru]

Isnt there a setting in the carplay Menu to choose RHD or LHD? Android Auto has this setting to override when the car will not tell the correct RHD or LHD..

No there's not - Apple in their wisdom have decided that either a) all cars are LHD, or b) CarPlay users don't need this.

 

[Susanna]

My sidebar in CarPlay is mostly on the right (so my/driver’s side) but it does seem to change at random every now and then

My ZS does the same. Very weird behaviour!

 

[Alansurfer]

It’s not just on the MG it swaps sides randomly in other cars I drive too. There’s a big update coming so maybe it will be a bit more customisable too

 

[ASap]

My MG ZS EV did that once — the sidebar showed on the wrong side. I restarted the car a couple of times and it stayed the same, but then it fixed itself on that same day and hasn’t happened again since.

 

[Anon70]

According to this post Carplay is looking for a setting in the car's head unit software to determine which side the menu should be placed. It is more than likely the MG software randomly changes this (or does not respond to the Carplay request in a timely manner or MG do not provide any data, so a default is chosen).

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