Feb 20, 2019 Check out this guide from Bert Ogden Mazda Edinburg to learn how to set up Android Auto™ and Apple CarPlay™ in the Mazda CX-9. Check out this guide from Bert Ogden Mazda Edinburg to learn how to set up Android Auto™ and Apple CarPlay™ in the Mazda CX-9. Download the Android Auto™ app on your smartphone and follow the application. Apple CarPlay™ integration for your iPhone® and Android Auto™ are now available as a dealer-installed update for applicable Mazda vehicles. Both infotainment technologies first appeared this summer in the 2018 Mazda6 and are available in the 2019 Mazda CX-9 and 2019 Mazda CX-5. Download Authorization.
CARS.COM — Mazda has announced that it will add Android Auto and Apple CarPlay capability to its lineup of cars and SUVs, but it did not offer an official timeline — yet.
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The announcement came at a launch for the redesigned 2017 CX-5, but Mazda did not say which vehicle would be the first to debut with the smartphone mirroring technology installed. However, the part of the announcement that will be more exciting to some is that both technologies “should be retroactively upgradeable onto all Mazda Connect systems with a potentially minimal hardware addition needed,” Mazda spokesperson Jacob Brown said.
It’s an exciting proposition for those who have recently purchased Mazda vehicles and means that they won’t be locked out of adding these features. Mazda Connect made its debut on the 2014 Mazda3 and has spread throughout the lineup since then. It is now offered on each vehicle in the Mazda lineup. Mazda did not say how much potential hardware additions would cost or when they would be available.
This news leaves Toyota as one of the final holdouts against integrating those app technologies, which are now available on more than 200 new models. Read the full statement on the update from Mazda below:
“Mazda has been a CarPlay and Android Auto partner since 2014, so it is no secret that we are developing both systems to interface with our Mazda Connect infotainment system. Both software systems should be retroactively upgradeable onto all Mazda Connect systems with a potentially minimal hardware addition needed. Mazda does not yet have an official timeline for when these should be available or at what cost, however.”
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Use your in-vehicle display to easily and safely access calling, messaging, music and map apps that are familiar to you. Functions such as Apple CarPlay and Android Auto are standard on 2019 Mazda3 Mazda Connect.
If your Mazda is fitted with the MZD Connect infotainment system, first introduced to the Australian market in early 2014, you are able to purchase the Apple CarPlay or Android Auto upgrade kit for $494.98 (recommended fitted price).
If you are interested in purchasing the kit, please book your Mazda in to your nearest Mazda Dealership, where a straightforward hardware and software retrofit process will be completed in several hours.
To locate your nearest dealer, click here.
Mazda Cx 3 Android Auto
Please refer to the Apple or Android online service centres to troubleshoot your issue. Please see the below links
Learn more about CarPlay: https://www.apple.com/au/ios/carplay/
CarPlay Support: https://support.apple.com/en-au
To view Apple® CarPlayQuick Start Guide, click here.
Android Auto Download Mazda Connect
Learn more about Android Auto: https://www.android.com/auto/
Android Auto FAQs: https://www.android.com/auto/faq/
To view Android® Auto Quick Start Guide, click here.