I haven't used iHeartRadio in CarPlay, so I don't know how well that one is integrated. But have you tried other apps, like Spotify, Apple Music, etc... to see if those work fine?

As to the nav, if you're on the car's user interface, you're using the built-in nav. If you're in CarPlay, the one on the home screen is Apple Maps (although it can now be changed to be something else) and you have access to other apps as well, such as Google Maps, and Waze.

The car's built-in nav has the advantage of showing you turn-by-turn directions in the heads-up display and digital cluster (if you have these features). The others can't do that. Assuming you've done the map updates, it is now very good. It does server-based routing via Blue Link and takes traffic into account.

Of course, cell phone apps are also always using internet routing, and are therefore more or less up-to-date. They can also account for traffic. You lose the HUD integration and, in my experience, the user interface doesn't react as fast as the built-in nav, which can matter when you're looking for a specific street. Waze offers the user-reported police traps and alerts, which Apple and Google don't.

If you don't care about how much cellular data you use, it's fun to use Google Maps in satellite view at least once, particularly in a city. Not something I'd do on a regular basis though, considering the data that requires.

 

Thanks, I have unlimited data, so that is great.

Where exactly does the system let me know what audio source is playing? Sometimes I just can’t seem to find that?

 

You should be able to find that when you select media on the front console.

 

This is the most difficult car I have ever had to get Apple CarPlay to run. Every other car as soon as you plug in your phone it pops up. Never could get the wireless to hook up to CarPlay!

 

You will never get CarPlay to work wirelessly on a Calligraphy because it doesn’t support it.

Of course, you can buy an adapter like the CarPlay2Air, which works well and is very convenient since you don’t have to plug your phone in.

I also have programmed my star (favorite) button to CarPlay so it’s easier to get back to it if I have navigated away from it.

 

Strange that the top of the line model does not support wireless CarPlay!