I never used Android Auto, but now that I have an iPhone I thought I’d give CarPlay a shot. I do notice it sometimes takes multiple times plugging the phone in to get it to work, but that’s not the question.

I’ve noticed that with CarPlay the touch pad is not 1:1. In other words, clicking on the upper left side of the pad doesn’t necessarily coincide with the upper left side of the display. I can see the item that will be selected and to get it to select something else I have to “swipe” it. Then it moves down or over one selection.

is this normal?

 

Yes, with Carplay the pad works like a laptop touch pad. Put your finger on it and drag it around. No absolute positioning.

 

Thanks, MADD Dog.

 

You’re welcome.

 

Wow, that's very interesting. In the 10 months or so of using it, I never realized it can be dragged around like a mouse pad. I have only used the up/down/left/right to get around. Have to try that next time i get in the car. I have been down to driving it maybe once every 2 weeks now that I have been lucky enough to have been teleworking.