I have 2012 TL Tech and I am wondering if Acura is going to give us a software update so we can receive and send SMS like the new Accord and Civic??

 

I highly doubt it, but that would be nice.

 

Definitely not. All design/software efforts are focused on future models. If this was going to be offered it would have been packaged with the MMC in 2012.

 

yea.. my cellphone has this feature.. its called text to speech.. one button and it reads the text for me.. may be a app for some other phones.

but no factory feature for the car..

 

you have the GNote 2 right...is that a stock feature or an app, never really delved into the phones settings that much, just rooted, flashed roms and customized my launchers.... idk if im missing it in the settings

 

Check for a "car home" app of sorts. Basically opens up a page with large, easy access buttons to apps such as messaging and navigation. The one which comes with Samsung phones does have TTS built in, as far as I'm aware.

 

I am hoping to revive this thread in regards to receiving SMS texts via the car system while driving. I have a 2012 TL Tech and have paired it to the Handsfreelink. Calling and the phonebook is accessible. Is there something missing, or do these models of TL not have the ability to read and/or display SMS messages from my phone?

 

Sorry to disappoint but we are S.o.l.

The best you can get is perhaps siri or google assistant to read and type out SMS for you. but because the car runs on an older version of AVRCP (The Bluetooth protocol) there is a noticeable lag between you using the activation phrase (ie hey google\hey siri) and the response chime and 9 times out of ten it ends up being more of a hassle than it is worth. That is not to say that I have not used it, even if it was frustrating.

Sorry to not have better news!

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