Hi,

Could not find if there was any discussion about this, but does song information (like song name, artist or album info) shows up in the virtual cockpit?

For me just showing Apple Carplay

If not, is there a way to add this?

It's the same issue with Android Auto + Google Maps, etc. Virtual Cockpit only works with built-in music and maps.

Partially I think it's done due to safety, partially - due to VAG limitations (they need to sell their own maps at the end of the day right?).

I can understand that they would not allow Google Maps and Waze since they would need to sell their own maps and it seems logical that it would be a safety hazard if virtual cockpit would display text messages, but I’ve seen other cars that can display song info, even album art (particularly Audi and Honda).

2 hours ago, Sup3rb said:

I can understand that they would not allow Google Maps and Waze since they would need to sell their own maps and it seems logical that it would be a safety hazard if virtual cockpit would display text messages, but I’ve seen other cars that can display song info, even album art (particularly Audi and Honda).

 

Yes, but normally this is outside of Carplay / Android Auto. Try connecting your phone just via Bluetooth (i.e. don't open CarPlay), you should be able to play music just fine and see the track information on the virtual cockpit.

CarPlay and Android Auto work by basically sending a video stream to the in-car display and defining touch points to control the app from the car screen.

The car basically has no idea about what's on the screen.

It's a pity that they didn't include a contextual meta data 'channel' along the lines of bluetooth (Artist, song, album art) when they designed it, but cars were lucky to have one display back then.

Newest version of CarPlay supports multiple displays, but we probably won't see support in pre-MIB3 Superbs.

MIB3 supports wireless CarPlay, not sure about multiple displays.

I have a retrofitted digital dashboard in my Superb, so your mileage may vary, however:

on my Superb, the audio source shows up as “Apple CarPlay, just like you say.

On the Scala, on the other hand, full metadata is shown on the digital dash. Of course, the Scala is MIB3 and the Superb isn’t, but that does show that it’s certainly not impossible to get the data. I’d say the question is rather whether or not the Infotainment system is capable of retrieving/displaying it.

Sort of the same thing happens with navigation. On the Scala, I can have Waze running and providing nav on the central screen and still show the map from the built in navigation on the digital dash. On the Superb, I can’t. If I try to display the map when Waze/Google Maps/Apple Maps/... is providing route guidance, the digital dash will show a caution message that route guidance is provided “on the other device”. So yes, quite a difference between MIB2.5 and MIB3.

In conclusion, as from MY21 all Superbs (not only the iV as it is now) should be MIB3, which will more than likely solve this issue.

The meta data must be there because Merc will show song etc on driver display when using carplay

 

I'm amazed only Renault to date has implimented the iOS9 nav turn directions on the driver display

 

Maybe they are all going to leap to the iOS13 dual display capability  next time around, lets hope so.

 

Although it must be galling for them, all the effort they put into their own systems and people just want CarPlay features 

 

The question is not fully clear:  When you stream music via Bluetooth yes, you see artist and song info on the vc.

However when you stream while connected to Android Auto (or I guess CarPlay also) then all you see is "Android Auto" / Carplay which i agree is dumb. 

You can still see music info from the infotainment screen though but that's not what the OP is after obviously.

@newbie69
Your statement is valid for MIB2.5 cars. For MIB3 cars (Scala, Superb iV and presumably Superb MY2021 as well, amongst others), the title, artist, artwork etc. can actually be displayed on the digital dash when using CarPlay. (Not sure about Android Auto, I haven’t got a single Android device, but I assume it would be the same.)

13 minutes ago, kriva said:

@newbie69
Your statement is valid for MIB2.5 cars. For MIB3 cars (Scala, Superb iV and presumably Superb MY2021 as well, amongst others), the title, artist, artwork etc. can actually be displayed on the digital dash when using CarPlay. (Not sure about Android Auto, I haven’t got a single Android device, but I assume it would be the same.)

True but is the OP's car one of those MIB3 cars you refer to? I was under the impression it's a 2.5 altohugh it's not stated anywhere.

31 minutes ago, newbie69 said:

True but is the OP's car one of those MIB3 cars you refer to? I was under the impression it's a 2.5 altohugh it's not stated anywhere.

Mine is MIB 2.5. So the answer is clear. It is not possible. Still kind of bummer though.