Gaia on CarPlay usable for anyone?

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s6shop

• November 15, 2023 19:50

Gaia on CarPlay in my 2022 Ram 2500 is completely unusable. Anyone else have issues? 

It used to work ok'ish but recently it has gone non-functionable.

Basically no user input from the CarPlay app works, the main issue being:

1. The CarPlay display doesn't follow your position. The vehicle just drives off the map and it cannot be centered. The "course up" button on the screen is completely non functioning and changes nothing.
2. Disconnecting from CarPlay and re-connecting re-sets the carplay app, but it still will not accept user input. 
3. Un-installing and re-installing Gaia on the phone has no effect.

I know this is an issue with Gaia as other apps like onX Offroad work on CarPlay perfectly fine.

Anyone else?

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  smg

  • March 07, 2024 19:14

  I have similar issues with Gaia on CarPlay with my Jeep Wrangler -- Gaia is non-responsive to any input from the CarPlay screen - and even from the iphone side, it seems to bogg down and be unresponsive to input.   For me - Disconnecting and reconnecting to CarPlay crashes Gaia on the iPhone.  

  Disconnected from CarPlay - just on the phone, Gaia works fine.   But CarPlay does not work at all.

  I wonder if there is something related to the Ram/Jeep head units - because it seems others are able to get Gaia working on CarPlay.

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  s6shop

  • March 07, 2024 19:43

  Gaia has been unresponsive on the issue... This is a deal breaker for me, I've already started migrating to a competitor app that just works...

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  Walt Knapp

  • March 07, 2024 22:18

  Gaia works fine with CarPlay on my Ford Ranger. I mostly use a dozen layered maps that cover half of Georgia. Maybe it is just Jeeps.

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  ianganderton

  • April 15, 2024 05:51

  I want to use the Gaia CarPlay functionality on a motorbike but having just been testing it in my car with a Sony Carppay head unit I’m really disappointed with how it doesn’t really work

  When using it as CarPlay is designed the map becomes dysfunctional

  The CarPlay app works if I keep the map open on my phone too. This won’t work on the motorbike 😩

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  alaska_av8r

  • October 30, 2024 18:22

  I’ve been a paying user for several years now and during last few months I’ve been scrambling to find a compatible replacement for photography which includes both hiking and driving. The app has become so unreliable with CarPlay use on 2018 GMC that I’m moving on. Every update seems to break something then as I add more waypoints, the database can’t handle it. Good luck

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  s6shop

  • October 30, 2024 19:20

  Agreed, I've moved over to OnX, Gaia is unusable nowadays. Its a shame, I really liked the amount of maps Gaia has..

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  dennka61

  • March 28, 2025 17:10

  Same in our 2025 Outback Wilderness.  unusable on CarPlay.  time to find another app.  Used to love it, not so much anymore. 

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