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I agree with you that wireless CarPlay is a no-brainer on any modern car (and I cannot wait to get it too), but I would not hold my breadth on an Apple-sourced dongle. Apple would rather receive a royalty from the automakers on every factory wireless CarPlay system sold in return for the development support they would provide that CPLAY2air developers would love to have but cannot afford. This approach allows Apple to make a bunch of money on their technology while completely avoiding the "Joe Q. Public" interop nightmare currently being felt by CPLAY2air. In retrospect, they really had no chance of being universally successful with all the different bluetooth/wifi handshake variants out there. But to bharris515f's point, how would you like to have plunked down 90-large on a new 2020 C8 Corvette with "wired" CarPlay, only to find out that wireless was being introduced in the 2021 MY. Don't fret though, I'll bet the hardware in our trucks can support wireless CarPlay, and I would not be surprised if someone on the old intraweb eventually offered up a "flash update" for the 2019/2020 IOS/IOT radios to pick up the wireless functionality. I predict it will cost about $600... that always seems to be the magic number!

I too am a techy guy (electrical engineer), and my professional opinion is that there is no way to make this work using the software combination that I am running on both the dongle and the GM headunit. So while I will keep the dongle and continue to monitor this channel for any updates that might change my experience, I have accepted that I made a bad investment and moved on. My general thought giving it forward is that even if Carplay says your vehicle is supported (their website says that my 2019 Silverado is supported), do NOT assume that it is unless you don't mind throwing away $149. Buyer beware!

Yes, CarPlay by cable works in both the IP USB port in front of the console and the USB port inside the console storage bin. Note that last night I did finally get CPLAY2air working on my truck. I have started over with the install and documenting the specific steps. This thing is a lot more complex to get working (at least on GM products) than the nice glossy website would leave you to believe. Stay tuned to this channel.

Like Eppieguy, I too have a 2019 Silverado 1500, but mine is the Trail Boss LT with the IOS/IOT infotainment system. With great anticipation, I received my CPLAY2air, and while I am having some issues getting the CPLAY2air to work, I am not quite ready to convict the product. Now I do not generally buy into conspiracy theories, but I did discover something that I think worth passing on. I decided to consult the 2019 owners manual to read up on the CarPlay feature, however I did not have access to the hard copy in my truck and decided to have a look at the current online version (23400204 D Fourth Printing) at MyChevrolet.com. To my surprise there were "0" hits on keyword "CarPlay" anywhere in the current online version of the owners manual. I thought I had seen it in the owners manual, so I went back to the hard copy in my glove box, as well as a soft copy I downloaded from MyChevrolet last year (both version 84161700 A First Printing), and guess what: there were "26" hits in there.

Good info newdude; I certainly now have a lot of info on my side that the average consumer would not have. Thanks very much.... I will keep you posted!

The good news is that the 2019 GM upgrade kit p/n 84531832 is still available (more than 100 in stock), and suburban Detroit dealership #3 confirmed that they can get it to me in one business day. The bad news is that while dealership #3 indicates that they know how to do it, have done it multiple times, and would love to do it for me, they indicate that for some unknown reason, GM is now saying that this part is incompatible with my VIN - even though their own online VIN checker says that it is compatible. It may be a technical issue, or a marketing position, but either way they don't know why GM is taking this position and are not willing to take any chances. So now that all three dealerships have taken the same position on this, have I struck out, or is there a GM tech out there that can shed some light on the situation? What is special about my VIN.... is there anyone out there that has upgraded a 2019 Trail Boss that came with the IOS entertainment package?

Thanks newdude. This is extremely helpful information. Now if I can just find a metro-Atlanta dealership that can install the accessory.

jlong1984, Good catch sir. You are correct. My truck has the Convenience Package II. newdude, The first 8 of my VIN are: KG248916

For the record, the IOS entertainment system is listed as standard equipment on the Trail Boss package, my truck has the SD reader in the center console, and the build sheet for my 2019 Trail Boss says it has the IOS entertainment package. So there is no question that I should be able to add the factory navigation to my truck. As a side note, I have tried and for a wide variety of reason do not like any of the current Apple CarPlay / Android Auto solutions. So while some may disagree with my objective here to add OEM nav to my truck (and might even in a futile effort feel compelled to try to change my mind right here on this thread), my mind is made up and I want the factory navigation feature on my truck. As many others with this same configuration on this forum have done, I surfed to my favorite authorized online GM part houses, keyed in my VIN, and confirmed that the "IOS Nav Upgrade Kit" "fits your car". Being confident that I could follow the trail blazed by others on this forum, I pulled the trigger and ordered one. Unfortunately, that is where my problem starts. When I contacted my relatively new metro-Atlanta dealership (let's call them dealership #1) to arrange to have the vehicle flashed, I was not surprised that they were unaware that it was possible to upgrade my truck. So I provided them the link to this forum showing how it was commonly done, and the link to the authorized GM part house showing that "IOS Nav Upgrade Kit" "fits your car". After a considerable amount of time, dealership #1 eventually came back and said that they had contacted GM and that it was not possible to upgrade the IOS entertainment system in my truck, and they further explained that GM did not want the liability of supporting these upgrades and suggested I look at the gm-navigation.com aftermarket product as an alternative. When I looked at the suggested alternative, it appeared that all they are doing was flashing the GM module, convincing me that maybe I needed a second GM opinion. Enter dealership #2. Dealership #2 is part of a large national dealership group. Certainly, I thought, they should know how this is done, and on the remote chance that they didn't, they should certainly have GM connections that dealership #1 might not have had. So I reached out to them, and it was no surprise when they responded back almost immediately that yes it could be done, stating "If the code came with it, we should be able to program it. The cost to do it, is $243.95, that includes the $100.00 that GM charges us for the Download. We would need the vehicle for 4 hours." However when I asked for some detail about the "the code", they replied rescinding their earlier statement stating that "... there is NO Upgrading of a Factory Radio to add Navigation! I checked with our Parts Department and they confirmed this as well. I don’t think even going aftermarket, if you can get the Navigation to work, I believe you lose some of the functions of the Radio." So here I am. Has some type of edict been handed down from GM? Hopefully, some GM tech out there can shed some light on this very confusing situation.