CT5-V New '26 5BW: Some Annoyances

[jvp]

I just revieved my new '26 5BW from Dustin at Sewell. So far: 169 miles on the odo and counting down till the big 500. This isn't the first GM vehicle I've had with the catastrophic Google Auto interface, so I'm accustomed to its myriad of problems, idiosyncracies, and general pains in the ass. But a couple of things are quickly bubbling to the top as "completely unacceptable":

1. Apple Carplay and the microphone are only sorta getting along. Most times, I hold the talk button on the steering wheel, the phone beeps telling me it's ready for a verbal command, and I'll say something like, "Call <so and so>". It does it just fine. There are moments, though, where it doesn't pick up anything I'm saying. I can see the little microphone symbol lit up in the IP, so I know it's listening. But Siri and/or the iPhone just are not getting the commands passed through from the car. I'm not sure if this a fucked up microphone that was installed at the plant, or if there's some other problem.

2. A much larger annoyance is the Collision/Alert system defaulting to On all the time. I have to go through every single time I start my car and set those three annoyances to "Off". Those settings are not saved at all in my car. I don't know if this is a legal thing or if it's a software failure here.

Again, nothing from this system is new. I have a '24 GMC pickup with it, and I sold my '24 Z06 that also had it. Same phone, too. So I'm a little stumped here.

 

[dribs15]

1. I feel like the steering wheel mic is better for car stuff (tuning radio) or usually phone. But everything else I use the mic button on the screen (Android Auto) instead and it's much more responsive.

2. It seems like for many of the personal car settings (except for drive modes) that there is a greening that sets it back to what it wants (default?) whenever it wants... Sometimes it's next drive... Other times it doesn't happen for days or weeks. My guess is that GM is gonna GM. Still happens in my 22 and I'm 1/2 used to it and 1/2 annoyed. Bummed that it still seems an issue as I'm looking to get a 26.

 

[jvp]

1. I feel like the steering wheel mic is better for car stuff (tuning radio) or usually phone. But everything else I use the mic button on the screen (Android Auto) instead and it's much more responsive.

The mic button is working though. It ducks the music playing and the Siri *BING* plays with the little squiggly ball in the bottom of the screen telling you that Siri is listening. But whatever I'm saying doesn't get sent from the actual mic --> phone.

 

[dribs15]

The mic button is working though. It ducks the music playing and the Siri *BING* plays with the little squiggly ball in the bottom of the screen telling you that Siri is listening. But whatever I'm saying doesn't get sent from the actual mic --> phone.

Not what I have going on.
For me the steering wheel won't do my android auto commands,... the mic hears me, but then tells me that it doesn't recognize the command or whatever it says