[T_690]

FCA’s All-new Uconnect 5 Global Platform Is the Most Advanced Uconnect System Ever: Powerful, Personalized, Connected and Easy to Use

• Uconnect 5 builds upon a well-established, intuitive user experience (UX) and third-party recognition with Android’s automotive operating system and processing speeds that are five times faster
• Uconnect pioneers personalization with up to five user profiles plus valet mode, reestablishing vehicle preferences and settings with the touch of a button
• Exclusive and customizable home screen allows quick access to frequently used features with one-touch operation
• Uconnect expands Alexa "Home to Car" functionality to include in-vehicle Alexa virtual assistant with natural voice capability and “Car to Home” features
• Wireless Apple CarPlay and wireless Android Auto make connecting and sharing easy
• New TomTom navigation experience adds popular features for a built-in solution with natural voice capability and Maps Over The Air (MOTA)
• SiriusXM’s 360L and new Personalized Stations Powered by Pandora available
• Simultaneous dual-phone connectivity allows greater flexibility with passengers
• Seamless integration of technology within the vehicle interior combines with card-based screens to provide an updated and refreshed look and feel
• Firmware Over The Air (FOTA) seamlessly loads improved software updates to the vehicle
• Improvements in Uconnect system software, strategy and hardware reduce distracted driving
• Most screen area ever offered in an FCA product at 12.3 inches supports up to 15 million pixels in Ultra HD
• New Uconnect system features global capability for vehicle owners in more than 150 countries

 

[cygnus]

"Wireless Apple CarPlay and wireless Android Auto make connecting and sharing easy"

Nice! Are the new USB ports for those looking to charge USB C? For Apple people don't worry, you can get a USB C to lightning cable with fast charging - https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07H27J698/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1

It would be great if someone can confirm that UConnect 5 vehicles will have fast charging capable USB C ports

 

[DarkSky]

Finally, wireless CarPlay! No point in having Qi chargers unless wireless CarPlay is supported IMO.

 

[DarkSky]

"Wireless Apple CarPlay and wireless Android Auto make connecting and sharing easy"

Nice! Are the new USB ports for those looking to charge USB C? For Apple people don't worry, you can get a USB C to lightning cable with fast charging - https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07H27J698/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1

It would be great if someone can confirm that UConnect 5 vehicles will have fast charging capable USB C ports

iPhone 11 Pro and Pro Max are bundled with Lightning to USB-C chargers. Wouldn't be surprised to see that standardized with every new iPhone this fall.

 

[CDJSalesPro]

Wireless Carplay and Android Auto is a huge plus......

 

[WXman]

So this is a software/hardware bundle. Not an update we can get for our existing systems?

 

[Ruptured Duck]

Remember a conversion 3 years back with a Garmin representative who was telling me to hold off a couple of years on the Wrangler purchase. Some exciting tech would be rolled out several years into the release. Guess Tom Tom got the biz...

 

[cygnus]

Google Maps via CarPlay/Android Auto > anything else

 

[HEMI345]

Yes! wireless connectivity + google map .. thats what I need.

 

[cygnus]

So this is a software/hardware bundle. Not an update we can get for our existing systems?

Correct. Select new vehicles only, starting with certain 2021 model year vehicles.I don't think the presser referenced which ones, but if I was to guess - Pacifica and seven passenger next generation Grand Cherokee.

 

[T_690]

Correct. Select new vehicles only, starting with certain 2021 model year vehicles.I don't think the presser referenced which ones, but if I was to guess - Pacifica and seven passenger next generation Grand Cherokee.

Debut on all new car which debuts all new car arhitecture. It's European brand. Take a guess.

 

[cygnus]

Debut on all new car which debuts all new car arhitecture. It's European brand. Take a guess.

Hmm, won't they re-skin it to not say uConnect? It may still use the Android Auto implementation that underlies all next generation FCA infotainment offerings, but if I'm reading your message correctly it would be the first time UConnect is offered in either Alfa or Maesarati.

Honestly, no idea. I thought Alfa Tonale was 2021 calendar/2022 model year...sooo Maesarati?

 

[adrianp89]

Disappointing I won't see this on my 2020 Ram. Sounds like they are getting one step closer to the Tesla UI.

 

[hmk123]

I assume they are not back to QNX as the base OS?

At first the screen looks a bit too busy for my taste.

And while I get the profiles and personalization efforts I feel that for 99% of users the system should have all major functionality easily accessible and intuitive that I don’t need to setup personal preferences...

 

[Mr. Fusion]

"Wireless Apple CarPlay and wireless Android Auto make connecting and sharing easy"

Nice! Are the new USB ports for those looking to charge USB C? For Apple people don't worry, you can get a USB C to lightning cable with fast charging - https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07H27J698/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1

It would be great if someone can confirm that UConnect 5 vehicles will have fast charging capable USB C ports

I'd swear that some FCA vehicles have USB-C ports right now. Can't remember which ones, but I thought it was great that they were pretty early movers on that.

Wireless Android Auto would be fantastic, but it'll be years before I'm in the market for a new car. Guess I'll have to muddle-through with the wired connection & my phone's unreliable USB port. (At least it's easier to upgrade a phone than to upgrade a car.)

 

[DarkSky]

I'd swear that some FCA vehicles have USB-C ports right now. Can't remember which ones, but I thought it was great that they were pretty early movers on that.

Wireless Android Auto would be fantastic, but it'll be years before I'm in the market for a new car. Guess I'll have to muddle-through with the wired connection & my phone's unreliable USB port. (At least it's easier to upgrade a phone than to upgrade a car.)

They do. New Wrangler and Ram models have USB-C.

 

[T_690]

Hmm, won't they re-skin it to not say uConnect? It may still use the Android Auto implementation that underlies all next generation FCA infotainment offerings, but if I'm reading your message correctly it would be the first time UConnect is offered in either Alfa or Maesarati.

Honestly, no idea. I thought Alfa Tonale was 2021 calendar/2022 model year...sooo Maesarati?

Debut will be on Fiat. I said while ago on which one. I even said which CPU will use this new system, at least for this application.

BTW, this is not Uconnect as we know. It shares just a name but it's successor of both Uconnect and Alfa Connect 3D. Actually some of novelties like widgets are already present on Alfa Connect 3D.

Maserati is using Uconnect 4.

 

[cygnus]

Debut will be on Fiat. I said while ago on which one. I even said which CPU will use this new system, at least for this application.

BTW, this is not Uconnect as we know. It shares just a name but it's successor of both Uconnect and Alfa Connect 3D. Actually some of novelties like widgets are already present on Alfa Connect 3D.

Maserati is using Uconnect 4.

500e?

 

[DarkSky]

Take a look at this refreshed Pacifica in the screenshot:

Now the rendering I did for Mopar Insiders:

See any resemblance?

 

[Dave Z]

So this is a software/hardware bundle. Not an update we can get for our existing systems?

Correct