JokerOne

I picked up a 2018 JK Unlimited last Sunday. I got my Android phone paired with it no problem. The rest of the UConnect experience has been frustrating. It seems it can't do functions that basic Bluetooth has been able to do for a decade. I called the Uconnect 1-800 number, and the agent was very polite , but I kept hearing NOPE! Voice Texting (Nope), Audio pass thru to a smartphone (nope), And I love this one, UConnect Access costs $20 a month, but my model (130) doesn't even support that.

Questions

(1) Are the predefined 20 messages modifiable?

(2) Can this radio using Bluetooth do some sort of voice pass thru to my Android phone so I can use/listen to google assistant, bypassing the UConnect messaging system?

(3) What modifications if any have users made to make this system better? Replace it with a $99 Kenwood radio from best buy that does all of the above?

thanks.

cedarraider

I don't bother using mine any more. With the Jeep stopped windows up and the volume all the way up I can't hear the person on the phone with me through the radio. You cant use TBT directions unless you are listening to music on your phone at the time. It's the worst radio I've ever had.

JokerOne

thanks. I thought I was just being too picky.

I'm suprised someone hasn't come up with some hacks/open source code, etc. to modify it.

MountainWhisky

Either get a new radio or get an iPhone. I dont use the predefined texts, but the voice to text and Siri work flawlessly with mine, though it is sometimes a bit slow.

JokerOne

I believe a new radio would be the cheapest option with the most useful features.

thanks.

jedg

What JokerOne said. UConnect is garbage. I'm running a Kenwood that works with my steering wheel controls (via a module supplied by Crutchfield) which is compatible with Android Auto and Apple Play. Both work flawlessly. The screen on the Kenwood is WAY better resolution. The sound is much better. I can do speech to text and vice versa. I'm very pleased with it.

JokerOne

I probably need to carve out some time and practice the voice recognition on the UConnect 130.

Today when like this.

ME : "CALL HOME"
UConnect : "Call 911, is this correct?"
ME : NO!

JokerOne

the android does fine when its Bluetooth detached/connected from the jeep Uconnect. Its navigation is silent when attached/connected. The phone ("incoming call from X", etc..) works fine.

2011oscarmike

I have a 2011 JKU UConnect works fine, better with windows up. Voice to text just fine. Find Rock station changes to rock station. Play Crazy Bitch it plays Crazy Bitch. Call Dad it calls Dad. All for the price of $0. But one time my son told it to change stations and it changed language to French. Everything was in French after that, it was kind of a bitch figuring out how get back to English.