It is possible to have Android Auto (and so Waze) and also Apple Carply from your iPhone on Renault R-Link 2.
How to know if my R-Link 2 is compatible with Android Auto and Apple Carplay?
Go to System and on the second page there must be the “Smartphone Replication” icon.
Renault gave me the information, here are the dates when the functions were introduced on the production lines.
- Scénic, Kadjar, Mégane: Week 16 (but ordered after 6 March)
- Espace, Talisman: Week 15
- Mégane Sedan: Week 17
- New Koleos Android Auto & Apple CarPlay available from the beginning of sales.
How use Android Auto?
How use Carplay on R-Link 2?
Waze on R-Link 2
To use Waze on R-Link 2, you need to use Android Auto for Android phone or have iOS12 for Apple users. Install the Waze application on your phone. After lauching Android Auto on the R-Link 2, click on the navigation button you will have the choice between Google Maps and Waze. Enjoy! For Apple, the Waze application has to be install on the phone, then the application will appear on Carplay screen.
Increase the size of Android Auto
On R-Link 2 in portrait mode 8.9 inches (large size) when launching Android Auto (and Carplay), only a small part of the display is used:
Approach:
- Open Android Auto on the phone
- Go to “About” in the left side menu
- Click 10 times on “About Android Auto” in the title bar to enable developer mode.
- Go to the top right menu to select “Developer Settings”
- Go down the list to check the option “Allow 720p video output”.
Now Android Auto occupies a much larger part of the R-Link 2 screen! (performances may depend of phones).
The different steps in pictures:
EDIT May 30, 2018: the latest version of April 27, 2018 fixes the bug. No need to do the manip below.
Google rolled out a new version of Android Auto application on March 26 2018 that de-selects the option after each use. Not very practical.
If you want to find the previous behavior here is the manipulation to do:
I therefore recommend that you uninstall the current version of Android Auto from your phone and manually install the apk file available at this address (take arm version for 95% of phones).
I advise you to download the file from your phone. Check that the “Unknown sources” option is authorized in the phone settings security menu. Once done, click on the notification as the download has been done to start the installation of the file. If you have an error message that the application is not compatible with your phone, try another version such as arm64.
