I have recently purchased a 2013 Toyota Highlander Limited and have come to the conclusion that this SUV is sorely lacking in the area of technology. If I plug in my Windows 8 Phone top the USB jack, the car audio will select the USB input, which nothing is playing. When my Windows 8 phone connects to the Audio system via Bluetooth, the audio system selects the Bluetooth, without input from me. This operation does not make sense, and it does not do it with an apple phone. Along with no Entune App for a Windows 8 phone, makes the app functions on the car useless for me.
I wish was told this when purchasing the car, or I should have tested it. But I assumed it would work like my 2007 Lexus. If I had the chance to do it again I would have not purchased this vehicle. I know it sounds petty, but we live on our cell phones and you would assume you would support Microsoft (hell you use their search engine Bing, but the car can't use a Windows phone!)
My 2007 Lexus technology was years ahead of what is in the 2013 Highlander!
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will not work with a microsoft windows 8 phone
I have recently purchased a 2013 Toyota Highlander Limited and have come to the conclusion that this SUV is sorely lacking in the area of technology. If I plug in my Windows 8 Phone top the USB jack, the car audio will select the USB input, which nothing is playing. When my Windows 8 phone connects to the Audio system via Bluetooth, the audio system selects the Bluetooth, without input from me. This operation does not make sense, and it does not do it with an apple phone. Along with no Entune App for a Windows 8 phone, makes the app functions on the car useless for me.
I wish was told this when purchasing the car, or I should have tested it. But I assumed it would work like my 2007 Lexus. If I had the chance to do it again I would have not purchased this vehicle. I know it sounds petty, but we live on our cell phones and you would assume you would support Microsoft (hell you use their search engine Bing, but the car can't use a Windows phone!)
My 2007 Lexus technology was years ahead of what is in the 2013 Highlander!
- Bob S., West Bend, WI, US