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Messaging Screen: Texts vs. Emails

Discussion in 'Gen 4 Prius Audio and Electronics' started by ATHiker, Feb 3, 2016.

  1. ATHiker

    ATHiker Senior Member

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    I am sure this has been asked before in other forums, but my search was unable to find an answer.

    i now receive texts on the Entune messaging screen without issue. To make this happen I changed the Bluetooth setting on my iPhone 5s to "allow notifications".

    My issue is that I am unable to display emails.

    Toyota's Entune manual makes multiple references to email messaging (in addition to texts) and in one reference I understand that I should "allow message forwarding" on my phone. Not sure if this is different than "allow notifications" which is already enabled.

    In any event-- I cant't get any emails pushed to the car.

    Any ideas?
     
    #1 ATHiker, Feb 3, 2016
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    Yes - I noticed that the Options screens implies that one can receive emails in same manner as texts - but so far mine does not perform.
     
    #2 eric1234, Feb 7, 2016
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    I am interested in this feature too. I don't have my car yet. Have you tried changing the message settings (page 493 of the owner's manual)?
     
    #3 Timmins13, Feb 29, 2016
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    I called Toyota on this and was told that the Prius messaging feature works only for Texts -- and that the email reference in the manuals was a hold over from when email did work for Blackberries (only) years ago. I felt this was an odd answer, but did not pursue the matter further with them.

    I have an IPhone, and discovered that all Toyotas have a Siri Eyes Only feature that works quite well on my 2016 Prius.

    You just push the phone button on the steering wheel (the one at the very left, I think it is the hangup button) and Siri answers and a graphic of a microphone pops up on the car's audio/nav screen to confirm the connection. There are plenty of YouTube videos on this.

    When I ask Siri to read new emails, and it will read the titles (only) but not the full content. Siri will ask if you want to reply, and will send a message back.
     
    #4 ATHiker, Feb 29, 2016
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    Just curious: Now that I have my new 2016, I've got the text-message feature as well. Tested it out this morning - it read my wife's message very nicely (though it read an emoticon as "Smiley Happy", which I might have expected it to simply ignore). Question, though: Is there any way to have it send a text back where I can simply tell it what I want to say? (Voice dictation.) This is as opposed to scrolling through a list of canned responses. Or did they decide that was too difficult a problem to solve in a moving car?
     
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    I believe this is phone-capability based. That is, I tried just that, and it basically told me that feature was not available with my phone (an iPhone 5). I'm not aware if anyone else has been able to get this to work with their phone??
     
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    I have a 5S and incoming texts do register on the cars display screen for me. Just new ones, though. No history.

    For me the more useful feature is Siri Eyes only that will read your email subject line. Sending emails out is a bit scary as you don't get a good confirmation of who you are send them too.
     
    #7 ATHiker, Mar 7, 2016
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    I have an LG G3, and it most definitely can take voice dictation through the Google Voice Keyboard. It didn't look to me like the car provided any option to do that at all, though - either it simply doesn't support that option, or it needs access to some "standard" capability on the phone that the voice-keyboard isn't.

    Another part of the system mentions that I need an Entune App for my phone (available from Toyota) that will let me use my phone's data plan for some information. I wonder if that app gives the car more of an interface to the phone's features as well? Would seem risky in general.
     
    #8 KieferSkunk, Mar 7, 2016
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    Regrettably Siri Eyes Free does not work with quite ALL 2016 Toyotas. 2016 Yaris, Mirai, and Prius v (like mine!), are incompatible. I have noted a bit of a work around for Text Replies under 'How to successfully connect an iPhone 5S to Entune for all compatible functions' on this site. It does however, require you to be able to safely reach your iPhone phone Home button.
     
    #9 GetzMorSpuzLes, Apr 5, 2016
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