Browninggo

Both the wife and I have the iPhone. Series 5. Both paired ez to the Lexus. I wanted to check out how messaging worked..so I message her while on her way to work. She said the music quit playing but didn't notice anything on the screen. Is there a setting I have to change/activate to have the message show on screen? Thanks

Lexipro

That is not possible. However; new for 2014 is a feature called "Siri eyes free". Just press and hold the talk switch and this will prompt Siri. Then say "read back that last message" and Siri will read that message for you. You can also send a text or email the same way. I find that Siri recognizes my voice much better than the Lexus voice command; therefore I use Siri for all my phone calls. Especially since not all contacts upload to the Lexus.

wase4711

too bad Lexus didnt enable this for android phones as well...

Browninggo

So on the 14' Lexus the voice is Siri? Didn't know that. Thanks. Push the talk button, release and say "read back last message"..Thanks Lexipro!

JDR76

Not sure about the '14, but on our '13, when a text message comes in, a screen pops up and asks if you want to play the message, and it will stop the music and read it to you. It's a fairly handy feature.

Did the '14s axe this feature, and only use Siri now?

Snype

Push and hold the Off Hook button to get to Siri. The Talk switch is Lexus VR so you can't do the messaging through that.

dmccombs

On the 2014 with an iPhone 5, you can receive Text messages, and have them read to you. On the iPhone, you have to turn on Notifications to make this happen.

On the 2014, you can also use Siri to read and reply to Texts and Emails.

JDR76

That's what the '13 does as well. My question was to see if this function had been replaced by Siri in '14, but your answer makes it clear that Siri is in addition to this feature on the '14. Thanks.

wase4711

does the text message reading work with Android phones as well, or just Iphones?

thanks

Snype

If the phone supports the Bluetooth MAP profile, then it should provide for at least some capabilities for text messaging. Apple is the most restrictive.

dmccombs

Actually, this is a trick question, or more accurately a trick answer, and Snype used the correct and key wording.

Weather an Android phone will do work for Texts and Emails comes down to which version of the Android OS they are running. The OS must have Bluetooth MAP profiles working.

In earlier versions of the Android OS, the MAP profiles were included. In version 4.1 or 4.2, they were left out for some unknown reason. They were not put back in version 4.3, but they are now back in version 4.4 (Kit Kat).

So, some android phones will work, and some won't, depending on what version of Android they are running.

Tom558

Our phones are Samsung GS3s (Verizon) and recently updated to Android 4.3. I could not get text messaging to work prior to the Android update but it works now, at least a limited test sitting in the garage.

wase4711

thanks; I'm on 4.3, on an htc one max, but 4.4 is coming soon...
I was joking with my wife that we should go "backwards" to an Iphone, so some of these features would work, and she gave me the look of death!

Browninggo

When I tried this function messaging to the wife she stated the music cut off but she did not notice anything on the screen. Maybe she missed the message to be read or for some reason it did not show on screen..I'll do some checking tonight when she gets home. Does the you have a message stay on screen long?

mlerskine

Have the '14 RX350 and Samsung S4 running android 4.3. System reads back texts just fine. I didn't need to change any settings... car came normaled that way. In fact the bluetooth integration works remarkably well. Would'a been nice to have Siri for what sounds like better voice integration, but don't do apple! Voice integration still works remarkably well!