Never owned a Niro but I can comment on the above questions.
1. No heated steering wheel in the US market as of now. No ventilated seats or heads-up display either. However, the heat comes on fast so I’ve never missed the heated steering wheel. The (potentially sub-par quality) leather on the steering wheel is very soft and won’t stay cold for long if you’re running heat.
2. At this moment, it’s unclear whether we will have wireless CarPlay/AA. There’s been some reports from Canada(?) in the last week or so that some people have had a service-center-level FW update that enabled wireless CarPlay. I haven’t personally seen official notes by either Kia or MapNSoft (developers of our software) but they might be around somewhere. There’s also a rumor that the functionality will only be available on Seltos manufactured after 10/2020
I’m due for an oil change soon so I’ll be able to comment on availability of the wireless update in the next couple weeks…
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