In June, Apple announced the next generation of CarPlay which will go even further by deeply integrating with a car’s hardware. CarPlay will be able to provide content for multiple screens within the vehicle, creating an experience that is unified and consistent. Deeper integration with the vehicle will allow users to do things like control the radio or change the climate directly through CarPlay, and using the vehicle data, CarPlay will seamlessly render the speed, fuel level, temperature, and more on the instrument cluster.
Users will be able to personalize their driving experience by choosing different gauge cluster designs, and with added support for widgets, users will have at-a-glance information from Weather and Music right on their car’s dashboard. Vehicles with the next generation of CarPlay will start to be announced late in 2023.
Apple says the first vehicles with support for the next-generation CarPlay experience will be announced in late 2023, with committed automakers including Acura, Audi, Ford, Honda, Jaguar, Land Rover, Mercedes-Benz, Nissan, Porsche, Volvo, and others. Ahead of time, we have recapped five key features to expect from the new version of CarPlay.
• Multi-Display Support
• Instrument Cluster Integration
• Climate Controls
• Widgets
• FM Radio App
MacDailyNews Note: Apple’s CarPlay is currently available in more than 600 models from Abarth to Volvo. Apple conveniently lists all of the CarPlay-capable vehicles here.
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I have a Pioneer Car Play unit. I don’t have to touch anything. Just say hey Siri and tell what to do and it does it. I love car play. If I buy a car to replace mine it must have car play or I would not buy it.
I don’t have to touch anything (if I touch, the world goes upside down). Just say hey Diana and tell what to do and she does it all. She never complains, talks back or hits back. An ideal companion….
if you have to plug the damn phone in with a cord to use CarPlay it’s worthless. I don’t even bother on my new truck and just use Bluetooth or Sirius XM.
Exactly. Apple is all about cord free so fix this! I had to buy a 3rd party system to fix this and hated constantly plugging in for 10-15 minute drives around town + errands.
This is a limitation of the car, not CarPlay technology.. it all depends on how well the auto maker supports and integrates the features. For example, in-car Wifi
Newer Hyundai vehicles connect with Bluetooth; I was able to leave the phone in my pocket… It was available as soon as the car was turned on.
I use a $100 dongle with my pre-Bluetooth Kia Sorento. Phone stays in my pocket. Works seamlessly.
That is limited by what the Car company chooses to support, not Apple.
Many cars (including mine) support wireless CarPlay. Unfortunately it’s up to the auto companies on how many of the features they want to implement and support so it’s not consistent between cars..
https://www.cars.com/articles/wireless-apple-carplay-and-android-auto-where-are-they-now-407297/
But why can’t I unlock my car with my phone?
Because you need to actually own a car first, Gadsy
I’m ready for Apple to really spend some serious $ and time on this. It could be so much more robust and if nothing else, how can we completely customize the interface? Especially the 3 apps always displayed? I rarely play music, prefer Google maps to Apple’s, and hate having to choose between Messages and Phone calls. Have I missed a setting somewhere? Love how much better it is than Toyota, but needs to be Bluetooth ready on all cars that adopt it and just give us MORE. I really thought it would be more developed 5 years (or whatever it’s been) in.
My understanding Bluetooth doesn’t have the bandwidth, which is why in-car Wifi is needed (or USB). and as mentioned above, everything depends on what features the automaker chooses to support, and how well they do it. I think they are reluctant to hand that control over that to apple and in many cases only have only implemented the minimum to satisfy demand and not be left out
But most of what we want to do is basically just reply to text messages and maybe a random phone call. I really don’t feel either of these need significant bandwidth.
But beyond that, I’m going with what Apple preaches: “WIRELESS.”
Wireless charging, syncing, everything. If you’re going to tout it, then do it. Make the deals with Toyota and all of the others. I get that sometimes they cannot because the Apple interface is so seriously awesome Toyota feels threatened.
But still. This is not even the “tech of the future” anymore.
Just get it done, please.
Car companies are now pushing back on Apple and Google car systems.. They found out to late that software is where the power is and what consumers look for.
I actually prefer using a charge cable for my iPhone 14 Pro Max in the car. Sometimes I don’t want Apple Car Play usage and the bluetooth connection attempts bugged the h3ll out of me. So, now I just plug it in if I want to use CarPlay and it automatically connects and is ready to play whatever I want including: radio stations from all over the world using OoTunes radio app; navigation using whatever GPS maps I feel like using my phone; any other apps. Yay!
Exactly. I’ve had a couple calls interrupted when the caller’s spouse started the car, it hijacked the caller’s bluetooth audio, and until the spouse drove out of range, we were unable to hear each other.
The car should either have a way to determine if the phone is actually inside the car before connecting, or it should ask permission before doing so.
Be handy if we could have an analog clock on the carplay screen. And the compass would also be useful