CarPlay is Apple’s solution to automakers’ generally awful infotainment efforts in their cars, trucks and SUVs over the last ten years. iOS 13 is Apple’s latest phone software, and because iPhones are what runs CarPlay, CarPlay is updated and thus improved. It was released about a month ago, so we’ve Read more…
The list grows! And for good reason… CarPlay is in more cars and SUVs than ever before. Automobiles rolling off the factory floor are now more likely to have CarPlay than not in 2019, a tipping point that will only accelerate the adoption of CarPlay by developers.
The latest stereos (aftermarket head units) with CarPlay:
A Google spokesperson said the speed limit service is currently live in the U.S., U.K. and Denmark. In the US, select regions have had this for six months or more, making me wonder what’s wrong with my region. *sniff* Google has begun rolling out speed limit and speed camera indicators in Read more…
Why do we report on iOS? Because it’s the “parent” of CarPlay; CarPlay runs under iOS, while iOS is the operating system software that runs your phone. When something changes/improves/breaks/gets fixed in iOS, it can affect CarPlay, thus our interest in iOS in general and iOS 13 in particular. iOS Read more…
As the demand for smart cars grows, all major automakers have introduced CarPlay (“iOS for your car”) to the majority of their model lines. The last few stragglers are cleaning up by adding CarPlay to the remaining few vehicles that escaped this treatment up to now. The 2020 Toyota Highlander, Read more…
Do you drive a 2015 Azera, or a 2016 Sonata Hybrid, Sonata Plug-In Hybrid, Veloster or Azera without CarPlay? Pro Tip: you can update your Hyundai via do-it-yourself installation, and get CarPlay! Details on the CarPlay DIY upgrade are here. You’ll be directed to https://owners.hyundaiusa.com/us/en/index.html, and you’ll need an empty Read more…
Like a helpful hand from heaven, Maps on Carplay now shows approaching cross streets. This makes it easier to judge when a turn is coming up, or to know which street to cut down to make a shortcut to get where you’re going. I used it yesterday when I cut Read more…
If you’re willing to hack your phone (“jailbreak” it), you can run every app under CarPlay. That’s a big “if”. Why would you want to do this? There are actually more automobile models that are CarPlay enabled than there are CarPlay apps. Essentially, CarBridge allows you to use your car’s Read more…
39 of respondents said that they’d rather use the navigation app on their smartphone than the system built into their dashboards. (That’s less than half of the study participants, obviously, but it’s also up 19 percent from 2014.) 57 percent of respondents wished that automakers would stop trying to develop their own infotainment Read more…