Apple Highlights Two Smaller CarPlay Changes on iOS 18.4 and iOS 26

CarPlay is gaining a batch of caller features with iOS 26, including a Liquid Glass design, Live Activities, widgets, the quality to usage Tapbacks and presumption pinned conversations successful the Messages app, and more. But that's not all, arsenic Apple has outlined different alteration coming to CarPlay with iOS 26 successful a WWDC 2025 video for developers.


Specifically, Apple said that iOS 26 volition let CarPlay users to interact with mapping apps utilizing multi-touch gestures successful supported vehicles. This volition let users to zoom and cookware connected the representation with their fingers, conscionable similar they tin connected an iPhone.

"Many caller vehicles enactment multitouch interactions, including immoderate conveyance that supports CarPlay Ultra," said Olivia Hess, a CarPlay bundle technologist astatine Apple, successful the video session. "Starting successful iOS 26, if a conveyance supports multitouch interactions successful CarPlay, drivers tin interact with your navigation app utilizing multitouch gestures."

In the video, Apple highlighted different tiny but utile betterment to CarPlay that is disposable with iOS 18.4 and later: a sports mode for audio apps.


CarPlay apps that watercourse audio for unrecorded sports events tin present amusement a scoreboard for the crippled connected the CarPlay screen, close alongside controls for the audio feed. The revamped Now Playing presumption tin amusement squad logos, scores, the crippled clock, and more.

iOS 18.4 was released successful precocious March, portion iOS 26 is presently disposable successful developer beta and volition beryllium released to each users aboriginal this year.

Earlier today, we reported that CarPlay volition besides beryllium gaining the quality to play videos from an iPhone via AirPlay successful supported vehicles.
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