iOS 26 to Upgrade CarPlay in Two Ways

While the spotlight has been connected CarPlay Ultra lately, the regular mentation of CarPlay is acceptable to person immoderate enhancements alongside iOS 26.


Apple volition denote iOS 26 astatine WWDC 2025 adjacent week, and the bundle update is expected to upgrade the CarPlay acquisition successful astatine slightest 2 ways.

The archetypal iOS 26 beta should beryllium seeded to developers soon aft Apple's keynote, and the update volition apt beryllium released successful September.

There volition apt beryllium much CarPlay changes alongside iOS 26 — these are conscionable the known ones.

New Design

9to5Mac this week reported that astatine slightest immoderate of iOS 26's rumored plan changes volition widen to the CarPlay interface, which would marque sense.

iOS 26 is expected to diagnostic a sleeker, glass-like design with added translucency for app icons, menus, buttons, and different elements.

Sound Recognition for Crying Babies

CarPlay gained enactment for Sound Recognition with iOS 18 past year. The accessibility diagnostic tin alert drivers oregon passengers who are deaf oregon hard of proceeding to horns and sirens extracurricular of the vehicle, specified arsenic from a constabulary car, ambulance, oregon occurrence truck.

Last month, Apple previewed new accessibility features coming successful iOS 26, including an enlargement of Sound Recognition for CarPlay. With the update, the diagnostic volition beryllium capable to supply a notification if it hears a crying babe wrong the vehicle.

Apple said CarPlay volition besides beryllium getting a Large Text option, which has agelong existed connected iPhones.
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