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First Vehicles With Next-Generation Apple CarPlay Announced Ahead of 2024 Launch
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I recently bought a new Honda CR-V that has wireless Apple CarPlay. My previous auto had plug-in CarPlay but I rarely used it. Now, although I have the latest CarPlay, I still don't use it. In the car, I mostly listen to YouTube podcasts but YouTube is not included in CarPlay (or wasn't last I looked). Seems like they would let you use it just for audio but they don't. I use the car's excellent Bluetooth Audio function for that and switch back and forth to Sirius XM, also something that comes through the car, not CarPlay.
Aston Martin and Porsche today previewed the first vehicle dashboards with support for Apple's next-generation CarPlay experience, which launches in 2024, according to a Car and Driver report spotted by Bloomberg's Mark Gurman.
Aston Martin confirmed that it will release its first vehicles with next-generation CarPlay in 2024, including an updated DB12 sports car, but it's unclear exactly when in the year this will happen. Porsche did not provide a timeframe or reveal any specific details.
Apple first previewed the next-generation CarPlay experience in June 2022, promising deeper integration with the instrument cluster and climate controls, support for multiple displays across the dashboard, a dedicated FM radio app, widgets, and more.
The next-generation CarPlay interface can be tailored to each specific vehicle model and automaker's brand identity, as pictured below.
Aston Martin previewed CarPlay integration with the instrument cluster and climate controls:
Porsche showed off a custom elongated CarPlay interface on the central screen, along with widgets for apps like Calendar, Music, and Weather on a second display:
With next-generation CarPlay, a connected iPhone will provide app-related data, while the vehicle will provide driving-specific data and info like tire pressure. Apple said the connected iPhone will not store or track this vehicle information.
When first unveiling next-generation CarPlay last year, Apple said committed automakers included Acura, Audi, Ford, Honda, Infiniti, Jaguar, Land Rover, Lincoln, Mercedes-Benz, Nissan, Polestar, Porsche, Renault, and Volvo. Beyond the addition of Aston Martin, it's unclear if this list has changed since that initial announcement.
Below, we have recapped five key features to expect from next-generation CarPlay, as previewed by Apple last year.
Instrument Cluster Integration
The new CarPlay experience will provide integration with a vehicle's instrument cluster, including the speedometer, tachometer, odometer, fuel gauge, engine temperature gauge, oil pressure gauge, and more. Apple says drivers will be able to choose from several gauge cluster designs and layouts, including brand‑specific options.
Climate Controls
You'll be able to access your vehicle's climate controls directly within the new version of CarPlay, allowing you to adjust the temperature of the A/C or heat, fan speed, heated seats, heated steering wheel, and other options.
Multi-Display Support
The new version of CarPlay will be able to appear across all of the displays in a vehicle, providing a consistent experience across the infotainment system, instrument cluster, and any additional screens on the dashboard. Apple says CarPlay will be tailored to each new vehicle model to accommodate unique screen shapes and layouts.
Widgets
Widgets will be a key part of the new CarPlay experience, offering at-a-glance information such as trip duration, fuel economy, distance traveled, calendar events, weather, phone calls, the status of a HomeKit-enabled garage door, and more. It will also be possible to view and scroll through the widgets within the instrument cluster.
FM Radio App
The new version of CarPlay will include an all-new Radio app that allows you to easily control the FM radio in your vehicle, such as to change the station.
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About the only thing I have thought of to use CarPlay for would be maps, to throw them up on the screen. But it's just about as good to run Maps on my phone and play the voice through Bluetooth Audio. Doesn't work well if I am listening to Sirius XM via the car's XM app, so, if I want that, I can play XM on my phone and run both through Bluetooth Audio. Bottom line, I don't find CarPlay of much use.
I, too, can’t wait to drive my $69,000 Tesla into the junkyard and call in a $92,000 Porsche for the sake of a $3000 infotainment system.
Discussing running maps on the phone or on Carplay ....while subjectively you may think running maps (whatever variation: apple, google, or waze) on the phone is better than the screen; objectively running navigation on the screen is better.
To me, the most obvious reason is the screen is bigger. On my spouses CR-V there is no issue with listening to SXM via the radio and using carplay navigation voice enabled for the particular app. Not sure why you are having an issue.
Contrast this with GM, which is planning not to support CarPlay in its future (non-gas, for now) vehicles.
Low volume automakers listening to their customer base versus a behemoth blithely ignoring their customers wishes. SMH.
Low volume automakers listening to their customer base versus a behemoth blithely ignoring their customers wishes. SMH.
“Hey guys just crashed my Aston Martin streaming to you live and from the TikTok app that I thought was my sunroof controls. Be sure to smash that subscribe button”
Um, no -- and I can't wait for this on our 2023 Mustang Mach e GTx 
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Ford CEO Commits To Keeping Apple CarPlay And Android Auto, Says It Keeps Drivers Focused (Update)
Ford CEO Jim Farley says the automaker is committed to keeping Apple CarPlay and Android Auto in its cars, which is in direct opposition to General Motors’ recent decision to drop the popular features. GM is reeling from its announcement to eliminate the option for Apple and Android integration...
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I doubt they can. It requires a lot more connections that currently possible to supply the car to do that. Right now what a car can feed to its infotainment system is very limited and same the other way around. This set up by apple is a pretty huge change and a lot more connections over that setup.
VW may be their mutual parent company but Audi and Porsche actually share a long-term EV development platform and the collaboration is such that the Taycan and the e-tron GT are basically identical cars in different skins. So yes of course, they'll align here.
However, this won't come to VW cars anytime soon - not just because of their lesser 'premium economy' sector, but also because it's quite clear from their current models and pipeline prototypes, they're all about simplifying and shrinking user interfaces.
Porsche and Aston. So that'll be Apple managers and VPs sorted then, respectively.
Poor Eddy Cue in his Ferrari will be waiting a while though.
Poor Eddy Cue in his Ferrari will be waiting a while though.
Why would that be a Mercedes problem? The fact that an iPhone freezes when a third party device is connected to it, seems to be a very Apple problem.
That's pretty awesome! I hope Apple completely takes over cars' infotainment centers.
You buy a $100k Audi and its UI lags. A $100 Android tablet is smoother.
Imagine getting into any car and the moment CarPlay connects, everything; seats, mirrors, steering wheel automatically adjusts to your liking, dials change to your favorite theme, all the data is stored on your phone and you use your phone's Internet connection. Your iPhone is your car's "CPU".
You buy a $100k Audi and its UI lags. A $100 Android tablet is smoother.
Imagine getting into any car and the moment CarPlay connects, everything; seats, mirrors, steering wheel automatically adjusts to your liking, dials change to your favorite theme, all the data is stored on your phone and you use your phone's Internet connection. Your iPhone is your car's "CPU".
It's an archaistic, out-dated technology. We have the tech for car companies to create their own thing. Look at Tesla. You have the Apple Music app for music, which you log into once and you're done, and then your phone just automatically interfaces with the car when you get in for calls, texts etc. Done and done. Easy, simple, seamless and hassle free.
Legacy auto is the issue, imo. They're dragging their feet on everything and falling so far behind, they're at risk of complete collapse.
This is almost universally what people want. And yet all we get is more touch screen.
What gives?
First off, I'd love to see the statistical data to back that claim up. Second, do you think people felt the same way about horses at the turn of the twentieth century? People are afraid of change. But after awhile, they change with it. Rinse and repeat.
It's a very good thing. It's not like Tesla owners are going to move on to a different EV as you'll simply be using the same supercharger but be paying extra. Worst case, they go back to gas, but gas cars are on their way out so it'll only be a matter of time before they return back to EV.
And which EV will have the best charging solution? Tesla.
Meanwhile, Tesla gets more utilization out of their network = more profits = more supercharger expansion.
The pictures depicting CarPlay on an Aston Martin are for the new DB12 that has a bespoke multimedia system. Prior AM cars had old tech from Mercedes (2 generations behind). Even current DBX have old systems. Next year the DBX will probably have a major internal facelift and get the same bespoke multimedia as the DB12 and finally get rid of the Mercedes junk.
Agreed ! It's even more important when driving / navigation is shown in the gage cluster... to have Apple Maps/Google Drive/Waze is much better than the OEM navigation in most cases.
Because Mercedes is well known for having their proprietary multimedia interface being allergic to CarPlay. As I found out myself online when I couldn't even get wired CP to work in an €80k EQC. Ridiculous.
Sure. it seems lot of car manufacturers have poor CarPlay implementations. I have first hand experiences with Fiat, Mercedes and BMW and it’s not pretty.
But if Apple’s software was more robust, it should be able to at least prevent the iPhone from crashing or freezing. If the issue is entirely with the third party as you claim.
I think it's great to have CarPlay in the car, but I hate seeing graphic speedometers and rev counters. Physical dials all the way.
Speaking of which, I won't drive a car that doesn't have physical controls for volume and for AC. That's just bloody dangerous taking that stuff away from being tactile.
Speaking of which, I won't drive a car that doesn't have physical controls for volume and for AC. That's just bloody dangerous taking that stuff away from being tactile.
Hard disagree. I've had my Tesla since pre-Rona and I am not looking at Tesla to replace it. Other options are popping up. The Supercharger lines have only been getting worse, not better, so traveling with the Tesla is not a thing I look to doing anymore either. The Tesla UI is becoming more clogged, slow, and overall fugly to look at.
Perhaps the new Tesla buyers will come to expect the long charging wait times and lack of customer support that Tesla provides. Hopefully, the company was just a door opening to better EV companies coming along. I would have no problem going back to gas vehicles.