Apply CarPlay with your iPhone

Learn how to set up up and apply CarPlay.

What is CarPlay?

CarPlay is a smarter and safer way to use your iPhone in the car, assuasive you to stay focused on the road. When you connect your iPhone to CarPlay, you tin get turn-past-turn directions, make calls, send and receive messages, listen to music, and more.

With iOS 13 and subsequently, the CarPlay Dashboard brings a simpler view of the route alee. The dashboard gives yous a single place to continue runway of Maps, audio controls, and Siri Suggestions, which provide like shooting fish in a barrel admission to things like your Calendar events. You can even use the dashboard to take control of your HomeKit accessories, like door openers.

Make sure that your country or region supports CarPlay and that your car supports CarPlay. If you're unsure whether your machine supports CarPlay, contact the vehicle manufacturer.

Fix upwards CarPlay

  1. First your automobile, then make sure that Siri is on.
  2. Connect your iPhone to your machine:
    • If your motorcar supports CarPlay with a USB cable, plug your iPhone into the USB port in your car. The USB port might be labeled with a CarPlay icon or a smartphone icon. Be sure to use an Apple Lightning to USB cable.
    • If your motorcar supports CarPlay both wirelessly and with a USB cable, plug your iPhone into the USB port in your car. An alert on your iPhone will offer to connect you lot wirelessly on your side by side drives.
    • If your car supports only wireless CarPlay, press and hold the voice command push on your steering wheel. Make certain that your stereo is in wireless or Bluetooth way. And so on your iPhone, go to Settings > General > CarPlay, and select your car. Check your auto manual for more information.

Learn more about CarPlay and how to change the map view in CarPlay.

Use Siri to control CarPlay

Depending on your car, in that location are 2 means you can use Siri to control CarPlay:

  • Press and agree the voice command button on your steering cycle. And so ask Siri a question or to do something.
  • Touch and agree the CarPlay Dashboard or CarPlay Home button on your touchscreen. Then ask Siri a question or to do something.

Siri as well makes suggestions in CarPlay for what you might want to do next, such equally drive to your next meeting. Siri Suggestions and CarPlay work seamlessly to keep your favorite apps at your fingertips.

If you have HomeKit-enabled accessories, like a garage door opener, you can use the Siri suggestions that appear on the CarPlay Dashboard, or simply ask Siri to exercise things like "Open the garage door" when you get close to your business firm.

Let Siri denote messages

With iOS 15, Siri tin announce your incoming messages in your motorcar. With this characteristic turned on, Siri plays a tone, then announces the sender's proper noun and reads the message. If a message is long, Siri announces the sender'southward name and says but that they sent you lot a message. You tin can enquire Siri to read the full message.

To plough on Announce Messages from your iPhone:

  1. Open the Settings app, then tap Notifications.
  2. Tap Announce Notifications.
  3. Tap CarPlay, then turn on Announce Letters. From here, you tin also alter when you lot want announcements to outset.
  4. Tap Back to manage which messages Siri reads. Tap Messages, then select either Time Sensitive and Direct Messages or All Notifications.

To turn on Announce Messages from your auto'due south display:

  1. Open the Settings app in CarPlay, so select Denote Messages.
  2. Plough on Announce Messages.
  3. Select Announce Options to choose whether messages will be spoken or not at the start of your drive.

Use your car's congenital-in controls to operate CarPlay

Cars supported by CarPlay should have built-in controls, such equally a touchscreen, rotary knob, or touchpad. To learn how to operate your CarPlay display, check the transmission that came with your car. You lot tin can likewise apply Siri to control CarPlay, fifty-fifty if you accept built-in controls.

Learn more than nigh the mutual controls used in cars supported past CarPlay.

Arrange your CarPlay apps

While using CarPlay, the brandish in your automobile will evidence your available apps. To add, remove, or arrange the social club of the apps on your iPhone:

iPhone showing how to arrange CarPlay apps

  1. Go to Settings > General, then tap CarPlay.
  2. Select your car. Then tap Customize.
  3. Tap the Add button or Delete push button to add together and remove apps. Tap and elevate an app to change the gild the apps appear in.

The adjacent time y'all connect your iPhone to CarPlay, the new society of your apps should appear on the display. Only apps that are supported by CarPlay will appear on your brandish.

Change your CarPlay wallpaper

  1. From your car's display, open the Settings app in CarPlay.
  2. Select Wallpaper.
  3. Choose the wallpaper that you desire to apply, then select Set up.

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