New Apple Carplay with iOS 26: the news and what changes

Apple presented its new smartphones, the three iPhone 17 and the unpublished iPhone Air, and for a few days the American company has also made available for the models already released the latest generation of its operating system, called iOS 26. The new digital environment brings Several news also to Apple Carplaythe connectivity system that appears on the screens of modern cars by connecting the iPhone and that according to the company is used more than 600 million times a day. Apple promises to give those who appreciate Carplay a more beautiful and intuitive use experience. As? Here is an overview of the changes On the new Apple Carplay.

The new carplay

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At the start of the new Carplay, you can immediately notice the new stylistic language that characterizes both the clear (active during the day) and the dark (twilight and night) theme main screenstarting from the appearance of the icons shown on the screen, different and more visible than in the past. Apple’s goal for Carplay continues to be to provide a safe way to use the iPhone while you are behind the wheel, and for this there are improvements for communications. To reduce distractions, The messages app of the new carplay Now it shows reactions to touch to respond quickly to a message, and in the same way when arriving a call appears a new box suspended on the app in use which, without hiding important information such as road indications, allows you to answer or refuse the call.

Less distractions

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With the new Apple Carplay they arrive i widgetthose boxes that condense the important information of a specific application in a small space. The idea behind widgets is to enclose a lot of different information in the individual screens, to reduce the number of screens to be scored, consequently also the distractions. In terms of clarity, the effectiveness of the final result is subordinated to the car screen: on the large ones there is a greater possibility of distanced the information thus making the overall view clearer. On the debut on the new carplay le real -time activity Through a widget indicating the events being held, from the score of a football match to the progress of a home delivery. It improves too MapsApple’s alternative to Google Maps: if desired, the navigation app can remember and suggest the places visited in the past and has been improved with artificial intelligence, which over time learns the user’s favorite paths and can propose alternative itineraries in case of traffic. These and the other news concern the same way Apple Carplay Ultra, which, however, for now, is a system adopted only by Aston Martin.

How to have it

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To have the New Apple Carplay and its news is sufficient update the iPhone to the latest version of the operating system, to iOS 26. To do this, you need to be your model an iPhone 11 or more recent. To be even clearer, here is a list of compatible ones:

• All iPhone 17 (which, moreover, have iOS 26 Installed factory)
• All iPhone 16 (including iPhone 16e)
• All iPhone 15
• All iPhone 14
• All iPhone 13
• All iPhone 12
• All iPhone 11
• iphone se (2022)
• iPhone Se (2020).

If your iPhone is listed, To pass (free) to iOS 26 and so have the new carplay enough:

• Open the “Settings” app
• Touch the “General” section
• Finally on “Software update”

Then following the screen instructions. If You were not sure of the installed iOS version On your iPhone, it can be verified by going to Settings> Generals> Info under the item “IOS Version”.