Apple CarPlay isn’t so much an app as it is an interface you use to access certain features of your iPhone through your car’s infotainment system. It’s easy to customize some of the best CarPlay apps and rearrange the apps on the CarPlay screen using an iPhone with iOS 14 or iOS 13.

What Comes With CarPlay?

CarPlay is controllable by the Siri voice assistant. Siri makes phone calls, reads your text messages, sends your dictated replies, and adds events to your calendar. CarPlay is also designed to work with each car’s available knobs, buttons, and touchscreen, and it includes an app for your car that takes you back to the home screen with a tap.

The CarPlay dashboard comes equipped with the iPhone, Music, Maps, Messages, and Calendar apps, and it supports additional apps you can opt to use with CarPlay.

One of the best parts of CarPlay is the opportunity to customize it.

Apps Compatible With CarPlay

Apple makes it easy to install apps: Select them on your iPhone, and they appear on your CarPlay screen. If you use more than eight apps, you can swipe to the next screen just as you do on your iPhone. Among the apps available for CarPlay are:

How to Customize the CarPlay Screen

You customize the CarPlay screen on the iPhone. It’s easy to add and remove apps, and you can do it any time on your iPhone—even when you don’t have CarPlay active. Here’s how:

  • Open iPhone Settings.
  • Tap General.
  • Tap CarPlay.
  • Select your car for settings specific to it.
  • Tap Customize.
  • Use the plus sign (+) or minus sign (-) to add or remove apps.
  • Tap and drag apps to change the order they appear on the CarPlay screen.

The next time your iPhone connects with CarPlay in your car, the changes transfer.

Open iPhone Settings.

Tap General.

Tap CarPlay.

Select your car for settings specific to it.

Tap Customize.

Use the plus sign (+) or minus sign (-) to add or remove apps.

Tap and drag apps to change the order they appear on the CarPlay screen.

Hidden CarPlay Tricks and Secrets

Using CarPlay is straightforward. Turning it on is as easy as connecting your iPhone with your car, and the interface is similar to your smartphone. Here are a few hidden secrets buried in CarPlay you may not have run across.

Create a Radio Station

Create a radio station when you want to hear more music similar to the song you are listening to. Tap the button with the three dots in the Now Playing screen, and you can create a radio station from the current song.

Find Your Car

Find Your Car works with CarPlay. A setting for Maps allows your iPhone to remember where you parked your car. It works through GPS, so if you are in a parking garage, it might not register, but it can be a fantastic time (and feet) saver in a big parking lot. Turn it on by going to the iPhone Settings app, choosing Maps from the menu, and tapping next to Show Parked Location.

Avoid a Ticket

This feature can be easy to miss, but when you have the turn-by-turn directions turned on, the speed limit of your current location displays on the screen. It doesn’t work with every street, but it encompasses most highways.

  • What cars have Apple CarPlay?
  • More than 600 vehicle models currently support or plan to introduce CarPlay. You can view an updated list of cars that support CarPlay on the Apple website.
  • How do I organize apps in CarPlay?
  • Rearrange the order of CarPlay apps in your iPhone settings. Go to Settings > General > CarPlay, choose your car, and select Customize. Tap and hold the app you want to move, and then drag it to the desired position.
  • Can I add Netflix to CarPlay?
  • No. Apple CarPlay doesn’t support video streaming apps like Netflix.
  • Is myQ compatible with Apple CarPlay?
  • Yes. Apple CarPlay integrates with the My Mitsubishi Connect app, allowing you to control your smart garage.

More than 600 vehicle models currently support or plan to introduce CarPlay. You can view an updated list of cars that support CarPlay on the Apple website.

Rearrange the order of CarPlay apps in your iPhone settings. Go to Settings > General > CarPlay, choose your car, and select Customize. Tap and hold the app you want to move, and then drag it to the desired position.

No. Apple CarPlay doesn’t support video streaming apps like Netflix.

Yes. Apple CarPlay integrates with the My Mitsubishi Connect app, allowing you to control your smart garage.

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