CarPlay in iOS 18.4 adds three new features that will be here soon

Even as CarPlay 2 work keeps chugging along, Apple has been slowly adding new features to the existing CarPlay too. Last fall CarPlay got some Apple Intelligence enhancements, and recently Ford EV owners gained NACS routing. When iOS 18.4 arrives, there are three more new CarPlay features coming with it. #1: Third row of app icons One of the complicated things about CarPlay is that it needs to adapt to a wide range of vehicle infotainment systems. Fortunately, iOS 18.4 brings a nice enhancement for vehicles that have especially large displays. Users throughout the beta have found that on certain screen sizes, CarPlay gains a third row of app icons where it only supported two before. This extra screen real estate for apps should pair nicely with this next CarPlay addition… #2: Sports apps Apple has made a new API available to app developers that will bring sports apps to CarPlay. Starting in iOS 18.4, apps that show sports scores can integrate with CarPlay. This way, you can sta ... Read full article.