Available on select cars, CarPlay is a smarter, safer way to use your iPhone in the car. CarPlay takes the things you want to do with your iPhone while driving and puts them right on your car’s built-in display. You can get directions, make calls, send and receive messages, and listen to music, all in a way that allows you to stay focused on the road. Just connect your iPhone and go.
CarPlay features Siri voice control and is specially designed for driving scenarios. CarPlay also works with your car’s controls — knobs, buttons, touchpad, or touchscreen. And the apps themselves have been reimagined for the car, so you can use them while your eyes and hands stay where they belong.
To activate Siri voice control, just press and hold the voice control button on the steering wheel.
If your CarPlay-equipped vehicle has a touchscreen, you can use it to control CarPlay.
CarPlay also works with the knobs, dials, or buttons in the car. If it controls your screen, it controls CarPlay.
The power and simplicity of Apple Maps is now available on your dashboard. CarPlay can predict where you most likely want to go using addresses from your email, texts, contacts, and calendars. You can also search along your route for nearby gas stations, restaurants, coffee shops, and more. Maps will even estimate how long the detour will take.
Make calls, return missed calls, and listen to voicemail. Siri can help you do all of these things. All you have to do is ask.
Access all of your content from iTunes, your Apple Music membership, and additional audio apps using your car’s built-in controls. Or just tell Siri what you’d like to hear. You can also enjoy For You and Browse from Apple Music — with songs, artists, and albums handpicked by experts, plus selections based on your preferences — right on your display.
CarPlay supports other apps on your iPhone — like your favorite audio and messaging apps. Apps developed by car manufacturers are also supported, so you can control more of your car’s features without ever leaving CarPlay.1 You can even personalize your experience by rearranging exactly how your apps appear in CarPlay through settings on your iPhone.
Every major automobile manufacturer has partnered with us in supporting CarPlay. There are over 200 models to choose from, with more on the way.3
See all models that work with CarPlay
You can now add CarPlay to your current car with an aftermarket system.