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Apple Carplay has just received the biggest update in its 11-year history. It’s called Carplay Ultra. With no longer trapped in the central infotainment screen, the Carplay Ultra takes over the instrument cluster and can operate most of the car’s main features.
I received a practical demo of what Apple Carplay Ultra can do Aston Martin DBX 2025but it looks pretty much the same with the car you own. Whatever screens are, the size or shape of those displays, or what physical controls are installed, it looks pretty much the same. These are the coolest new features we’ve found.
Apple Gauge
By enabling Ultra, your digital instrument cluster will get a new Apple certified look. There are multiple gauge styles, from more traditional to hypermodern. You can also customize the color and background wallpaper from the list.
Certain gauge screens also incorporate widgets that cover everything from Apple Maps to tire pressure, trip information, driver AIDS, and even things like calendars and weather forecasts. You can also make Apple Maps in full screen.
Climate control
Do you hate retreating from carplay to change climate control? In Ultra, that’s no longer an issue. Currently, CarPlay can control the vehicle’s climate system. Temperature control is always available on the side or bottom dock of the screen. Tap them to raise the shortcuts to the climate environment.
For more major changes, tap on the new Climate app that will be released in CarPlay. From there, you can change climate control settings anywhere in the car without leaving your carplay.
Radio Control
Toggling the car’s built-in software and CarPlay back and forth to change the radio station is a blessing. Tap the new radio app to control CarPlay’s audio features, including changing riot stations and satellite stations and adjusting equalizers. If you like them, all the physical buttons and knobs still work too.
Widgets
Do you like iPhone widgets? Good news, you can also put it in carplay now. While using CarPlay Ultra, continue swipe right on the Infotainment screen (not available on standard CarPlay) to access the widget screen.
You can swipe up and down the two columns separately, allowing you to select the two widgets you want to display. When it is released, it will include clocks, calendars, weather and reminders, but more will be added in the future.
New layout
Depending on what the car manufacturer has chosen, you may get a new CarPlay layout. For over a decade, recently used apps have been stacked in the column on the left side of the screen. Now you have a new layout that’s familiar to you if you’re using a Mac or driving a Tesla. Recent apps can move along the bottom of the screen to a new dock, along with climate control. There are four recent four apps, rather than the regular three, because there are more space.
Siri does more
Now that CarPlay can control most of the vehicle features, you can also use Siri. Siri doesn’t have complete control over everything she finds in Carplay Ultra, but it can handle simple tasks like temperature and radio station changes.
Unfortunately, Siri doesn’t know what type of car it is and cannot check the owner’s manual, but Apple says that you can ask Siri to ask the answers to questions about your car.
Which cars have the Apple Carplay Ultra?
The first brand to get Apple Carplay Ultra:
Coming soon:
- Acura
- Audi
- Ford
- Genesis
- Honda
- Hyundai
- Infinity
- Jaguar
- anytime
- Land Rover
- Lincoln
- Mercedes-Benz
- Nissan
- Pole Star
- Porsche
- Renault
- Volvo
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