What’s new in CarPlay and can we adopt it right away or is there a need for specific hardware?

The next generation of CarPlay introduces several new features and enhancements:

1. Wireless Only Experience: The new CarPlay is a wireless-only experience, ensuring seamless reconnection and appearance if you were using it on your previous drive. This enhances stability and performance for a smooth driving experience (Meet the next generation of CarPlay architecture).

2. Deep Customization: The design system is built to be deeply customizable, allowing automakers to tailor the look and functionality of CarPlay to each vehicle. This includes flexible layout systems, backgrounds, color theming, and dynamic content that combines vehicle info with CarPlay features (Say hello to the next generation of CarPlay design system).

3. Enhanced Features: The next generation of CarPlay includes advanced features like enhanced Siri, buffered media playback, and support for HEVC video streaming (Meet the next generation of CarPlay architecture).

4. Local UI Rendering: The UI is rendered locally on the vehicle's system, which allows for low latency and high responsiveness to car signals. This local rendering ensures that the UI is robust and not affected by Wi-Fi interference or disconnects (Meet the next generation of CarPlay architecture).

5. Automaker Apps: Automakers can create their own rich and custom UI using automaker apps that run on iPhone, leveraging the full power of iOS (Meet the next generation of CarPlay architecture).

Adoption and Hardware Requirements

To support the next generation of CarPlay, automakers need to enroll in the Apple MFI (Made for iPhone) program. This indicates that specific hardware configurations and integrations are required to adopt the new CarPlay features (Say hello to the next generation of CarPlay design system).

Relevant Sessions

1. Meet the next generation of CarPlay architecture
2. Say hello to the next generation of CarPlay design system