What's new with CarPlay?

The next generation of CarPlay introduces several new features and enhancements aimed at providing a more integrated and seamless experience for users. Here are some of the key updates:

1. Wireless Only Experience: The next generation of CarPlay is designed to be 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 smoother driving experience (Meet the next generation of CarPlay architecture).

2. Enhanced Design System: The new design system is deeply customizable, allowing automakers to tailor the look and functionality of CarPlay to each vehicle. This includes flexible layout systems that adapt to different hardware configurations, backgrounds, color theming, and dynamic content that combines vehicle info with CarPlay features (Say hello to the next generation of CarPlay design system).

3. Support for Multiple Screens: The next generation of CarPlay provides content for all driver screens, creating a unified and consistent experience across all displays in the vehicle. This includes the instrument cluster and center display (Say hello to the next generation of CarPlay design system).

4. Advanced Features: New features include enhanced Siri buffered media playback, support for HEVC video streaming, and a new native climate app. There is also high-key integration for terrestrial radio and automaker settings for folding in all vehicle features effortlessly (Meet the next generation of CarPlay architecture).

5. Vehicle State Integration: The next generation of CarPlay relies on the vehicle system to provide up-to-date state information, which is reflected in the UI. This ensures that data is used only where needed and often does not leave the vehicle, protecting user privacy (Meet the next generation of CarPlay architecture).

6. Customization Options: Automakers can create highly visual and specialized UIs, offer specific settings and menus, and display custom alerts or notifications. This is facilitated through automaker apps that run on iPhone, leveraging the full power of iOS (Meet the next generation of CarPlay architecture).

For more detailed information, you can refer to the sessions:

• Meet the next generation of CarPlay architecture
• Say hello to the next generation of CarPlay design system