iOS 27 has arrived, and with it a handful of improvements for CarPlay. Here’s everything new for CarPlay in iOS 27.
Apple’s Siri overhaul is the tentpole addition to iOS 27. Siri AI offers a new design that’s more like the pre-iOS 18 look, but with less color. Apple added video in the car with iOS 26, but it was limited to AirPlay streaming.
But with iOS 27 developers can now make dedicated video apps for CarPlay, so that users can browse videos right on their CarPlay display. And the new ‘Siri AI’ capabilities on the iPhone are available in CarPlay too if you have a compatible iPhone. It appears as a glowing orb at the bottom-center of the screen.
If your app supports AirPlay video streaming, no changes are needed. People can already watch videos from your app on their CarPlay display when they aren’t driving. To do so, they simply select the car’s display when playing the video on iPhone. Now you can take it to the next level and let people browse their favorite videos from iPhone right on their CarPlay display.
With iOS 27 you can create apps to browse and play videos in new cars that support the video in car feature. Automakers need to sign on to support the feature, so unfortunately it won’t be available automatically in every car. iOS 27 has a handful of design-related updates for CarPlay too.
