Updated November 28, 2022 with News+, LINE, Microsoft Teams, Panera Bread, Plexamp, and Weather on the Way.
CarPlay is Apple’s feature that brings communication and entertainment functions to the built-in screen in your car using iPhone apps. The feature appears on a lot of aftermarket displays and new cars that you can buy today.
As CarPlay support is now available from most manufacturers, we’re also seeing more CarPlay apps. Once you install these apps on your iPhone, they appear on your CarPlay-enabled display when you connect your iPhone. Read on for the growing list of iPhone apps that support CarPlay.
Apple apps
- Phone (Favorites, Recents, Contacts, Keypad, Voicemail)
- Music (Apple Music including Beats 1)
- Maps (Search, POI’s, Navigation, Nearby, Lane Guidance, ETA sharing)
- Messages (Create, read, reply over Siri)
- News+ (Listen to audio stories for Apple News subscribers)
- Now Playing (This will show audio content from any iPhone app similar to iOS’s Control Center)
- Podcasts (Also works with Siri)
- Books (Since iOS 8.4 for playing audiobooks)
- Calendar (Since iOS 13 for viewing current and upcoming events, including addresses)
- Settings (Since iOS 13 for controlling Do Not Disturb While Driving, Light and Dark Mode, and Siri Suggestions)
- Dashboard (A new addition to the Home Screen since iOS 13, includes tiles for navigation, favorite locations, now playing audio, Siri Suggestions, and calendar events)
Audiobooks
- Audible
- Audio Books by AudioBooks.com
- Bookmate
- Free Audiobooks
- Google Play Books
- Kobo Books
- Libby, by OverDrive
- Scribd
- Walmart eBooks
Communication apps
EV charging and parking
Food apps
Music
- Amazon Music
- audioBoom
- Clammr Radio
- Dash Radio
- Deezer Music
- Digital Concert Hall
- Google Play Music
- LiveXLive
- Mixcloud
- Next: Magic DJ & Playlists
- Orange Radio
- Plexamp (For music on Plex)
- Radio Deejay
- Radio Disney
- Rdio (Update: Pandora acquired and shut down this service)
- SiriusXM Radio
- Slacker Radio
- Spotify Stations
- Tidal
- VOX
- YouTube Music
Navigation apps
- 2GIS
- Google Maps (Works with Siri in iOS 13+)
- HERE WeGo Maps & Navigation (Offline maps)
- NAVER Map
- Rever Motorcycle GPS & Rides
- Roads by Porsche
- Sygic GPS Navigation & Maps (Offline maps)
- TomTom GO Navigation
- Waze (Works with Siri in iOS 13+)
- Weather on the Way mixes weather forecasts with route planning
News & Sports
- Audm – New Yorker, Atlantic
- CBS Radio News
- CNBC: Stock Market & Business
- MLB At Bat
- NBA
- NBC Sports Scores
- NHL
- NPR One
- Newsflash
- Umano: Listen to News Articles (Update: Dropbox acquired and shut down this service)
Podcasts
- Acast
- Anchor
- Breaker
- Castro Podcast Player
- Downcast
- iHeartRadio
- Overcast: Podcast Player
- Pandora (Works with Siri in iOS 13+)
- Pocket Casts
- Spotify
- Stitcher
- TuneIn Radio
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- CarPlay wallpaper options expand in iOS 16 beta 4, download images here
- This adapter turns standard CarPlay into wireless, actually works
Stay tuned for more CarPlay apps as they update in the future! Want to submit an app for consideration? Reach out via Twitter, Instagram, or email.
Author: Zac Hall
Source: 9TO5Google
