In May 2025, Apple said many other vehicle brands planned to offer CarPlay Ultra, including Hyundai, Kia, and Genesis.
CarPlay Ultra features deeper integration with a vehicle's instrument cluster and systems, built-in apps for radio and climate controls, rear-view camera feed support, and more. The connected iPhone provides app-related data, while the vehicle provides information like the current speed, fuel level, tire pressure, engine temperature, and more.
The interface is tailored to each vehicle model and automaker's identity, and drivers can choose from various preset design options.
Earlier this year, Bloomberg's Mark Gurman said he was told that CarPlay Ultra would come to at least one major new Hyundai or Kia vehicle model "in the second half of this year," so hopefully an expansion is just a few months away.
Lock maker Kwikset today added CarPlay integration to the Kwikset app, which means iPhone owners can lock or unlock Kwikset smart locks directly from the car's dashboard.
The feature works with Kwikset locks that are controlled with the Kwikset app, and it allows locks to be accessed without the need to open the app on an iPhone. When arriving home or leaving, vehicle owners can use CarPlay ...
iOS 26.4 was released today, and it includes a couple of new features for CarPlay: an Ambient Music widget and support for voice-based chatbot apps.
To update your iPhone 11 or newer to iOS 26.4, open the Settings app and tap on General → Software Update. CarPlay will automatically offer the new features so long as the iPhone connected to your vehicle is running iOS 26.4 or later....
Tuesday March 31, 2026 12:34 pm PDT by Juli Clover
OpenAI has updated ChatGPT with support for CarPlay, which means CarPlay users can now ask ChatGPT questions and make requests directly from their vehicle dashboard.
Apple began allowing third-party voice-based conversational apps to interface with CarPlay in iOS 26.4, but apps need to implement the feature and get a special entitlement from Apple.
For the ChatGPT app and other apps...
This is literally the exact same article that was posted last week and it is nothing more than year old news with the mention of it coming to Kia, Hyundai, and Genesis vehicles and with no indication as to when said expanded rollout is slated to happen
Seeing as to how I have a vehicle that would potentially get this (2026 Hyundai Tucson Hybrid), this would be so cool to have as while I have the ability to do its climate controls with its built-in voice controls, they just aren't nearly as intuitive compared to Siri
What kind of article is this??? No new information, just regurgitating a recent post to fill space?
Yep, exactly what's going on here?
I thought I was going crazy when I saw this same article linked on their Facebook page as well and turns out I wasn't because this is in fact, the exact same article they posted last week with absolutely no information
People hate touch interfaces for instruments like the AC or fan control. It's why manufacturers are returning to such controls. Sounds like Car Play Ultra is for a very niche market (i.e. nobody).
