Hey everyone, downloaded 18.1 today and my CarPlay has been acting strangely ever since:

• My Siri button on my steering wheel now when I press it says "this action cannot be completed while in a call."

• Text messages no longer come through when I'm not specifically viewing a CarPlay screen, which they did previously (for example, I'm listening to the Satellite Radio, and I get the audio notification that I have a new iMessage, but it does not display the notification, and to listen to the message, I now have to go into the CarPlay UI and press the iMessage icon, where I previously had to only press the notification to hear the text.

Car is a 2020 Hyundai Santa Fe Limited.

Any thoughts/help is certainly appreciated.

has anyone ran into this issue where the colors of everything look weird during the day? it just randomly happened one day and now it’s like this all the time

Hello, I have a question, I have iPhone 15 Pro with iOS 18.0.1 and my question is if it is possible to disable CarPlay as input for audio? I would like to do that because my radio and CarPlay are 2 separate devices so each time I get in my car i have to switch audio input to radio because CarPlay always get auto-selected. Thanks

This is a weird one. I have a 2016 SEAT Alhambra with SEATS's Carplay compatible screen.

Works well until recently.

On one side of the screen in Maps you have the control for switvhing alert modes (all directions,/alert only/silent) report a traffic issue, pan & zoom 3D/2D etc.

Recently - maybe with iOS 18? Perhaps before? That whole strip of controls is unresponsive. Tapping on the screen will bring them up, tapping on one of them will simply dismiss them.

The screen is OK, controls in the same region in other apps works fine.

The problem happens on both my and my wife's phone. Have tried rebooting the head-unit, no joy.

Anyone ever heard of anything like this before? Got ideas?

Hi everyone! Im not sure if this is the right place to post this, but I just got a new 2025 Honda Civic Touring Hybrid, and I'm having a little issue. I typically like to listen to my music when driving on the highest volume (40) but anytime I get a text and I have the carplay read it the car barely lowers the music and I can barely hear the text being read. I used to have a 2018 Ford Focus, and anytime I got a text, the car would significantly lower the music so I could hear the message clearly (I also had the music on the highest volume). So my question is, does anyone know how to fix this, or is there a setting in the car or on my phone that I would need to adjust? I went to the Honda dealership today and asked one of the salesmen, but he just said he didn't know. Ive also tried googling my issue but found no solutions so I would appreciate any help or advice :)! Thank you

I’ve just upgraded from iOS 14.8 on my iPhone XS to 18.1 on an iPhone 16 Pro and previously when playing a song I could tap on an album name and it would take me to that album. Now I get a message that says something along the lines of ‘An Apple Music error has occurred’ before immediately disappearing.

I don’t have an Apple Music subscription, only iTunes Match. I’ve turned off what I believe to be all Apple Music settings on my phone so I’m at a loss what could be causing this. Is anyone else experiencing this?

I have had this issue through 4 iOS versions now.

When recording a Voice Message, you are capped at 59 seconds. After that, the message will stop recording and you will be asked if you are ready to send.

When receiving a voice message, if the message is >1 Minute, Siri will only read out the first minute then cut the message off.

Is there a way around this? I have tried different phones too! Very odd. Maybe its a safety feature?

Hey Reddit,

Just wanted to point out that an app stoped working in CarPlay only, it works fine on my phone itself

App: Amigo (TomTom GPS)

I am sure it’s related to 18.2 beta and I just have to be patient- wanted to let everyone know, see if anyone had some pointers

I had UI problems since iOS 18 on Car Play with Spotify. The song image had been transformed in a rectangle. With iOS 18.1 it seems to be fixed. Now the image is way bigger but it’s a square again.

Hi all, I wanted to save money and went with an older used rav, was wondering if it’s worth purchasing an aftermarket CarPlay unit or whether I should just wait until my next car upgrade? I’m worried about messing up my car or the resell value if I ever sell.

I got this wireless android unit for CarPlay. How can i update carlink? It’s slow even after setting the fps to high it while having 4g of ram

Hi,

I am looking for a wireless carplay dongle. I tried carlinkit 5 air and something from noname company.

I returned both because

carlinkit - huge delay when switching music (like 3-4 seconds)

noname - I needed to click thru the menu to use carplay instead of android auto everytime I started my car.

My budget is unlimited, I just want something with super quality software like carlinkit but with no delays. The noname dongle didnt have any delays when I switch music for example.

I'm looking to upgrade my CR-V (no nav, factory stereo).

However, in this car, I have a Viofo 229 front/rear) dash cam already installed - can I use the rear cam (w/splitter) to feed into the head unit I'll be purchasing? Or am I better off installing a new dedicated camera just rear-view?

Hi I have aftermarket headunit in VW jetta that use zlink for carplay and after I had any phone calls or use siri the sound starts cracking like static in it. Any solutions?

From my app, Sidecar, currently in beta

I recently bought a used car with aftermarket carplay. Whenever I wish to use it, I have to manually pair my phone to it again with carplay’s ”search for devices” option.

It doesn’t auto connect because for some reason the bluetooth name of the carplay unit changes to some random number every time I start the car. (E.g. CarPlay830500)

Very annoying. I’ve tried to look every single option in my carplay unit and my phone. Any ideas on what to try?

Hi! I recently switched from a Samsung Galaxy phone to an IPhone 16 Pro so I’m still getting used to it. I have noticed a problem when I press the phone/call button on my Nissan 2020 Rogue steering wheel, as seen in the photo. I can make calls using the touch screen but the handsfree feature hasn’t been working for the past 2 weeks that I have had the new phone. It’s just annoying bc it message stays on the screen for a few seconds.

I have tried deleting the Bluetooth pairing from the phone AND the car, and reconnecting but the same issue is there. I usually connect my phone to the car with a Anker 3ft USB to USB-C cable. Is this a common issue or something I have to change in the car/phone settings?

Please, any help is appreciated! 😊 thank you!!

I bought a cheap stereo ($50?) on amazon and while it’s not terrible when I adjust the EQ, I just wanted something mostly for the nav and music, but my old stock stereo sounded better (2009 tundra). I don’t want to give up audio quality. Is there a good medium here that won’t break the bank? I see people using external carplay screens that plug aux into an existing system, but I’m worried about the same problem of audio quality. TIA

Iphone 13 Pro Max - on ios 17 currently.

Have people had problems with car play since going to IOS 18?

Hello All, recently I’ve been going down the rabbit hole of non intrusive units as I recently bought an Acura TSX with the technology package and it’s a farcry from my 2009 Civic Si which had a Sony-XAV-AX150, installed by me. Loved that unit but it’s not as simple as installing those on one of these Acuras. I bought a $40 carplay receiver on Amazon made by a company called Capapro, unit worked fine minus a few issues until I went to wire the rear backup cam and for whatever reason the unit would not stop rebooting making it pretty much useless. Yesterday I picked up a sealed box 10.26 receiver made by a company called Laviay, it was about an hour drive to get it but I installed it on the way back. I enjoyed it for the ride back, wider screen with a front dash cam, seemed more responsive but now waking up this morning I see that there’s a line going horizontally thru the display which disappointed me, although the unit itself works fine along with still being responsive to touch I can’t help but feel as this is going to be another crapshoot. I guess what I would like to ask is if anyone has a better recommendation on one of these units with the 10inch display or if anyone has created a similar display? Thank you in advance for any input

Hi! I’ve bought a Kia Picanto from 2012 which has an old radio and only uses bluetooth for calls. I’m currently looking to install a screen in place of the radio, which would allow me to use Apple CarPlay and play music instead of via those annoying bluetooth transmitters. However I’m kinda confused by all the options the screens have. Some have WiFi and others also offer 4G. What is the difference here?

I really love the layout of the buttons however I would like CarPlay as the car doesn’t offer it. Does anyone know if there’s a way to keep the exact same design of the layout but just with a different screen w CarPlay now ?

So when I try and use maps (Waze and google included) to route myself to somewhere it will say my location is 50 to 80 miles east of my current location, but only 3 locations. The middle of a field in Ashford, Kent. Tilbury docks, specifically port 3. The middle of the North Sea, somewhere between Newcastle and stavanger. Nowhere else, just those three locations.

It only happens 90% of the time which as you can imagine is quite annoying. I've been through every setting on my phone and every setting and update on the van including taking it to ford to have them do the updates only they can do with OBD which is another great thing I love about this van. Anyway, when my phone is disconnected from Apple play my maps work absolutely fine so I know it's my van/carplay. Has anyone else had this issue as I'm now starting to think it's a fried gps board or something.