Apple is also very present in theinfotainment, or with software products that allow iPhone synchronization with compatible cars. We are obviously talking about CarPlay, the same platform for which a major renewal is expected.
The only rival to Android Auto is very widespread on the market, in parallel with the spread of the iPhone obviously, and practically all cars that support Android Auto also support CarPlay. Since the beginning of the year there has been talk of a important update for CarPlay.
Own as happened with Android Auto, which saw the arrival of the new software generation between the end of 2022 and the beginning of 2023 with a new interface and new features, we are also waiting for the new generation of CarPlay. Apple insists that models compatible with the new generation will come announced by 2023but 2023 is coming to an end and the compatibility of the new CarPlay there is still no trace.
According to the hypotheses that have emerged online, it could happen that Apple should recantand postpone the debut of the new CarPlay until next yearalso in terms of compatible car models.
This is because we have now entered the closing period of the year, with the holidays upon us, and it is very difficult to see particular innovations announced by big tech in this period.
And then it could happen the unusual, or that Apple is breaking a promise it made. In any case, according to the rumors that have emerged so far online it seems that the new generation of CarPlay should be compatible only with new devicesor with the cars that will arrive on the market in the future, because it requires new hardware.
It will therefore not be an update like the one released for Android Auto, which ensured the backwards compatibility with all devices that were previously. This implies that regardless of when Apple launches the new CarPlay it will be actually usable when the new compatible cars arrive on the market and hit our streets.
Meanwhile, a little hope to see, at least on paperthe new generation of CarPlay is still here.
In fact, Apple kept mention on its official website at the announcement of the models compatible with the new CarPlay from the end of 2023. Therefore, we trust, albeit faintly, in a Christmas gift from Apple.
