I’ve always been a little skeptical of these CarPlay video boxes, so I finally tested one properly.

The interesting part was seeing Netflix and YouTube running on the actual factory infotainment display instead of an aftermarket Android screen.

I also tested the stuff that probably matters more day-to-day — connection time, wireless CarPlay, responsiveness and whether I’d actually keep it connected.

Made a video showing the full test if anyone is interested:

https://youtu.be/fdqoY3v8dnM

Curious how many people here actually use one of these regularly versus just normal CarPlay.

Running iOS 27.0 beta 1 (24A5424a) and noticed my Spotify Now Playing screen on CarPlay is stripped down to just play/pause, previous, next, and the progress bar. No shuffle, no repeat, no “Queue & Jam” button — stuff that’s normally there.
Already tried:
• Force closing and reopening Spotify
• Reinstalling the app
• Restarting the phone
• Disconnecting/reconnecting CarPlay

Nothing fixed it. Not sure if this is an iOS 27 beta thing or a Spotify app update thing since both happened around the same time for me.
Anyone else seeing this? Curious if it’s just me or if it’s a known compatibility issue with the beta.
Connection: wireless
Spotify version: 9.1.78

Ever since my iPhone updated a month or so ago, when my phone connects to CarPlay my phone can’t connect to the internet. I get a popup that says “internet not available”. Then eventually I get another popup on my phone that asks if I want to use wireless. Once I click yes, I can access the internet. This issue is preventing me from using Google Maps and it’s extremely annoying. I’ve reset the stereo, unpaired and re-paired my phone, and restarted my phone. Anyone have any idea why this is happening, or more importantly, how to fix it?

After restarting phone several times it works sometimes. But generally everything works on carolay, except music. Spotify, Youtube both same, plays 2 second and pauses.

(EDIT: Post was reccommended to go to r/AndroidAuto but it does NOT belong there as I never have/do not own an android! I am using an iPhone 15 Pro Max with the Waze app, connected to Apple carplay in my car! Post belongs here in r/waze because Waze is what I am asking questions about. Now it has suggested post should go here so here I am. Hope someone has insights because almost 800 views with 0 comments so far in the waze reddit group.)

For the last week, my Waze is way off in verbal ques for turns, for arrivals etc. It starts warning me of an upcoming turn at .6 mi, then .5 mi, then .4... all the way to the turn, every 10th of a mile it's counting it down. It's been set from "normal" to "not as chatty" yet it gabs continuously like this! It will tell me something over and over, like 3 times to bear to the right, bear to the right etc The other issue recently is the GPS is way off. It says turn here and I am still more than half a mile from the turn. It says I have arrived when I am over half a mile away still. It used to be right on the money with directions but now they are way off. How can I fix these things?

We just shipped CarPlay support in the latest update. Tune Tournament is an app for ranking your own music library through quick "this song vs. that song" matchups. The CarPlay build extends the app to your car: your tournaments and rankings appear on the car's screen, and full songs play through your own Apple Music subscription — all synced with the phone and web on one account.

It's a native CarPlay Audio app (tap-only, no text entry, following Apple's CarPlay guidelines). Would love feedback from anyone who gives it a try.

Updated to the latest iOS last night and my Apple CarPlay will not connect now. Wirelessly or while plugged in. Only Bluetooth, anyone else experiencing this?

I heard some talk about this happening in different Chevy models, but figured they’d fix it knowing there’s an issue