Apple\u2019s days of blocking you from watching video through CarPlay appear to be coming to an end. The upcoming iOS26 update will allow people to project video from their phones onto the center display of their vehicle through AirPlay. This will enable users to \u201cwatch their favorite videos from iPhone right on their CarPlay display when they aren\u2019t driving,\u201d Apple says.<\/p>\n
The new capability, which was first noticed by MacRumors<\/a>, falls under the \u201cvideo in the car\u201d category on Apple\u2019s developer site, alongside \u201cAutomaker apps\u201d and \u201ccar keys.\u201d The company invites automakers and developers who are \u201cinterested in supporting CarPlay, CarPlay Ultra, AirPlay video, or car keys in your vehicle system\u201d to join its MFi Program.<\/p>\n Apple says that automakers will need to add support for CarPlay with AirPlay video, so it won\u2019t be available to everyone right away. Most automakers are a little risk-averse when approaching new tech that has the potential to be a distraction from driving, so they\u2019re likely pushing for assurances that videos can only be played while the vehicle is parked. They\u2019re also wary about handing over too much control<\/a> of their screens to Apple, which is why Aston Martin is the only automaker that has come out in support of the company\u2019s new CarPlay Ultra<\/a>.<\/p>\n Apple says that automakers will need to add support for CarPlay with AirPlay video, so it won\u2019t be available to everyone right away.<\/p>\n A spokesperson for Apple didn\u2019t immediately respond to questions about automaker support or hardware requirements.<\/p>\n A lot of vehicles, especially EVs, already offer some version of video streaming or gaming capability while parked. Some automakers, especially those with Google\u2019s built-in Android-based operating systems<\/a>, have started adding native YouTube apps to their infotainment displays. Tesla has a Theater mode that supports Netflix, Hulu, YouTube, and other services. Other car manufacturers with passenger or seatback screens support various video streaming services<\/a>.<\/p>\n There have already been a number of unauthorized ways to watch video through CarPlay through third-party adapters or jailbreak tweaks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Apple\u2019s days of blocking you from watching video through CarPlay appear to be coming to an end. The…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":178911,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[1662,346,1665,12,326,53,2187,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-178910","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-technology","8":"tag-apple","9":"tag-cars","10":"tag-ios","11":"tag-news","12":"tag-tech","13":"tag-technology","14":"tag-transpo","15":"tag-uk","16":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114671553388689396","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/178910","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=178910"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/178910\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/178911"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=178910"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=178910"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=178910"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}