<ul data-eligibleForWebStory="true"><li>iOS 26 brings new features to CarPlay such as Liquid Glass design, Live Activities, widgets, Tapbacks in Messages, and more.</li><li>Apple announced another change coming to CarPlay with iOS 26 in a WWDC 2025 video for developers.</li><li>Users will be able to use multi-touch gestures in supported vehicles to interact with mapping apps on CarPlay, like zooming and panning on the map.</li><li>CarPlay now supports multitouch interactions for navigation apps in vehicles that support CarPlay Ultra.</li><li>A new small improvement in iOS 18.4 and later is the sports mode for audio apps on CarPlay, displaying a scoreboard for live sports events along with the audio controls.</li><li>The Now Playing view on CarPlay can now show team logos, scores, game clock, and more for audio apps streaming live sports events.</li><li>iOS 18.4 was released in late March, and iOS 26 is currently available in developer beta, set for release to all users later this year.</li><li>CarPlay will also gain the ability to play videos from an iPhone via AirPlay in supported vehicles.</li></ul>

Apple Highlights Two Smaller CarPlay Changes on iOS 18.4 and iOS 26

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