The New Apple CarPlay with iOS 13

Mark Lincoln, Miles Continental Marketing Manager

Apple iPhone users now have the option to update their software to iOS 13. Along with various updates – view Apple’s full list here – the new iOS comes with an all-new Apple CarPlay system.

Along with a smart new home screen/dashboard, a few features I particularly liked are:

• New Calendar app integration showing upcoming appointments
• A much better way to navigate Podcasts (and music), allowing you to see much more of the titles
• New integration with Apple Maps that allows you to access your ‘Collections’ of map locations
• ‘An app open on iPhone doesn’t affect what is open on the CarPlay screen, so passengers can pick a song on the device while the driver can keep looking at maps’

There are also a few developments that will give car manufacturers the freedom to get even more out of the system, so it’ll be interesting to see what Volkswagen and ŠKODA come up with next.

I took a few screenshots this morning so you can have a look at some of the new features for yourself.

Note: All of these were taken on the ŠKODA Kodiaq ‘Style’ touchscreen with its high-definition Apple CarPlay display via Smartlink+. This may vary in other vehicles and model variants. Screenshots also taken in dark mode.