CarPlay is just a few weeks away from its tenth anniversary. . . depending on when you celebrate their birthday. Apple has already promised that an entirely new generation of CarPlay will start taking control of cars in 2024. Now, the iOS 17. 4 beta assets show that CarPlay 2. 0 is approaching the new car parc.
Which car will come out first? Lately the race is between Porsche and Aston Martin. Hopefully, next-generation CarPlay will come to brands with cars that will also charge less than a billion dollars this year.
Either way, Apple is standing by its statement from June 2022 that the first cars with next-gen CarPlay will hit streets in 2024. As spotted by Joe Rossignol at MacRumors, Apple has belatedly updated its website to update a specific line of text. “Vehicle announcements coming in late 2023” has been replaced with “First models arrive in 2024” on Apple’s CarPlay site.
iOS 17. 4 even has to say about next-gen CarPlay.
Apple tells us that iOS 17. 4 will officially launch in March. Ten years ago, in March, iOS in the Car was renamed CarPlay with the design we have today. We had to wait another year for CarPlay to appear in new cars. Maybe we’ll lower our expectations for cars that don’t come from Porsche or Aston. Martin.
As for what iOS 17.4 beta 1 tells us about next-gen CarPlay, 9to5Mac was able to confirm these modern CarPlay app references are present: AutoSettings, CarCamera, Charge, Climate, Closures, Media, TirePressure, and Trip.
Next-gen explorer Aaron (@aaronp613) shared photos of iOS 17. 4 beta similar to today’s next-gen CarPlay apps:
Obviously the graphics team has been busy.
Since CarPlay 2 is based on a car’s virtual interface, those apps will be needed for all car purposes provided in the automaker’s internal system. Apple is also still making a car, and that’s still 4 years away.
That’s all for now. We’re officially moving from the polished symbols phase to the basic level of next-gen CarPlay implementation, along with more polished symbols. We will continue to stick to this story and bring you the latest news as it unfolds over the years.
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