CarPlay is an excellent Apple feature that brings communication and entertainment apps from your iPhone to the built-in screen in your car. Just install supported apps on your iPhone, then they automatically appear on your CarPlay display when you’re connected. Read on for our massive list of iPhone apps that work with CarPlay.
Categories
Apple apps
- Phone (Favorites, Recents, Contacts, Keypad, Voicemail)
- Music (Apple Music including Beats 1)
- Maps (Search, POI’s, Navigation, Nearby, Lane Guidance, ETA sharing)
- Messages (Create, read, reply over Siri)
- News+ (Listen to audio stories for Apple News subscribers)
- Now Playing (This will show audio content from any iPhone app similar to iOS’s Control Center)
- Podcasts (Also works with Siri)
- Books (Since iOS 8.4 for playing audiobooks)
- Calendar (Since iOS 13 for viewing current and upcoming events, including addresses)
- Settings (Since iOS 13 for controlling Do Not Disturb While Driving, Light and Dark Mode, and Siri Suggestions)
- Dashboard (A new addition to the Home Screen since iOS 13, includes tiles for navigation, favorite locations, now playing audio, Siri Suggestions, and calendar events)
- Widgets (Since iOS 26)
Audiobooks & Reading
- Audible
- Audio Books by AudioBooks.com
- Blinkist
- Bookmate
- Google Play Books
- Instapaper
- Kobo Books
- Libby, the library app
- Scribd
- Walmart eBooks
Communication apps
EV charging, fuel, and parking
Food apps
Music
- Amazon Music
- Berliner Philharmoniker
- Dash Radio
- Deezer Music
- Doppler
- LiveOne Music
- Mixcloud
- Plexamp
- Radio Deejay
- SiriusXM Radio
- SongCapsule
- Spotify
- SoundCloud
- Tidal
- VLC
- VOX
- YouTube Music
Navigation apps
- 2GIS
- ETA
- Google Maps
- HERE WeGo Maps & Navigation
- InRoute
- My Porsche
- MapQuest
- NAVER Map
- Rever Motorcycle GPS & Rides
- Roads by Porsche
- Sygic GPS Navigation & Maps
- TomTom GO Navigation
- Waze
News & Sports
NFL teams
Weather
Podcasts
Other
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