Where is Apple CarPlay 2? A 2024 launch is looking unlikely, but not impossible

Date:
Fri, 13 Dec 2024 17:03:02 +0000

Description:
Apples CarPlay 2 system is meant to launch by the end of 2024, but its
nowhere in sight.

FULL STORY ======================================================================Apple has promised that the first CarPlay 2 vehicles will launch in 2024 With just
a couple of weeks to go, that deadline might be missed CarPlay 2 is a major overhaul, but weve only seen renderings so far

If you cast your mind back to Apples Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC)
in 2022, you might remember the company announcing that a new version of CarPlay would soon be arriving with new dashboards and features for connected cars. Well, over two years later, were still waiting and Apple doesnt have long to meet its own CarPlay 2 target.

Thats because, as noted by MacRumors , Apples website continues to maintain that the first vehicles bearing CarPlay 2 will arrive in 2024. But with under three weeks left until the end of the year, theres not a lot of time left before that deadline passes.

CarPlay 2 is expected to bring content for all the drivers screens including the instrument cluster, Apple says. Unlike the first generation of CarPlay, the new version will be able to take over more or less the entire dashboard inside your vehicle, providing relevant, customizable data in a unified interface.

Unfortunately, theres been virtually no movement on this since Apple
announced CarPlay 2 in June 2022. Sure, weve had a few concepts, renderings and discussions since then, but nothing more concrete than that.

With the deadline looming, were starting to wonder if Apple has some last-minute news (which isn't unprecedented for CarPlay) or if this is one target it just cant hit. Not long left (Image credit: Apple)

You may recall that weve actually been here before. Last year, Apple promised that the first models equipped with the next generation of CarPlay would be previewed before the end of 2023. Well, the clock ticked and ticked until Porsche and Aston Martin finally delivered a few dashboard concepts on December 20, just barely squeaking in ahead of 2024.

But were not being promised renderings this time. Apples website claims that the first models will launch before the end of 2024, and that sure sounds
like its talking about purchasable, drivable cars. Theres not long left for these vehicles to make an appearance, and it's now looking highly unlikely.

CarPlay has encountered something of a bumpy road over the last year or two, with major manufacturers like GM pulling out and the likes of Rivian saying they wont use it in the first place .

Still, Apple boasts that over 800 car models work with CarPlay, and the
system isnt going away any time soon. But it needs to get its skates on if
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Link to news story: https://www.techradar.com/vehicle-tech/where-is-apple-carplay-2-a-2024-launch- is-looking-unlikely-but-not-impossible


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