Now over the past few weeks I've been testing iOS 16 on this phone right here...
And without going into too much detail on iOS 16 itself,
what I wanted to go through was Apple CarPlay and I wanted to highlight some
of the differences that I've found on this new version there's a few extra features!
So let's jump in this car behind me over here and have a look!
So firstly I should add iOS 16 brings a whole host of features to your phone,
different wallpapers and different customisations,
especially for notifications on the home screen and that sort of thing!
But for Apple CarPlay a more subtle approach has been taken.
So I've got a few things to run through today on the things that I've found over
the past couple of weeks and the first one is on Apple Maps.
So if you do make use of Apple Maps then you should love these new features!
So if we open this up and go onto Apple Maps it will look pretty much the same at the moment
but if we enable a route just going to just say a destination...so here we go that's going.
It will look pretty much the same but if you go to the arrow on the
bottom right you'll notice there's a new thing that says 'Add Stop'.
So yes you can now add stops onto Apple Maps and yes I know for the people who don't use Apple
Maps and use Google Maps for example they'll say 'Oh I've been able to do this for years...
True! But it's nice to see that addition now on Apple Maps.
So if we've gone to that arrow and then you can add anything
on here so let's say we're going to go via a petrol station for example.
There's one there and then add a stop and you'll see it'll basically re-route and get you going
that way via that thing and then of course the updated information is there on the bottom right.
If we go to the arrow and then go to 'Edit Stops' then of course you can tap to remove them
so this is all great of course very nice and easy
one click remove and that sort of thing while you're driving behind the wheel.
Now for number two is something that I've noticed on Siri.
Now this is a very very subtle thing but for those of you that use Siri behind the wheel
you're definitely going to notice so now when you use Siri using the voice button.
So in this car if I hold the button up...
Car: Sound
It now makes a different sound so only very very subtle but
you know nice to see different upgrades and that sort of thing subtle differences.
Now for number three this relates to iMessages so if you use Siri
a lot to dictate messages and things like that while driving.
You'll now notice if you look really closely in the Settings
menu there's a thing that says 'Automatically send messages'.
So if we load this up and swipe this across go to 'Settings' and go to 'Siri and suggestions'.
In here is a thing called 'Automatically send messages'.
Now this will be off by default but if you enable this basically when you dictate a message to Siri
it can automatically send it for you just a few seconds after it's read it back to you.
Now while I'm in the settings menu there's also a couple of new additions to the wallpapers, I can't
remember if it was last year or the year before but basically on Apple CarPlay you can then add
these different wallpapers for your home screen and now with iOS16 there's a few more!
I think there's three extra I think the top three are new from memory, definitely the first two
I don't recall seeing that third one there as well.
But hey nice new additions and I do quite like that blue one as well that does look quite nice.
The Apple podcast app has also had an upgrade too so if you're a fan
of listening to podcasts like myself I'm sure you'll absolutely love this!
Just keep an eye out for the new and improved tab called 'Library'.
In here if you listen to Apple Music you'll notice it has a similar interface compared to that app.
Of course the Listen now and Browse tab are the same where you can scroll
through shows added to your library and of course trending shows at that moment in time.
so yes there's a few changes to iOS 16 on Apple CarPlay this year
however there's also some things going on in the developer side of it as well.
Now I myself am not a developer but it's exciting to see that apple did announce
back in their worldwide developers conference a couple of things...
So one of them are two new app categories and basically these
app categories have been limiting what apps people can make for Apple CarPlay.
So I've got the notes here so there's there's Navigation, Audio, Communication,
Fuelling, EV Charging, Parking and Driving tasks.
Now I'm hoping to see like over the next few years or so that
developers now start to make different apps for Apple CarPlay.
So can you imagine like going to go to the fuel station for example
and you know sometimes you can pay on your phone...can you imagine doing that on your screen?
Because that capability is there now with iOS16.
Now obviously it's not out at the moment and of course the developers
of these companies who have these fuel apps need to develop them
but I believe there's also parking ones as well that could be in force.
So if you go to a car park you know where you get your phone out and put the location number in
you should be able to do that you know over the next few years potentially on the car screen as
well which will just kind of integrate that seamless experience just a little bit more!
So yeah only subtle things but of course the future is really good for Apple CarPlay
and speaking of the future for those of you that did actually watch the Worldwide
Developers Conference earlier on in the year I think it was about May or June time.
There was something that caught everyone's eye and that is well this!
Now this looks absolutely incredible imagine Apple CarPlay across your entire dashboard.
Now this I can't wait to see but sadly it's not going to be
compatible from what I've read on cars that are on the road today.
Think of this as a
future future thing for cars that are going to come out over the next few years.
I urge you to obviously check that out if you want to read it. I'll put my link in
the description down below and of course some details and that sort of thing on it.
But it does look really really cool the fact you can have Apple CarPlay across the entire dashboard
and basically just replace the kind of car manufacturer's multimedia system and
make it all one...different designs and all sorts!
But yeah obviously guys don't get too excited about that because obviously
I said it's not going to be compatible with cars today.
Apple's announcement for that earlier on the year is an announcement
to manufacturers for them to kind of implement that in their cars
but of course they need to find ways of keeping Apple CarPlay running all the time.
So for example if you did have it on this imagine if someone just accidentally pulled the plug on it
and you just lose your speed and that screen as well so they'll see
there needs to be a few things that kind of keep it going all the time.
Maybe like wireless with a wired backup or something?
I don't know...but it's good to see
and don't get me wrong I love Apple CarPlay and I can't wait to see it!
So I'll definitely be doing a video on that when that comes out!
So there we go then guys that is the new Apple CarPlay found on iOS 16. Now last year I did
actually make a video on tips & tricks so if you want to see more about that and the cool things
you can do on CarPlay check out this video here as that video will take you straight to that one.
I'd like to give out a huge shout out to Sandown Mercedes-Benz as they help provide this car here
that you see here today just so I could help make this video but guys thanks so much for watching!
Until next week see you then!