Unlocking Hidden CarPlay Tips and Tricks

If you want to get the most out of Apple’s CarPlay, you’ll have to unlock a few hidden secrets. However, before you try customizing it with apps and rearranging these apps on the screen, make sure that you’re using an iPhone with iOS 14 or iOS 13.  

Apple created CarPlay to provide its users with a smarter and safer way to use their iPhones while driving. Aside from enjoying your favorite music, this feature allows you to make calls, get directions, and send and receive messages. Needless to say, CarPlay efficiently brings entertainment and communication functions to your car’s built-in screen using your iPhone apps.  

CarPlay: Hidden Secrets You Should Know About

To use CarPlay, just connect your iPhone with your car and – voila! You’ll see an interface that mirrors your smartphone. Although the process is pretty straightforward, you may have run across these hidden secrets buried in CarPlay:

• Avoid a Ticket

To determine the speed limit of your current location, all you have to do is to turn on the turn-by-turn directions. Although this feature won’t work with every street, it does on most highways.

• Find Your Car

You can use Bluetooth to connect your iPhone to your vehicle’s infotainment system to make Find Your Car work. Simply use a setting for Maps so that your iPhone will remember where you parked your vehicle. Here’s how you can activate Find Your Car:  

• Go to iPhones Settings app
• Head over to the menu and choose Maps
• Tap next to Show Parked Location,

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• Create a Radio Station

If you want to listen to more music that’s much like the song you’re listening to, CarPlay allows you to create a radio station by following these steps:

• Head over to the Now Playing screen
• Find the button with the three dots and tap it
• Create a radio station from the song you’re listening to

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