In the last couple of years, grand CarPlay redesigns and features have been cruelly teased by Apple with nothing to show for it. CarPlay 2.0, wherefore art thou?

That finally changed this year with the announcement of CarPlay Ultra and all the improvements coming to regular CarPlay via iOS 26. Apple's latest iteration of its operating software arrived this week, and it features some of the biggest updates to CarPlay in years.

Liquid Glass

Apple's big software strategy was a cross-platform revamp to make all of its operating systems more similar in both aesthetics and performance.

That all starts with the unified Liquad Glass interface that now extends to your vehicle. In practice that means the app icons and some UI elements have the new design, which is customizable with new appearanc

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