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CarPlay with iOS 18 Broken

I have an iPhone 16 Pro Max with iOS18, obviously. My iPhone no longer recognizes CarPlay. It will charge my iPhone but CarPlay never activates. My car only supports wired CarPlay.

my iPhone 13 Pro Max with iOS 18 still recognizes CarPlay. So, I’m not sure if it’s iOS 18, the iPhone 16, or a mixture of both.

Very weird. And I’m seeing reports about this all over forums and from friends. My wife’s iPhone 16 Pro Max also is not recognized on my CarPlay anymore either.

iPhone 16 Pro Max

Posted on Sep 22, 2024 2:42 PM

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Posted on Oct 7, 2024 7:48 AM

Again, Thank You! This TOTALLY fixed my issues with IOS 18 (and IOS 18.0.1 as well--they didn't catch this problem in that update either). Now, my Carplay works just like it always did!

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Sep 29, 2024 7:32 AM in response to Logan T2

Same issue here with my iPhone 15 Pro with iOS 18 on a 2019 Honda HRV Sport.


CarPlay using a wired connection was working perfectly through iOS 17.7.


After updating to iOS 18, the car no longer recognizes the phone.


Unpairing and repairing the phone in car system settings, unpairing car settings from CarPlay settings, using different (all genuine Apple) cords – none of these solutions work.


So I have to assume it's a bug/incompatibility issue with Carplay in iOS 18 and my car.

Hopefully someone from Apple will see this and point us towards a solution, or that Apple fixes the issue in the next iOS update.

Oct 1, 2024 9:25 PM in response to Logan T2

I have a 15 pro max and updated to ios 18. I can get my carplay to connect wirelessly but now when i pick up my phone, say sitting at a light, and just TOUCH the screen the music stops playing. I have to lock the phone and then the music starts again. i have tried every single setting on the phone, the car, and nothing is working. it is maddening!!!

Oct 1, 2024 4:25 PM in response to Logan T2

iPhone 16 Pro with iOS 18. CarPlay does not work with it on either of our cars. Both vehicles are late model (2023) and worked perfectly fine with my prior iPhone 14 Pro, and still work perfectly fine with my Spouse's iPhone 12 Pro with or without a cable. I've gone through the various recommendations in this thread with both our vehicles without success. I hope Apple fixes whatever they broke soon, as I rely heavily on CarPlay.

Oct 7, 2024 7:46 AM in response to JD885

This totally and immediately fixed it: Disable (under Accessibility) "Vocal Shortcuts" and disable any you may have enabled. THIS is the issue causing the majority of Carplay issues after upgrading to IOS 18 (BTW: it wasn't fixed with IOS 18.0.1 either). My issue with CarPlay was odd: when I plugged my phone in, the sound would only come out of the center console speaker, none of the other speakers around the car. To temporarily fix that, I would have to ask Siri a question and then cancel. 50% of the time that restored all of the speakers in the car. If it didn’t, and I tried to do it too often, then nothing worked at all! This fix, (disabling Vocal Shorcuts) however, instantly restored full accessibility to my CarPlay. If this works for you, too, PLEASE let Apple know by leaving a comment for them in their suggestion/comments section.

Oct 4, 2024 1:56 PM in response to TheMastersGnome

I just fixed my issue with wired CarPlay that would connect but just play on my phone speaker but CarPlay did show up on car screen and controls worked but played again only on phone speaker. So after updating to iOS 18 I did make vocal shortcuts under accessibility. Not voice control VOCAL SHORTCUTS. Disabled and deleted those shortcuts and it worked fine. Hope this helps someone

CarPlay with iOS 18 Broken

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