CarPlay not appearing after iOS 15.6.1 update

If your iPhone isn't detected by CarPlay, make sure that CarPlay isn't restricted. Go to Settings > Screen Time > Content & Privacy Restrictions, tap Allowed Apps and make sure that CarPlay is enabled. Go to Settings > General > CarPlay, tap your car, then tap Forget This Car. Then set up CarPlay again.

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Having the same issue. I checked to make sure CarPlay is not restricted and its not. Looks like there is a larger issue with 15.6.1. I actually removed the CarPlay stereo and re-added it and still having issues. the only way I can get the stereo to see my phone is if i erase the CarPlay stereo and then restart my phone. however after the CarPlay is found about 2 minutes later it kicks out again. This only impacts iPhone 12. I tried my wife's 13 and there is no issues.

Same problem on iPhone 13. It CarPlay. Not the device, not the cable, not something else. It’s CarPlay. I can actually play music to the device if I use another App ( on pioneer I tried appRadio). Works great. But no CarPlay. So if developers are looking somewhere else they are. wasting time. So no hands-free while we wait on a fix.

I have to admit, I tried these steps very dubious of success. But I have to update that these steps worked for me. To be clear, I had done all of the mentioned steps one-by-one: swapped ports, new cable, blew out iPhone port, deleted/reinstalled phone from Sync3 system. Each step was followed by a test to see if any changes were noted, but nothing improved until I went to Settings > General > CarPlay > <Selected My Car> > Forget This Car. (Phone was unplugged at this point.)

I plugged the phone in and immediately the Sync3 and iPhone began communicating and configured perfectly for use.

My 13 Pro is having the same issue across multiple cars and only started after the 15.6.1 update. Other devices in my cars are not having the same issue.

I had the same issue and found that, in my case, the issue was caused by my VPN. Once I turned off my VPN, CarPlay worked without issue.