CarPlay with iOS 18 Broken

OMG! That totally fixed it! Thank you, thank you, thank you! 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, however, instantly restored full accessibility to my CarPlay. Again, thank you!

I have a 14 pro max I unpaired with my car and reset phone settings. I no longer can use accessibility spoken content to listen to books in the car. I hear every other word. It worked great before iOS 18 update.

Bill_apple_support wrote:

I think it's IOS 18 not your car because it is happening to so many different car makes both foreign and domestic.

If it's iOS, then why does Apple CarPlay work flawlessly on two of our cars on iOS 18?

Can you quantify your assertion it is thousands of phones not working with CarPlay? Of course you can't. Not one person I know personally who is on iOS 18 is having any issues with CarPlay. I'm not doubting you're having issues, but your assertion it has to be iOS related, can't be substantiated. There are so many systems at play here, from so many car companies. And they may need to roll out an update to your infotainment system.

This is exactly what is happening on my GMC Truck. The phone does play itunes sometimes through caryplay but then its only one speaker (mono). Called apple and they said they have been alot of complaints. Hopefully the fix is getting on soon

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In my case, after the ios18 update, my wireless CarPlay does not work with my BMW X3 2020. I have rest network settings and rebooted both the car and iPhone with no joy. Of interest, wired CarPlay works with my wife’s Mazda CX5 2020.

Anyone have a clue how to get the wireless CarPlay to work?

thats not a case that will work for everyone

for ex

i restored my device to factory settings and setted up as new. Not to take bugs from backup file. But does same

i already tried all suggested things and even more than we have here.

meanwhile my all other devices runnging ios 17 are working good..

but i have typically different issue

my carplay works fine. Before call arrives. As soon as call arrives. Doesnt makes sense it will be cellular or no. My carplay display freezes immediately and got no reactions . But as soon as i swith voice to airpods or loud speaker. Carplay display starts working and automatically presses all buttons that i used when it was freezed..

so i think better way to wait for an update, cause if not this regular steps wont work.. there is no other way to resolve this issue

sincerely CPU T2

My notifications on my Apple Watch are delayed, but I can deal with that. My biggest gripe is the lack of popup banner notifications on my screen when I get a text. Ever since I upgraded, I don’t get them. I don’t want my car reading my messages automatically. Please fix it Apple!

It’s driving me completely crazy. I’ve tried everything, but ever since I updated to iOS 18, CarPlay no longer works with a cable. Sometimes it connects and then disconnects randomly.

I’ve also tried connecting it wirelessly, but there’s a huge delay. It’s impossible to use Google Maps because it freezes and then starts working again just after you’ve missed the exit…

Honestly, this is horrible. I’ve already tried resetting the network settings on my phone, etc

I think I’m having a related issue ever since updating to 18.1. Have tried deleting and re-pairing to no success. I have no vocal shortcuts enabled either. CarPlay worked perfectly prior to the update.

CarPlay won’t connect and even pairing, the icon will oftentimes not even show up.

Wondering if this is a known bug or if there are any other workarounds to try?

I have upgraded to iOS 18.1.1 and my iPhoneXR will no longer connect wirelessly to Apple CarPlay in my brand new 2024 Toyota Kruger. It was initially perfect. Toyota service technicians have tried all the tricks to no avail. The problem seems to be with the phone rather than the infotainment systems.

Thanks, I do not have VPN.

I have this same exact issue. It is driving me insane

It’s not the cable or anything else iOS problem mine worked fine same Apple usb connects then will only play on my phone. Apple car play is up on car screen but not playing through speakers

I have this exact same issue. just updated to 18.0.1 but it is still happening.