CarPlay not working with iPhone 16 Pro

Anthvar-- I had my phone completely disconnected and then re-connected it as a new phone by re-pairing it through bluetooth on the Mercedes phone menu where one connects a new phone device. Once I connected it through bluetooth and had successfully paired it, it then immediately asked me on the infotainment screen if I wanted to use the phone for CarPlay as well. I don't think it should make any big difference what order you do it in but generally speaking setting up the phone first through bluetooth to me makes the most sense. Hope this helps.

Hi Folks, I Just upgraded from 11 Pro Max to 16 Pro Max same issue with the CarPlay not working . My fix was to remove the phone protection feature on my Hyundai Santa Fe and then enable it again and then connect the 16 pro max with usb A to USB C cable and that fix the problem. Hope this helps . God Bless🙏🏿🙏🏿❤️❤️

Have you tried going into Settings > Screen Time > Content & Privacy Restrictions, and turned it on? That's fixed it for a lot a people. But you might have something in those settings specifically disallowing Music.

Volvo XC 60, upgraded from iPhone 13 to 16. Was able to get Bluetooth to work but not the wired connection. Deleted all other phones on my car’s Bluetooth except my new phone. Tried 2 cords I had handy, no go. Saw I might need a cord that specifically works for the 16. I tried this one and it worked.

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THIS IS THE WAY.

Thank you so so so much. First response that actually solved the issue for me.

it wasn’t the cord, it was the permission for CarPlay being disabled. It wouldn’t even show up when I would search for car or car play in settings.

My Bluetooth started working once I disconnected my old phone from my car, and then it allowed me to connect my new Iphone16.

That worked on my 2019 Maserati! It was just the cable. Thank you!!!!!’

I bought the belkin cable you recommended and it solved the problem. Thank you!!!

Okay, I finally figured it out. If you have a wireless connected CarPlay, you have to unpair from car and from phone, DELETE the wireless connection out of your saved networks under settings-wifi-edit delete the car’s network and then re-pair CarPlay the usual way. Took me all day to figure out!

If you already have a solid data/charge cable that you are certain was working before in your car with a previous iteration of iPhone, it is likely NOT a USB-C type cable, hence the need to attach an adapter to it so that it will be usable with your new iPhone 16 -- which as you properly note ONLY works with USB-C. Many users are buying the Apple USB-C to Lightening Adapter (USB-C to Lightning Adapter - Apple) because their prior phone used a lightening plug that inserted into their phone, with the other end being a USB-B plug that went into the car via (again) a data/charge cable. Using your old cable, you just need to attach this adapter to the old cable and it should work well with your new iPhone. Many users in this thread report doing that and it works totally okay. I'm one of those users. The only other thing I had to do in my vehicle was I did have to reset my car's internal "infotainment" (i.e. entertainment/audio/visual/etc) system again to default settings and set up the phone again as a new device, and then add back all the other car settings that you want. Hope this helps.

Hello there, thanks for this life-saving thread. At least, mental health, because I was getting pretty frustrated :)

Wanted to share my experience for those that can relate or benefit.

I bought a Lexus UX 2023 recently. At first in the dealer setup it already didn't work very well, which frustrated me a huge amount, but then when I got home it didn't work again. I was about to call the dealer but after trying many things I changed the key and it worked fine. I assumed I was taking the wrong key or something.

A few days went by and all was working fine but today, again after a few days of not using the car, it didn't login by default and my phone didn't sync via bluetooth.

It was even worse though, I couldn't get my phone bluetooth to sync at all with my car one. It was pretty frustrating. I tried all setups you can imagine.

After coming here I ended up trying three things at once, so I can't really tell you which one worked, but it did. I went to the car now, and it synced perfectly and also stopped the car and it worked after turning it on again. Fingers crossed this doesn't break again.

I did:

• Deactivate the Focus mode things recommended in the thread
• Reset the network settings in my iPhone
• Activated the Content & Privacy settings in Usage time menu (with everything allowed or enabled)

It has been pretty frustrating to me so far so hoping this helps others. I have an iPhone 15 Plus for context.

Kind regards,

Esteve

I was actually on YouTube and red through a lot of comments, bc other people were still saying there’s wouldn’t work even with a lightning cord. Even though the short cord worked, I ended up ordering a dongle from ottocast to make mine wireless and to me, it’s worth the money, seeing as after using the short cord, I still had to go through the process of reconnecting every time, now I don’t.

on my case (2023 Honda CRV) I’ve tried all of what has been recommended. Unfortunately none work. So I kept tinkering, here is what worked for me: got Belkin usb a - usb c from Apple Store (about $30). Turn on Bluetooth, download HondaLink, on honda screen tap smartphone and Apple CarPlay shows up, toggle it. It works for me 😊

I had to buy and it works with genuine Samsung adapter if you need to sync with a usb to be able to CarPlay at my local walmart they are 7.88 I think your have to because apple doesn't have a usb-c to usb-A unfortunately

There are two types of USB Cables, charging and data. The charging cable connector has a lightning symbol on it. The data cable connector has the USB symbol on it. CarPlay only works with the data cable.