Messages not showing on CarPlay after iOS 18 update

iOS 18 took out the feature that allowed you to receive text messages pop ups on your vehicle screen, regardless of what app you are using. Example, listening to Sirius xm radio, you will not get a text message pop ups, only the text sound alert. You have to have the actual CarPlay app open on your vehicle screen to receive the text pop up. This came directly from apple engineers during a troubles case I had open recently.

iOS 18 took out the feature that allowed you to receive text messages pop ups on your vehicle screen, regardless of what app you are using. Example, listening to Sirius xm radio, you will not get a text message pop ups, only the text sound alert. You have to have the actual CarPlay app open on your vehicle screen to receive the text pop up. This came directly from apple engineers during a troubles case I had open recently.

I found that my phone, messages and Google maps were not showing in CarPlay because I had turned on the Require FaceID setting for those individual apps. When I turned that feature off they showed back up in my CarPlay settings and on my car.

Apple took this feature away with the 18 update. Basically if you stay in the CarPlay screen 100% of the time, it works somewhat like it used to. If driving with other car screens displayed (Sirius, manufacturer navigation screens, etc) the pop ups are no longer going to display. It was an intentional change and the only way to try and get it back is to use Apple.com/feedback to report how it affects use, safety and other aspects. Since there isn’t an option for CarPlay, previous advisors have said to put it under iPhone on the feedback page. As of my last call they said it will not come back unless a LARGE number of customers demand it, so get all your Apple user family, friends and others to report if they’ve been negatively effected by this change.

I found that they quit showing due to me having Face ID required turned on for my messages and phone. When I turned that off they showed back up in CarPlay.

I have a post on this.

This is by design per Apple! The ONLY to see the text message pop ups on your vehicles screen, is you have to have the CarPlay app open on your vehicle’s screen all the time. If you are in something else, like Sirius/XM, it will not pop up on your vehicles screen, but you will still hear the text message sound play through your speakers if your phone is NOT on silent.

Work around-

if you completely disconnect CarPlay/remove your vehicle from your phone. You can use your vehicle’s Bluetooth. Depending on your vehicle’s Bluetooth options, you can get the text message pop up on your screen at any time.

I found my issue to this problem! It was because I set my messages to require Face ID. Once I removed it, it showed back up in my carplay options!

Try this it worked for me... messages showing now:

Go to:

Settings

Bluetooth

Click the info tab next to your car's name

Turn on "CarPlay"

Turn on "Show Message Notifications"

Turn on "Sync Contacts"

Restart phone

I would up having to set up Siri again to hear my voice. I think the latest update wiped out the settings.

lelong90 wrote:

You need to report this to Apple through their support app. They need to know that is happening on several manufacturers. That’s the only chance we have of them fixing this issue.

You can report to Apple using the Feedback page:

Product Feedback - Apple

The ringer on your phone has to be turned on, if it’s on silent it will not make the alert noise.

You need to report this to Apple through their support app. They need to know that is happening on several manufacturers. That’s the only chance we have of them fixing this issue.

Apple.com/feedback is the page. I was told today by Apple they do not use these forum pages, that they are only for us to share things. Hopefully enough people ask via the feedback page to bring a change. BTW, there is not a choice for CarPlay so you have to select iPhone.

Go to YouTube and search how to disable Siri reading msg aloud.

if you want to stay completely in Apple CarPlay the entire time, everything works just fine, or completely disconnect CarPlay and use your cars Bluetooth menu.

On 4/25/25, I had the time to completely do a hard reset on my iPhone and uninstall myChevrolet app and Forget This iPhone in Apple CarPlay. Then I started from scratch to reinstall everything in hopes that I would hear Siri again for (Maps) play-by-play road directions as well as the Text Tones that have all disappeared.

As with the post from PlaneFanatic on 4/11/25, this is very frustrating, and the error appears to lie on the Apple side of things. (See Re: Carplay No Longer Works with iOS 18.4 Update • Need Fix ASAP). ←Same behavior I and others are experiencing without any resolution on the users' end.

I have yet to hear anything back from the submitted Bug Report from 4/19/25 stated in my post reply above.