Since ios18 update, text messages do not announce in carplay unless the vehicle screen is the message screen. They will not pop up on any other screen. It will read them but but show the message. I don't want the audio announcement but I want to see the visual announcement when I'm on the radio screen
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OMG I thought I was losing my mine..I have a 21 Nissan Rogue with wireless Apple car play I can hear my iMessage tone but my screen isn’t popping up the iMessage 🤬 I have to switch to Apple car play to iMessage to read…I also just updated my IPhone to IOS 18.1 this is so annoying I do not like it..Apple netter come up with a fix and fast
OMG I thought I was losing my mine..I have a 21 Nissan Rogue with wireless Apple car play I can hear my iMessage tone but my screen isn’t popping up the iMessage 🤬 I have to switch to Apple car play to iMessage to read…I also just updated my IPhone to IOS 18.1 this is so annoying I do not like it..Apple netter come up with a fix and fast
It is more than a bit shortsighted to think it is more safe to require users to continually have to switch screens while driving to see if a text message has arrived. That is only slightly more safe than having to pick up your phone while driving. What's the point of having car play at all if the main feature which makes it most useful is no longer operable?
I already checked all of my settings repeatedly and they are unchanged. I have changed them and changed them back. I've done everything. Also, there is no setting which allows it to read the message aloud but not give a visual announcement. I've seen other posts on this forum making the same complaints, albeit in other makes and models of vehicles. The consensus seems to be "wait for another update and they'll fix it like they do the other glitches when a new ios comes out .". I simply wanted to add another voice in hopes that someone might offer some meaningful solution other than the same old tired nonsense of "check your settings".
Message only showing notifications if CarPlay is running in front Of in background, no message notifications. After speaking to an Apple Support representative, I was told that the feature was removed in update 18 for safety reasons. I fail to understand how removing a notification from the screen on audio is a safety issue but leave it with CarPlay on screen and notifications show up. go to
apple.com/feedback and voice your concerns too
It's definitely ios18. My wife is having the exact problem in her Nissan Pathfinder as I'm having in my Chevy Tahoe. Visual announcements only if the carplay screen is on the messages. Ridiculous
This is absurd!!! How is it safer to not have the text bubble pop up on the screen so I can touch that instead of going through all sorts of screens???? This makes no sense!!!
Please make new update where text messages will reappear on my truck dash screen. Lost this feature after last update on iPhone. This feature was way safer then the way it is now
I thought it was just me..this was NOT completely thought out..having to switch screens while driving to read and respond to msgs..apple needs to do right and revert back so msg bubble can show up on any screen!!
Since I updated ios18 Car play reads my message but then doesn’t say “ do you want to reply” and then freezes on the screen! Somethings wrong with the software I’m guessing. Hopefully a patch will come out soon.
This update is for the birds! It’s more complicated now and have to take eyes off the road if I want to know who text me . Before it would just pop up on my screen and I could see who it was now I have to go over to CarPlay then message , listen to it and then reply. It’s awful.
I too have been trolling various forums/websites since I upgraded my iPhone 13 to iOS 18.1, and yes, to find a solution to this same change in CarPlay integration behavior. Prior to upgrading my iPhone 13 running iOS 17.7.1 to iOS 18.1, CarPlay worked just fine.
Immediately after I installed the new iOS 18.1 update, like a light switch it changed to this new behavior.
I too have tried everything including:
However, I do get an audible tone indicating a text message was received, but (if not on the CarPlay screen) no longer receive a popup message.
The most probable answer (which is mentioned on several sites), is this new behavior is by design.
The "why" is still unclear; possibly to force the user to use Siri message announcements, or to influence more CarPlay screen time in your vehicle. It's another example of how a behavioral change in software can influence an unconscious change in human behavior.
Just a thought.
This is exactly what is happening with my car which is only 1.5 years old!
Any word on Apple fixing this problem? The benefit of apple play to see the message when in the car is priceless. I only get the alert on my phone but nothing on the screen.
PLEASE FIX!
Safety reason....what a joke. So instead I have to press carplay, then press message, then press the message that is new. Makes zero sense when before I could just press the message that pops up and have siri read it!
Siri will automatically read your new iMessage unless you shut off announce messages I can’t stand this new IOS update you can only hear the iMessage alert and have to actually go
to Apple Car Play to click on messages
Message only showing notifications if CarPlay is running in front Of in background, no message notifications. After speaking to an Apple Support representative, I was told that the feature was removed in update 18 for safety reasons. I fail to understand how removing a notification from the screen on audio is a safety issue but leave it with CarPlay on screen and notifications show up. go to
apple.com/feedback and voice your concerns too
How do I enable text announcement in CarPlay after iOS 18 update
