CarPlay stopped working after iOS 26 update.

Thanks! I’ll try that. I had Content and all Privacy Restrictions set to Off so it shouldn’t affect CarPlay. But I just turned it on with all apps enabled.

26.4.2 broke CarPlay for me. Very annoying. It works until you leave CarPlay and go to another screen (eg Climate Control). After that, you can’t go back.

I posted about this here somewhere but I can’t find it. This is what I do per a call by me to apple support awhile ago and it works.

If CarPlay doesn’t connect wirelessly:

Forget car from bluetooth

Reset network settings on phone (phone restarts)

On iPhone, Rename phone via settings>general>about

Reconnect phone bluetooth BUT NOT IN BLUETOOTH SETTINGS.  Go to CarPlay under Settings>General and click it there.

Ours stopped working as well and I’ve been reading things everyone else tried for over an hour and trying each one without any luck.

we’ve not had any problems with wired car play or Bluetooth car play until today after updating to IOS 26 last night. The only thing we haven’t don’t yet is use an actual Apple USB-C yet because we’re traveling. But have tried resetting phone, Bluetooth, etc. help!!

I have that update and mine is STILL not working. I have a Toyota Camry 2019 XSE and no one can call me while I'm on Car Play, it won't ring. It will only display that they are calling, I have to see it pop up or I'll never know.

This seems to be resolved in 26.3.1. My setup is a 2020 RAV4 with wired CarPlay. Just started working again after 6 months of pain!

my previous fix was to connect the phone before starting the car or rebooting the nav unit by holding the power button after connecting.

After months without using my wireless Carplay, finally after these steps I could get it back.

The only step missing in my infinite loop of unsuccessful tries was number 3, renaming my phone which I don't know if that was the "decisive" one but it's been a week without any unexpected disconnection.

Thanks!

The corrective action offered by director373 revealed that CarPlay had been toggled off by the upgrade to iOS 26.4. Toggled CarPlay back on, my iPhone 16e did connect to CarPlay but only once. Back to where I was after allowing the upgrade to iOS 26.4.

Disappointing to find iOS 26.4 was not thoroughly tested before release. Waiting for a new release is a poor option.

Dude, thank you. I couldn’t figure out why it stopped registering as CarPlay-connected while still playing my Apple Music till I unplugged it and it refused to reconnect. I did exactly what you were told by them, and it instantly fixed the issue, somehow. I would have spent many hours trying multiple more cables, angry and frustrated and may not ever have figured it out if you hadn’t shared! You rule!

After installing iOS 26, I ran into an issue where my CarPlay completely lost control and became unresponsive.

At first, I contacted an iOS repair team. They suggested a few basic troubleshooting steps, including:

Refreshing the network by turning Airplane Mode on and off and Checking Screen Time restrictions to make sure CarPlay wasn’t limited. Unfortunately, none of these solutions worked for me.

Since the problem persisted, I reached out to another repair team. They recommended a different set of steps:

Forget and re-pair the car in Bluetooth/CarPlay settings,Make sure Siri is properly enabled,and Force restart the iPhone.After following these steps, CarPlay started working normally again. If you're experiencing the same issue after updating to iOS 26, these methods might be worth trying.

Force restart iPhone

Here is the Apple official guide for CarPlay--If you need help with CarPlay - Apple Support

f you need help with CarPlay – Apple Support

Oh my. This worked. I tried so many different things. Thank you!!

Following up on my wired carplay not working since I got my iPhone 17 Pro back in Fall 2025. Ford Edge 2019 w/ Sync 3.

Somehow, as this thread I'm replying to said...the cable being used can be even more problematic, maybe with iPhone 17, iOS 26 or both? As I've said in prior messages, I've used the same USB cable for years and things worked fine, so I didn't think that was the issue. Well the other day I decided to try an Apple USB-C cable...and Carplay just worked.

So I guess in some cases with wired carplay issues, use an official Apple USB cable to rule that out...apparently that was my issue.

Same exact issue since these updates

iPhone 15 plus running 26.3.1 Car Play worked up until updated . 26.3.1 does not work in THREE vehicles Have tried deleting phone from all vehicles and adding back in and still not working Any ideas?

I got it to work finally NOT ALL MFI CABLES WORK! Only certain ones will work, two cables i know for a fact worked are the original apple cable and the other is ankers carplay cable its gray with a stripe on it, ive tried normal anker cables they dont work and will disconnect intermittently, something with the shielding and the data transfer rates on the cables is what ive been told, but mines officially fixed and working in my 2017 focus rs with ford sync3 v3