Last week, Apple released iOS 26.4, which enabled support for voice-based AI apps to CarPlay for the first time.

For those unfamiliar, Apple limits the types of apps that are allowed in CarPlay. This is done for safety reasons, as well as design limitations of Apple’s CarPlay framework. Unlike iPhone apps, ...

With iOS 26.4, CarPlay users will be able to use third-party chatbots with ‌CarPlay‌. AI services like Claude, Gemini, and ChatGPT will be accessible through the ‌CarPlay‌ system for the first time.

ChatGPT is now available directly on the Apple CarPlay experience, which allows users to use AI voice commands for everything they need. The feature was made possible thanks to the iOS 26.4 update ...

Apple could introduce a dedicated App Store section that showcases Siri 'extensions' for third-party AI chatbots installed on a user's device.