iOS 26.4 has enabled chatting with AI chatbots via your CarPlay dashboard.
iOS 26.4 has enabled chatting with AI chatbots via your CarPlay dashboard.
ChatGPT can now be accessed from your CarPlay dashboard if you are on iOS 26.4 or above and have the current version of the ChatGPT app, 9to5Mac indicates. Apple’s newly released iOS 26.4 update introduced support for “voice-based conversational applications” in CarPlay, thus allowing the use of AI chatbots with voice capabilities within Apple’s in-car platform.
While utilizing ChatGPT through CarPlay, users will not see text interactions, as reported by 9to5Mac — instead, you can solely converse with the app via voice. (Apple’s developer instructions request that apps refrain from displaying text or images as replies.) However, the CarPlay app does include some text, with onscreen buttons available to mute and terminate the conversation.
Additionally, you can review a list of your recent conversations with ChatGPT, per MacRumors. However, a wake word cannot be utilized to access ChatGPT through CarPlay — you will need to tap on the app to launch it.
