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com Reddit We've been testing the beta of iOS 18 and have dug through CarPlay , on the lookout for new features and changes. Many changes are coming to existing users, but there is also news on the next-generation update as well. CarPlay in iOS 18: Siri Apple's digital assistant is getting a huge makeover with Apple Intelligence , but CarPlay's changes are a bit more minimal.
When you query for weather or sports scores, there's a new on-screen UI. It's compact in the middle of the screen with more graphics than before. Score of Guardians game in CarPlay Checking in on the score of the Guardians shows each teams logo, where they are in the game, and the current score.
It looks very similar to the new Live Activity widget on Apple Watch . With iOS 18, Siri is also now bilingual. This means you can converse with her in multiple languages.
This is especially useful for messages where you switch between a couple languages. For vehicles that don't have CarPlay, there is a new feature that helps improve Siri's audio quality. When you connect to a car that doesn't have CarPlay via Bluetooth, it will give you new Siri response options in Settings.
It can route audio through the media source and will sound much better. This has been a long-held complaint among .