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CarPlay continues to give drivers more choice than ever when it comes to which services to use on the road. For example, CarPlay now works with three top AI chatbot apps. This extends the iPhone experience into the car without requiring special integration between automakers and services.
As of iOS 26.4, Apple supports a new class of CarPlay app: voice-based conversational apps.
AI chatbot apps fall into this category, and we’ve already seen three big names release CarPlay support.
OpenAI’s ChatGPT app was first to arrive on CarPlay. Perplexity came in close second with its own voice mode experience.
More recently, xAI-turned-SpaceXAI signaled Grok for CarPlay with a placeholder app. The most recent version of the Grok iPhone app now includes CarPlay support.
Grok Voice Mode in CarPlay works similar to the other AI chatbot apps in the car. The app shows a list of recent conversations, or you can start a new conversation.
Grok for CarPlay lets you mute the conversation temporarily without fully stopping the session. There’s also the ability to switch voices from the CarPlay app.
Grok Voice Mode is available in the latest version of the Grok iPhone app. Find more CarPlay apps in every category here.
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