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It’s been nearly two years since Apple announced anoverhauled Apple CarPlay during WWDC 2022.

Since the initial announcement in 2022, we haven’t had much news about the next generation of CarPlay.

CarPlay at WWDC 2022

In December 2023,Aston Martin and Porsche revealed some dashboard conceptsnear the end of the month.

In late January, several new CarPlay features were revealed in iOS 17.4 code.

During this year’sWWDC, Apple announced nothing about CarPlay during its announcements or press releases.

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However, there was adeveloper panel where Apple showed off many new CarPlaydesign changes.

It pointed toward a more customizable CarPlay.

That panel did not reveal when the new Carplay would launch.

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It provides content for all the drivers screens, including the instrument cluster.

Vehicle functions like radio and temperature controls are handled right from CarPlay.

And personalization options ranging from widgets to selecting curated gauge cluster designs make it unique to the driver."

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Will Apple launch CarPlay 2.0 or announce something before the end of the year?

But we did get that surprise Porsche and Aston Martin announcement late last December.

With three weeks left in the year, maybe we’ll get a holiday surprise.

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