Apple CarPlay gaining a new AI chatbot app before Siri AI arrives

Since iOS 26.4, Apple has supported conversational apps on CarPlay. This category includes AI chatbot apps. Siri AI joins the CarPlay party starting with iOS 27. The iPhone software update is currently in beta ahead of the official launch in September. Meanwhile, the fourth third-party AI chatbot has arrived with Apple CarPlay support: Meta AI. Meta AI iPhone app now works with Apple CarPlay — with a catch [...]

Siri AI is coming: Here are three times it’s really impressed me so far

Siri AI launches next week in iOS 27, and it’s a huge upgrade to Apple’s assistant. There are tons of ways Siri is new and improved, but here are three examples of times Siri has impressed me so far. #1: Adding NFL games to my calendar It’s football season again, and every year when the NFL schedule comes out, I go through the tedious but important work of [...]

Microsoft Copilot joins CarPlay, leaving Gemini as the biggest holdout

Apple CarPlay now works with six major third-party AI chatbot apps. Microsoft Copilot is the latest iPhone app to add CarPlay support. This leaves Google Gemini as the last major holdout for now. CarPlay now works with six major third-party AI chatbot apps Starting Monday, CarPlay will also include a dedicated Siri AI app. That’s when iOS 27 will be officially released and out of beta. Siri AI [...]

The Cadillac Lyriq EV is the first crack in GM’s CarPlay ban

General Motors first announced that it was ditching CarPlay in all future EVs back in 2023, subsequently issuing a series of ridiculous justifications – and at one point even implying it’s what Steve Jobs would have done. But it seems there is now one exception. Since that U-turn was reportedly based on customer feedback, perhaps GM is now rethinking its life decisions … Engadget spotted the CarBuzz report. [...]

CarPlay now works with five major chatbot apps

CarPlay has picked up its fifth major AI chatbot app with the addition of Claude. Anthropic’s iPhone app adding CarPlay is the second AI chatbot app to be updated with support this week. Since iOS 26.4, Apple has supported conversational apps on CarPlay. This category includes AI chatbot apps. Siri AI joins the CarPlay party starting with iOS 27. The iPhone software update is currently in beta ahead [...]

Apple plans to launch home security and monitoring service: report

Apple is about to launch several new Home products, but per a new Bloomberg report, the company has a home security and monitoring service in the works for 2027 too. Apple home security and monitoring service planned for 2027, per Mark Gurman Apple is about to kick off a major overhaul of its Home products, with a new Apple TV 4K, HomePod mini, home hub (HomePad), and more [...]

We need to talk about Siri AI for Apple Watch

Siri AI on Apple Watch arrived two cycles late for watchOS 27 beta this summer. I had high hopes for how new Siri could transform Apple Watch into an AI wearable. What actually happened in July and August is that Siri has been remarkably unusable in watchOS 27 beta. Like “hold off on updating” bad. This week, I half-expected Apple to remove “Siri AI” from watchOS 27 beta [...]

Siri AI won’t be your friend, and here’s why that really matters

Elon University has partnered with The Washington Post to conduct what turned out to be a worrying survey about Americans viewing AI chatbots as virtual friends or therapists. The results very much vindicate Apple’s careful decision to ensure that Siri AI doesn’t encourage such pseudo-relationships … The AI friendship findings More than a quarter of Americans view AI chatbots in much the same way they might a close [...]

Ford explains why it chose Apple Maps over Google for its new EVs

Earlier this year, Apple announced a partnership with Ford to bring native Apple Maps integration to the automaker’s upcoming Universal Electric Vehicle (UEV) Platform, including what we now know is called the Fathom. In a new interview, Alan Clarke, Ford’s vice president of advanced vehicle projects, elaborated on the decision to use Apple Maps instead of Google Maps and what this means for CarPlay Ultra. In an interview [...]

Apple CarPlay just added a major weather app

While CarPlay supports hundreds of apps, Apple Weather isn’t one of them. The good news is that starting today, The Weather Channel’s Storm Radar app for iPhone now works with CarPlay. Storm Radar is among a growing list of CarPlay weather apps The Weather Channel has been building out Storm Radar to be a first-class citizen on Apple platforms this year. iPhone and iPad versions added an AI-powered [...]