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How to add and customize your CarPlay widgets
Personalizing your CarPlay dashboard beyond its apps only takes a few easy steps. Since Apple added widgets to CarPlay in iOS 26, compatible cars have gotten even closer to being a proper extension of your iPhone.
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Apple added widgets to CarPlay with the release of iOS 26, allowing compatible vehicles to display information from a wider range of iPhone apps. The new widgets extend CarPlay’s functionality beyond navigation, messaging, and audio. Drivers can now view data from additional apps directly on the dashboard, making the car’s interface a more complete extension of the phone.
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