CarPlay Ultra as first demoed in 2022 — image credit: Apple
CarPlay Ultra is finally here, really tremendous accessibility features have been announced, and there are rumors of the iPhone 18, iPhone 19, and iPhone 20, all on this week’s episode of the AppleInsider Podcast.
Just as we hit that peak time of rumors about the next iPhone — and, this week, also the next, and the next — Apple goes and surprises us with CarPlay Ultra. Previously known as CarPlay 2, the issue here is that “previously” now means a very long time ago.
Or maybe the issue is not that Apple is at least 18 months late with this, but instead it’s that CarPlay 2 will never been seen by the enormous majority of Apple users. That’s because of the sheer cost of it — CarPlay is free, but the Aston Martin car you have to buy to run it, is not.
Then at the opposite end of the number of users it will benefit, there are accessibility features for the iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Vision Pro, and Apple Watch. These are intended for users with accessibility needs, but they’re going to making using Apple devices easier for everyone.
Then changes with Google and Apple are in the future, but right now the App Store is in upheaval because of a US court ruling that Apple is now appealing against. More than a legal question, it’s practically now a moral one — should companies get a free ride on the back of the App Store, and should Apple really get a cut of everything sold via apps?
BONUS: Subscribe via Patreon or Apple Podcasts to hear AppleInsider+, the extended edition. This time, if Eddy Cue is right — and serious — then we’re facing a future without the iPhone. There used to be a world without iPhones, apparently, but surely we’re not going to give them up now, not unless there is a truly compelling replacement.
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