Apple CarPlay is bringing AI chatbots to your car with iOS 26.4 — here's how

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The first iOS 26.4 beta landed earlier this week, and with it came a whole bunch of changes and updates to the iPhone software. One of the updates that slipped under the radar at the time concerns Apple CarPlay, the in-car software that lets you use iPhone apps behind the wheel.

Now, according to the CarPlay Developer Guide, you can use "voice-based conversational apps" in your car. Or, in other words, beta users get the ability to talk to AI chatbots, and utilize a new voice control screen that will provide "visual feedback" for whatever you say to those apps.

Hopefully, though, we should see them start to appear in the coming weeks — especially after iOS 26.4 is released to the general public this spring. Until then, though, we're all stuck using Siri for everything. Which is... not ideal.

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Tom is the Tom's Guide's UK Phones Editor, tackling the latest smartphone news and vocally expressing his opinions about upcoming features or changes. It's long way from his days as editor of Gizmodo UK, when pretty much everything was on the table. He’s usually found trying to squeeze another giant Lego set onto the shelf, draining very large cups of coffee, or complaining about how terrible his Smart TV is.

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