In an official post for developers, Apple announced that CarPlay users will be able to watch iPhone videos on their car's display. This feature will be powered by Apple AirPlay, allowing users to stream videos wirelessly from their iPhones to their car's infotainment screen.
For safety reasons, users will be able to enjoy videos on their car's display, but only when their vehicle is parked. Users won't be able to watch videos while the car is on the move. The connected iPhone will automatically detect when the car moves and will stop playing the video to avoid driver distraction.
According to Apple, devs need to "integrate support for CarPlay with AirPlay video to enable this feature in your car." Carmakers will need to add support for CarPlay with AirPlay video to let users watch videos in their cars. So, this may take a while to roll out.
Video in the car
AirPlay video in the car enables people to watch their favorite videos from iPhone right on their CarPlay display when they aren’t driving. Integrate support for CarPlay with AirPlay video to enable this feature in your car.
Apple hasn't specifically mentioned whether it will be exclusive to the newly introduced and limited CarPlay Ultra, or standard CarPlay users will also be able to enjoy videos through AirPlay on their car's screen. Also, there is no clarity if existing models will get support via software update, or if it will be limited to newer models only.
On the Android side, Google has also announced a bunch of new capabilities soon to be coming to Android Auto. The company has extended support for weather apps in beta for Android Auto and has confirmed that Android Auto will soon support video and browser apps as well.
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