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Tesla is building Apple CarPlay support for its cars. It’s a big change for the electric vehicle maker that’s fought against the popular smartphone feature for years, according to sources who know about the project. The company started testing the technology internally, people with direct knowledge told Bloomberg. CarPlay lets iPhone users see a vehicle-friendly version of their phone’s software through the car’s dashboard screen. Lots of drivers think it’s a must-have when they’re shopping for a new vehicle. This flips the script for Tesla and CEO Elon Musk. They’ve ignored pleas to add the feature for years. Musk has slammed Apple repeatedly, mostly over its App Store policies. Things got worse when Apple started hiring away his engineers for its own car project. No fixed release date yet Tesla’s talked about rolling out CarPlay in the coming months, the sources said. But there’s no final plan yet, and it could come later. The company is known for killing or pushing back new features even after working on them for months or years. Tesla cars use an in-house infotainment system with its own apps and features like messaging and web browsing. The company didn’t want to give Apple more access to Tesla customers, especially when the iPhone maker was trying to become a rival in electric vehicles. But the situation’s different now. Apple bowed out of the EV race in 2024 by canceling its Titan initiative. And Musk now relies on Apple as a key partner for distributing the X social networking app and Grok AI service. Tesla sales have also gotten softer, with some buyers saying not having CarPlay is why they didn’t choose the company’s cars. About a third of buyers said not having CarPlay or the Android equivalent would be a deal-breaker in their decisions, according to…

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Filed under: News - @ November 13, 2025 6:26 pm