Apple opened a few months ago CarPlay voice AI chatboots and gradually practically all the big players are starting to settle in it. After ChatGPT, Perplexity and Groku now comes another big name. Support CarPlay Meta AI is also getting it. However, there is one rather important catch – the new feature is apparently not yet available across the board and Meta is only testing it on a limited number of users. The server noticed the support 9to5Mac in the latest version of the Meta AI pro app iPhoneAfter connecting your phone to your car, Meta AI may appear among the apps available in CarPlay and can be launched directly from the infotainment. However, this does not mean that it will work immediately for everyone. When trying to launch it, some users will see information that Meta AI in CarPlay is not yet supported for their account. Even a paid account doesn't help, so everything points to gradual testing on the Meta side.
The mere presence of the application in CarPlay is anyway interesting mainly because of how quickly the car interface Applu becomes a place for the duel of individual AI assistants. Apple namely with the arrival iOS 26.4 allowed in CarPlay a new category of applications called voice conversational applications. Their control must be based primarily on voice, which is precisely what AI chatshoes ideal. The first to use this option was ChatGPT, which was subsequently joined by Perplexity and Grok. Meta AI is now the fourth major AI chata bot that gets its own support CarPlayIn addition, you can use widgetin CarPlay also use some other AI services.
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The whole situation has Apple one rather interesting touch. While the competition has already developed its AI chatshoes to CarPlay gradually receives, Apple is just preparing a public release of the next generation Siri AI as a component iOS 27. It is currently available in test versions of the system and its live release is expected in September. The new Siri It is supposed to be significantly more capable in the car than its current version. It can hold a more natural conversation, work better with the context of previous questions, and use information available on the iPhone and supported apps. Apple in addition iOS 27 brings a separate application Siri, where you can, for example, continue previous conversations. History of conversations conducted via CarPlay is synchronized to it and Apple is marked with a car icon. Until iOS 27 will be publicly available among users, but competitors have an interesting lead. The driver with iPhonem can already today through CarPlay use for example ChatGPT and simply communicate with him by voice while driving, without having to reach for the phone. Meta is now also heading in a similar direction.
If you have the Meta AI app installed and its icon is already in CarPlay You see, that still doesn't mean you'll be able to use it. The current availability seems more like a phased test than a classic global launch of a new feature. Meta has yet to announce when support will be available to all users. Pro user CarPlay but something else is more important. Apple In just a few months, it has managed to make its automotive interface a more open platform for third-party AI services. This means that the driver does not have to rely solely on Siri, but he can launch the assistant he normally uses on his iPhone. And the option to choose can beonec one of the most interesting news that CarPlay received in recent years. Meta AI is just another piece of this puzzle. If Meta makes it available CarPlay to all users, iPhone owners will have another great AI assistant available in the car – and that’s before Apple will send its new one in September Siri AI through iOS 27 among all users.
