Phone Overheats With CarPlay: Why and How to Stop It
Your phone gets hot and drains fast on long CarPlay drives. Here is what causes it and the fixes that actually keep it cool.
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Adding Third-Party Apps to CarPlay
A plain-spoken walkthrough for getting your favorite phone apps to show up on the CarPlay screen, and what to do when one refuses.
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CarPlay Won’t Start Automatically: How to Fix Autostart
Make CarPlay launch on its own every time you get in the car, without tapping a single button on the screen.
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How to Reset a CarPlay Connection Cleanly
When CarPlay gets stuck, glitchy, or refuses to load, a clean forget-and-repair usually fixes it in about five minutes.
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CarPlay Broke After an iOS Update: How to Fix It
Your phone updated overnight and now CarPlay refuses to load. Here is how to get it working again without losing your mind.
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CarPlay Maps Not Loading or Showing Wrong Location
When your map goes gray or the blue dot lands two towns over, here is how to get accurate navigation back fast.
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How to Update Your Phone for Better CarPlay
A plain-spoken walkthrough for keeping iOS and Android current so your dashboard connection stays quick and reliable.
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CarPlay Has No Sound: How to Get Audio Back
Your CarPlay screen works but the speakers stay quiet. Here is how to track down why and get music, calls and Siri playing again.
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CarPlay Drops During Phone Calls: How to Fix It
Your screen goes dark the second a call comes in. Here is why CarPlay bails on you mid-conversation and how to make it stay put.
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Choosing the Best USB Cable for CarPlay
The cable is the quiet reason your wired CarPlay drops, stutters or refuses to connect at all. Here is what to buy.
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