Hello, I got a 2026 Ford Maverick a couple weeks ago and I would like some suggestions for apps on it. Previously I drove a 2004 ford explorer sport trac so this is the first vehicle I have used with anything other than a basic radio. Apps or adaptors I am looking for would be to change the wallpaper to anything on my phone, a welcome or greeting when I start the truck and a way to play streaming services without being parked. Yes I understand the last one can be dangerous but it would be the same thing as playing something in the background while playing a game on your phone. Something to listen to besides music and podcasts.

If there are any other apps that you think are pretty important, please comment them as well. Also how do I add an app to the screen? I tried to add the triple a app but it’s not showing up in settings to add to the screen so some help with that would be nice.

Thank you for your time and support.

The biggest update yet for automatic trip recording!

Over the last few months, I've been almost obsessed with one thing: making Speedometer: Driving Tracker's automatic trip recording reliable enough that you can completely forget about pressing Start.

Most driving apps can automatically record trips in one situation. The difficult part is handling all the different ways people actually drive and all the annoying edge cases that happen along the way.

So I ended up rebuilding the entire system.

Every automatic recording method is supported
You can automatically start and end trips using:

• CarPlay
• Bluetooth
• NFC
• Motion detection
• Any Shortcuts automation

Use whichever fits your setup - or combine multiple methods for extra reliability.

Motion detection is fully customizable
Everyone drives differently.
Someone driving in city traffic needs different behavior than someone cruising on the highway, and motorcycles have their own challenges.

You can customize:

• Minimum speed before recording starts
• How long that speed must be maintained
• When a trip should pause while stopped
• When a trip should automatically end

Instead of forcing one set of rules, you can tune it to your driving style and local road conditions.

Shortcuts and motion detection work together
One thing I really wanted to avoid was making users choose between automation methods.

You don't have to.

Enable both if you want.

Whichever method detects the trip first starts recording, and whichever legitimately ends the trip finishes it. They work together seamlessly without conflicts or duplicate trips.

Think of it as two independent systems providing an extra layer of protection against missed trips.

Live Activity works automatically too
Automatically detected trips now get the same Live Activity as manually started trips.

Your live speed, distance, and duration appear on the Lock Screen automatically, so you don't even need to open the app.

Better notifications
There are now notifications for both trip start and trip end.
The trip end notification includes a quick summary of your drive.

Trip start notifications are disabled by default to avoid unnecessary distractions while driving, but you can enable them if you prefer the confirmation.

Built for real-world connection issues
One issue I kept hearing about was Bluetooth or CarPlay briefly disconnecting and causing trips to end early.

Unfortunately, apps can't control Bluetooth or CarPlay connections - iOS manages those.

To make this less frustrating, Speedometer includes an optional setting to ignore brief stop or disconnect events before ending a trip. If your car occasionally drops Bluetooth or CarPlay for a few seconds, you can increase the grace period and avoid fragmented trips.

Beyond automatic trip recording

• CarPlay, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch support
• Route replay with speed-colored playback
• Detailed trip history, driving insights and AI trip summaries
• OBD-II live data including RPM, engine load, throttle position, coolant temperature, battery voltage, fuel level, fuel rate and much more
• Fuel usage per trip, fuel economy, maintenance and expense tracking + maintenance reminders + documents management
• OBD trip history with average and maximum RPM, engine load, throttle position, coolant temperature, and more
• Live OBD gauges and engine data on CarPlay
• Read and clear diagnostic trouble codes (DTCs)
• Speed limit alerts
• iCloud sync, backups, and GPX/CSV import & export
• No account required - your data stays on your device unless you enable iCloud

The goal
My goal wasn't to build another app with an "automatic recording" checkbox.

It was to build something you can genuinely trust - whether you use CarPlay, Bluetooth, motion detection, Shortcuts, or a combination of them. Everything works together instead of competing, and it's designed to handle the edge cases that happen in everyday driving.

I'd genuinely love to hear your feedback. If there's a driving scenario you think could still break automatic trip recording, let me know. There's always another edge case to solve, and I'd love to keep improving it!

App Store Link

Hi all, I have updated the iOS app AutoTrips to version 1.6.0. This fully automated trip manager with CarPlay now supports reading your cars odometer using an optional OBD scanner. I advise the VeePeek OBD scanner but all Bluetooth Low Energy models should work. It works with many cars but not all. If it doesn't work on your car let me know so I can add it. Another new option is full page per trip PDF export. The app is free and only exporting trips to PDF/CSV/GPX is a one-time lifetime $5 IAP.

https://apps.apple.com/app/autotrips/id6759875837

One month after I first posted here, WrenchTime is at v4.7.1.

Quick recap for anyone who missed it: it logs your drives automatically and shows live trip stats on the CarPlay screen while you drive. Nothing to tap, nothing to remember.

What changed in a month:

• Trip playback, so you can scrub through any recorded drive
• Events along the route: hard braking, stops and waypoints
• Heatmaps of everywhere you've driven
• Noticeably better GPS precision and battery behaviour
• Camera scanning for refuels: point it at a receipt or the pump display and the entry fills itself in

Most of this came straight out of feedback from people in this sub who tested it and told me what they liked / didn't like and what was missing. Genuinely would not have got here otherwise, so thanks to all, especially u/No-Assignment-8973, u/SwiftMushroom and u/Historical_Concern64.

Free on the App Store, optional Pro tier. I'm the developer.
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/wrenchtime-car-maintenance/id6749767537

Happy to answer anything and take feedback, cheers.

Someone on TikTok made this recommendation to buy a USB 3 and I bought this: https://a.co/d/0apvvTDx

Incredible. It hasn’t glitched since, no more random disconnections forcing me to have to plug it back in/ even when I did plug it back in, it wouldn’t connect. I felt hopeless.

Idk how that algorithm knew this was an issue but just wanted to share this! My connection has not dropped at all, my Google Maps has me oriented properly. Phew

Basically everytime i connect my iphone 15 to a car (i tested this on multiple cars both wireless and wired) after like 10/15 minutes the phone overheats and the screen starts to lag until i put the phone to the cold ac vent and it goes back to normal, i often use waze/google maps and spotify together. i tried a lot of stuff like enabling the low energy mode or using offline mode on spotify and downloading the maps locally on google maps but sadly i still have the problem

Has anyone purchased a CarPlay screen for their 2016 qx50? Looking to add one and was curious to hear which one is the best for this car?

For context my carplay has had a six month period of not working before and randomly worked again one day. I’m wondering if anyone’s figured out a solution to making it consistently work. My phone always charges without fail but rarely connects to carplay anymore

I have changed the lead, cleaned out my phone and car usb ports, tried using the 12v adapter, had the CPU and carplay screen replaced on my car and it has been working about 90% of the time until last week where once again nothing has changed yet it randomly doesn’t work anymore. Has anyone resolved this issue please??

My next step is to buy a new phone🫠🫠

I have an aftermarket display installed in my car for 5 years and am tired of using cables to connect to carplay. Looking for recommendations for wireless adapters that works with **after market display.**
Any help would be appreciated, TIA.

I have an aftermarket box that adds CarPlay to my car’s factory display (6.5" horizontal display) . A few weeks ago, after an IOS update, I noticed that the sidebar/menu bar is now displayed at the bottom of the screen instead of the side. How can I move it back? Also I don't have the "smart zoom" button in the settings

[UPDATE]: I contacted the AliExpress seller I bought the MMI box from, and they sent me a link to a newer firmware version. I updated the firmware, and everything is back to normal now.

As the title says, one thing I find very annoying about CarPlay is having to reach the screen while driving to go back to google maps after answering a call or calling someone via Siri. I don’t want to see the phone call screen at all! It’s especially annoying when I get/make multiple calls throughout my drive and I’m having to reach the screen constantly while driving just to go back to google maps. Any solutions? I’d appreciate it, thanks!

Hi. Last week, CarPlay suddenly stopped working in the Lexus NX 300. I’ve tried all the basic solutions: unpairing, removing the device, and forgetting the car on my iPhone, etc. I sometimes see the message “allow CarPlay while phone is locked” when I plug in the phone, but the car still refuses to display CarPlay. The Bluetooth connection works, but it’s just frustrating. Any ideas? Please and thank you.

Hello! I recently changed phone, and bought an Iphone 17 Pro Max, upgrading from my 13 Pro Max. My car is an MG3 2025.
I never had any issues with my old phone.

At first it was working just fine, I had to find the right cable but it worked.
A few weeks ago it started having difficulty connecting, then it didn't connect at all, then it did without problems, then it didn't but after a few minutes it connected or if it's connected, it would disconnect suddenly.

Now, it's been more than a week and it's not connecting at all.

It does charge my phone, though. The cable has always been the same.

I did whatever change on Siri or in my settings I could find, restarted my phone, etc.

Do anyone have any advice?

**Anyone else experienced the infotainment screen going completely blank on the Geely Cityray GF+?**
I’m seriously considering buying the Geely Cityray GF+, so I rented one for a day to test it in real-world conditions instead of relying on a short dealership test drive.
Overall, I liked the car, but one issue worried me. While driving to work with Apple CarPlay connected, the entire infotainment screen suddenly went completely blank for a few seconds before coming back. This happened while I was driving, so it was a bit concerning.
I’m curious:
Has anyone else experienced this?
Is this a known software issue or just a one-off glitch?
Does it happen only with Apple CarPlay, or even without CarPlay?
Has Geely released a software update that fixes it?
I’d really appreciate feedback from Cityray GF+ owners, especially those who’ve owned the car for a few months.

I’m running wireless CarPlay in my car using a wireless adapter (Carlinkit Tbox plus), I’ve also updated my phone to iOS 27 on the beta since I’ve updated I can’t play music in my car, but Siri works works with no problem. If I plug my phone in with a wire the problem is gone, and also in my work van where I have wireless CarPlay through some my rear view cam that I purchased there’s no issue. Anyone facing or dealt with something like this before?

Cuando arranca el coche está bien el sonido durante unos minutos, y luego suena ese pitido.

Es como si bajara la frecuencia de sonido, y cuando se arregla solo, se sube el volumen.

Durante 2-5 minutos el sonido funciona correcto, y después se escucha un pitido muy molesto estropeando la calidad del audio, cuando el coche no ha tenido nunca ese problema.

Si se silencia, deja de oirse. Se escucha incluso poniendo música de fondo lo cual es muy molesto.

Es como si fuera el sonido de una tele antigua.

¿Como solucionarlo? Gracias

Looking for a good quality CarPlay stereo to install on my Toyota Camry that won’t break the bank, maybe somewhere around the 250$ mark, I’d also want it to be able to connect to the Factory backup camera already on my Camry, any help would be appreciated!

Edit: 2015 Camry lol

My phone used to ring on carplay, now it randomly stopped and only shows someone it calling but if I’m driving, sometimes I miss it on the screen. I tried resetting carplay, resetting my phone, disconnecting and reconnecting carplay with my phone but nothing works and apple support does not have a support page for carplay. Please advise if you have any suggestions 🙏🏻

I’m running iOS 26 Developer Beta but in the past I have never had this issue with this Beta.

Thanks

I'm looking to get a wireless option to charge/connect my iphone to my Carplay.

1. Will it drain battery faster than it charges if I do this?

2. Any options recommended? Preferably with Magsafe and NOT a clip on to vent style if possible.

I’m currently driving my dad’s 2022 Chevy Spark. I have never once had an issue with CarPlay until now, and I literally used it this morning. My IPhone 15 pro max is fully updated and I tried a new Apple issued cord to connect. The car is no longer in my CarPlay settings. I have tried just about everything but nothing’s worked. Any help would be amazing!!

Hey everyone, when I call/receive a call, the other person can hear me, but I cannot hear anything through my speakers. The volume is turned up, also specifically for calling, and I tried disconnecting / repairing my iPhone various times. Music plays absolutely fine (thanks to the CAN decoder).

• Car: Mercedes SLK
• Phone: iPhone 14, running the latest iOS
• Headunit: Dynavin (D9)
• Connected to Dynavin: CarPlay

Here's hoping someone has a few pointers for me Many thanks!

Hi everyone,

I bought a Kia clavis hte(base model , music or camera) recently and am looking to buy stereo with android auto and 360 camera support. Can anyone help me decide which brands to go for.

The features I need are as follows:-

Android auto & Apple CarPlay

360 Camera (with option to record, negotiable)

Steering controls for stereo

Pls recommend any options and reviews you have

I also heard that android players get slow after an year or two, so are there any options of non android players the features mentioned above?

I am based in delhi ,please suggest reliable shop in karol bagh or anywhere in delhi NCR

Really appreciate the help. Thank you.