Since Apple released the new CarPlay on the WWDC2022, many users have been looking forward to this change to quickly "get on the car" and bring more experience to the existing CarPlay features. However, in the nearly 2 years since its release, there are still no relevant models on the market that have implemented the new CarPlay, and there are not many related follow-ups, which makes many people think that this will be a "PPT" product on Apple's side.
From the perspective of car companies, although the new CarPlay is announced to support most of the current mainstream brand models, Mercedes-Benz has made it clear that there are no plans to support the new version of Apple CarPlay for Mercedes-Benz models in the future. The reason is that Mercedes-Benz is more inclined to focus on its current car machine system, rather than CarPlay to achieve the integration of vehicle functions, which will indeed be a thing that car companies should do.
After all, the new version of CarPlay is simple projection compared to the existing iOS system, but the change is that the iOS is filled into the screen of the entire cabin, which can integrate various performance data of the car, including the dashboard, central control and system settings, etc., which is equivalent to taking over the information and control system of the entire car. Such a function may not be an easy thing for car companies to accept, and they also have their own experience in car machine design, so there is no need to give the original car machine system to Apple to take over.
But having said that, there has been no other follow-up information about the new version of CarPlay in the past two years, and it is naturally not ruled out that they will cancel the new version of CarPlay like canceling the ten-year car building plan, so let's see what new actions Apple has in the future.