New Apple CarPlay Ultra: Apple Just Took Over Your Car!

Apple iPhone users and (modern) car owners rejoice: Apple CarPlay Ultra is upon us, and it more deeply integrates your iPhone into your car than ever before. Aston Martin is the first car company in the world to feature the next generation of CarPlay, and it extends across both the central touchscreen and driver instrument cluster, with masses of personalisation options. We’ve tried it out, in an Aston Martin DBX, so here is how new Apple CarPlay Ultra works…

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00:00 Introduction To Apple CarPlay Ultra
00:40 Why Not All Car Companies Like Apple CarPlay Ultra
1:39 How Do Car Makers Integrate Apple CarPlay Ultra?
2:01 What’s New For Apple CarPlay Ultra vs Before?
3:15 Setting Up Apple CarPlay Ultra For the First Time
4:47 The BIG Change
6:35 Personalising The Instrument Cluster: Aston Martin or Apple Design?
8:21 Vehicle Functions, Now Controlled Through CarPlay Ultra
11:08 ‘Punch-Through UI’ – Where Apple CarPlay Ultra Steps Back
12:00 New Widgets Display
12:29 Customising Display Themes
13:20 The Balance Between Apple and Aston Martin
13:56 What Apple CarPlay Ultra Gets SO Right
14:40 How Aston Martin Designed Their Take On Apple CarPlay Ultra
17:50 Concluding Thoughts On Apple CarPlay Ultra