As spotted by MacRumors, with the upcoming iOS 26 update, a Smart Display Zoom feature, which would be configurable within Settings in CarPlay, will enable the CarPlay app to be automatically ...

Unlock hidden iOS 26 CarPlay features to enhance customization, navigation, and music playback for a smarter driving ...

CarPlay in iOS 26 is also the most adaptive version yet. A new Smart Display Zoom feature allows the user interface to shrink enough that more content can be shown on the display. This is also a ...

Perhaps the biggest and most obvious upgrade to CarPlay is the new Liquid Glass aesthetic that Apple is introducing to across ...

As seen in our gallery here, Smart Display Zoom can enable you to fit significantly more content on screen at once. Of course, then smaller things get, the trickier they might be to tap while driving.

Both CarPlay and Audi Smart Display will come as add-ons from car manufacturers. The difference, however, is how they’re implemented. CarPlay is permanently installed in the car’s center console.