If you own an iPhone and don’t drive a car inherited from your grandparents, chances are you’ll know all about Apple CarPlay – the now ubiquitous software that lets you mirror your smartphone onto your car’s infotainment screen for a familiar-looking and easy-to-use way of accessing navigation apps, podcasts, music, messages and more. Well, that’s now officially old-tech because the next-gen CarPlay – CarPlay Ultra – has launched, and we’ve had a play.
Apple first announced the existence of a next-generation CarPlay system way back in 2022, and then it all went a bit quiet until two videos were released at its 2024 Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC), offering more details on what it would look like and how it would work. And now in Spring 2025 we’ve finally got our hands on it… in an Aston Martin DBX 707.
