How to add a CarPlay wallpaper in iOS 14


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One of the new features coming in iOS 14 is the ability to customize your car’s CarPlay interface with one of several new wallpapers. If you I don’t know, CarPlay allows you to control your car stereo and other smart car accessories connected with Siri voice commands, and this version of the iOS brands the first time users will be able to adjust the appearance of CarPlay to a significant degree.

Before you can try one of these new wallpapers, you will need to connect your iPhone to your car and configure CarPlay (if you haven’t already) This process It will be different for each car, but it is as easy as connecting your phone via USB (or a more elegant wireless connection) to a Compatible with CarPlay vehicle. After that:

  1. Open your iPhone Configurations And go to General> CarPlay.
  2. Tap “Available cars “.
  3. Select your car from the list to enable CarPlay.

Now for zhuzh CarPlay with one of those fancy new wallpapers. To reiterate, these wallpapers are only available on iOS 14, which still in beta. You can install iOS 14 preview now to watch it early, or you can wait for the final, stable version to release publicly, probably in autumn. Either way, once you’re running iOS 14, here is how to add a CarPlay wallpaper:

  1. Make sure your iPhone is connected and CarPlay is on.
  2. Open “Settings “ in the CarPlay interface of your car (not on your iPhone)
  3. Tap “Wallpaper.” Scroll through the list of available wallpapers. You can tap one to preview.
  4. If you like how it looks, tap “Confirm” to apply the background.

Obviously, don’t make these changes while driving.

9to5Mac has a useful screenshot gallery of all new CarPlay wallpapers if you want to take a look early. Thow can you add the one you want the most immediately.

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