CarPlay app not installed after restoring to a new iPhone 15 Pro Max

There is no CarPlay app. There never was a CarPlay app. You enable CarPlay in Settings > General > CarPlay

TheLittles wrote:

"Do you use CarPlay? Clearly not. If you did, you'd know there is no, nor has there ever been a CarPlay app. My response above is how to get to CarPlay.[...]"

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Yes. "CarPlay app" seems a bit generic to me. Does it not?

No, CarPlay app does not seem generic in any way. And by the response you posted, it's clear you didn't think it was generic either. If you thought it was, why would you and I quote the following: "Are you referring to an app that accessible through CarPlay? If so, and it did not come back, then it may have been removed from the App Store."

How could an app which has never existed, EVER have been removed from the App Store. This alone demonstrates you don't know there has never been a CarPlay app, which is honestly quite surprising for a senior member of this forum, who is rapidly approaching 200,000 points.

CarPlay is and has ALWAYS been accessed exactly where it is, which is in Settings.

ultradoink wrote:

Hello, no it’s not there and Siri is on.

OK. Go to Settings > Screen Time > Content & Privacy Restrictions > Allowed Apps & Features > Make sure the switch for CarPlay is turned on (Green)

If it was turned off there, it won't show in Settings > General

Hey Axel. If there is any validity there, it is lost on me for sure. The Author was pretty specific and said: "After doing an iCloud restore the CarPlay app is missing from the device. How can I download the app? This has happened twice. Is it possible my backup is corrupted?"

I don't see how one can not see that they think the CarPlay app is gone from their device. Had they said, it was gone from their car that would be different. But saying it's gone from their device means they think they lost the CarPlay app. Which we know they couldn't lose an app which has never existed. CarPlay is a setting in Settings. Not an App. So, suggesting maybe Apple removed the App from the App Store, simply makes no sense at all. TL even suggested they look at their purchase history. WHY? There would be NO record of having downloaded an app which has never been in the App Store to begin with. The only thing I can surmise is TL simply didn't understand the question.

I guess I approach things differently. If I come along and another member posted a response, I'd want to make certain their answer was correct, before I'd add a solution which doesn't address the question. If I don't understand a question, I'll go try to answer something I do understand. Clearly, I'm just wired differently in this regard.

Anyway, good to see you!

"CarPlay app not installed after restoring to a new iPhone 15 Pro Max: After doing an iCloud restore the CarPlay app is missing from the device. How can I download the app? This has happened twice. Is it possible my backup is corrupted?"

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CarPlay App?:

Are you referring to an app that accessible through CarPlay? If so, and it did not come back, then it may have been removed from the App Store. Sometimes, Apple removes apps from the App Store, and they never become accessible again. It's something you would have agreed to, upon opening an Apple Account. So, view your purchase history, and see if you can recognize which app it is, and then redownload it: View your Purchase History for the App Store and Other Apple Media Services - Apple Support

Had they said, it was gone from their car that would be different. But saying it's gone from their device means they think they lost the CarPlay app. Which we know they couldn't lose an app which has never existed.

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Point Noted.

Axel F.

"Do you use CarPlay? Clearly not. If you did, you'd know there is no, nor has there ever been a CarPlay app. My response above is how to get to CarPlay.[...]"

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Yes. "CarPlay app" seems a bit generic to me. Does it not?

TheLittles wrote:

"CarPlay app not installed after restoring to a new iPhone 15 Pro Max: After doing an iCloud restore the CarPlay app is missing from the device. How can I download the app? This has happened twice. Is it possible my backup is corrupted?"

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CarPlay App?:

Are you referring to an app that accessible through CarPlay? If so, and it did not come back, then it may have been removed from the App Store. Sometimes, Apple removes apps from the App Store, and they never become accessible again. It's something you would have agreed to, upon opening an Apple Account. So, view your purchase history, and see if you can recognize which app it is, and then redownload it: View your Purchase History for the App Store and Other Apple Media Services - Apple Support

Do you use CarPlay? Clearly not. If you did, you'd know there is no, nor has there ever been a CarPlay app. My response above is how to get to CarPlay. Why take your time to answer a question about something you clearly don't know anything about?

ultradoink wrote:

Thanks for your reply.

No CarPlay is physically not in the phone.

Are you saying if you go to the Settings App and tap General, you don't see CarPlay there?

Also, in order to use CarPlay, Siri has to be turned on, is Siri on on your iPhone?

Good evening LG. How have you been?

I wanted to summarize what I believe, TheLittles may have meant by, “Are you referring to an app that accessible through CarPlay?” I believe this would be the app(s) accessible when CarPlay is active on the screen. For example, one can access Google Maps, Teams and multiple other apps through the CarPlay screen in your car, In this example, Google Maps would have to be installed on the iPhone so that it can be accessed from the CarPlay screen. If, Google removes its accessibility from CarPlay, then it would cease from appearing on the CarPlay screen as a choice. This could also be an app that could have been abandoned by the developer and therefore removed from the App Store and OP could not reinstall it during the restoration process.

Your original response to OP is probably right on, however, there is an outside chance that TheLIttles’ response has some alternate validity. Juz’ Sayin’.

Axel F.