CarPlay stopped working after iOS 26 update.

Hello, I have a 2018 mustang gt sync 3. I also bought a usb a to usb c anker cable for my new iPhone 17 pro max. My CarPlay has been freezing randomly and just stops playing music and closes out of CarPlay as well. Did you have the same experience? Did you fix your issue already? I turned off my widgets today and will see if that works! Let me know! Thanks!

Just a quick note to thankyou for your "widgets" fix for CarPlay vs IOS26. I spent many frustrating hours in my driveway trying to get ios26 and CarPlay to stay connected. I even looked up how to go back to iOS18 (you can but it's easier to buy a new phone). Your widgets trick was my "Hail Mary" and it seems to be working perfect now. Again, thankyou so much.

When I make a call via the bluetooth application of the android device, others can hear me normally . When I make a call via car play, the car microphone does not work at all most of the time and other times with interruptions… I tried it with an iPhone with iOS 16 and it works perfect .

Sure like to know what you did. I have iPhone 17 Pro Max iOS 26.0.1 and have the problem with cabled Car Play connecting and disconnecting. I have deleted the other iPhone connecting to my car, tried deleting Widgets, new cable, etc. and still have the issue.

The current issue I’m having is I can’t hear my call audio while in CarPlay. Everything else works perfectly but when I make a call I can’t hear the ringing of the other line or the voice of the other person. I have done all the required troubleshooting and nothing has worked, even check my infotainment software for my Integra and everything is up to date. As anyone else had this issue and does anyone have a solution?

A mi tampoco me funciona, después de un mes utilizando el iPhone 17 pro , he probado de todo y sigo sin poder conectarme correctamente, como mucho dura 5 minutos conectado, es muy frustrante.

a parte de otros problemas que trae este modelo.

sinceramente muy arrepentido de haber comprado este modelo, de momento el peor iPhone que tuve.

y también la poca ayuda por parte de Apple.

UPDATE... On the way back home, it disconnected again after a minute of driving.

I "forgot" the carplay device and the bluetooth device.

After re-pairing to my car stereo, it happened again.

After that, i went to the settings section where you "restablish network settings" and did that without forgetting the blueetooth and carplay device. It seemed to work... i disabled the Widgets just in case... I'll see if this worked when a leave work in a couple of hours.

Is my phone defective?

is it a software glitch?

is it a design issue?

it's been a month and can't get my phone to work right... My iPhone 15 with iOS 26.0 worked ok with my stereo...

iPhone 17 with iOS 26.1 RC

Apple Watch Ultra 2 with watchOS 26.0.2

Atoto F7 XE head unit

I usually leave my AirPods at the office… I disables widgets to see what happens… I tried disabling them previously and it didn’t work… let’s see tomorrow…

lots of people blame the widgets… let’s see…

Did't work... I tryed disabling Widgets, Google Maps and Waze...

I unpaired and forgot the phone and the Head Unit (mutually in each others settings)...

I'll try again at lunch time with even my Apple Watch disabled...

This is the last scenario I'll try before I try using the Ottocast Mini 2025 that is supposed to arrive on Sunday.

I left the office at lunch time with my Apple Watch turned off and wireless Carplay didn't fail.

I updates my watch at home to watchOS 26.1 RC and turned bluetooth off before leaving home. Wireless carplay failed before 5 minutes passed even when that disabled... maybe the watch wifi signal messed something.

I'm gonna take a little longer drive when a leave today, i'll try again with the watch turned off completely.

iPhone 17 with iOS 26.1 RC

Apple Watch Ultra 2 with watchOS 26.1 RC

Atoto F7 XE head unit

@Brandon2021

I can't find your post about turning off the Wifi Tracking and also turning off the Private IP Address..

I'll find the head unit wifi network when i get to my truck and turn those things off...

Also, yesterday I drove again with my watch turned off and wireless carplay disconnected really fast.

Let's see if your solution helps... I've also been in contact with ATOTO support and they told me their engineers are working on this issue... if your solution helps I'll let them know...

Tengo El IPhone 17 Pro Max y también me está fallando el CarPlay no me conecta, y cuando conecta se desconecta a los 2 minutos, se traba, no funciona bien, *** mi antiguo iPhone 15 Pro Max ningún problema funcionaba perfectamente.

iPhone 17 Pro Carplay Issue;

iPhone 17 Pro 256 GB model phone.

iOS version: 26.1 current

I'm having trouble connecting Carplay via cable. The screen is scrolling and blurry. The latest version doesn't fix the problem.

Car: Honda Goldwing 2023

Cable: Original Apple Beats USB-A to USB-C cable. Please resolve the issue.

Im having the same issue as most of you: wireless apple carplay constantly drops the connection. When i was with my 13pro max I wasn’t having any issues whatsoever, but after upgrading to 17 pro max, the problems started even before the 26.1 update. Waiting for apple to resolve the problem.

I had the exact same experience. First used the Ankor. Had connection issues. Bought the Beats cable, and everything worked for about a week. But now I am back to having issues in my f150, and in my Mustang it still works great with the Beats.