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Works with your car

Car Cinema runs on Apple CarPlay, so it works in practically every car that has CarPlay: wired or wireless, any screen shape, touch screen or knob. Here is what you get, where films can play, and what depends on your car and iOS.

Last updated: 22 October 2026

In every car with CarPlay

Your library on the car’s screen

Playlists, live TV with channel groups, films and series, favourites and what you watched last.

Sound through the car

Live TV, films and music play through the car’s speakers, on the road too.

The car’s own controls

Play and pause, next and previous, skip 15 seconds, from the screen or the steering wheel buttons.

Now Playing

Title, artwork, progress and playback speed, the way CarPlay shows any player.

Wired and wireless

Plug in with a cable or connect without one: Car Cinema works the same way.

Picks up where you left off

Start on the iPhone, carry on in the car, and the other way round.

Car brands

Car Cinema works wherever CarPlay does. These makers offer CarPlay across most of their recent models.

  • Acura
  • Alfa Romeo
  • Aston Martin
  • Audi
  • Bentley
  • BMW
  • BYD
  • Cadillac
  • Chevrolet
  • Chrysler
  • Citroën
  • Cupra
  • Dacia
  • Dodge
  • Fiat
  • Ford
  • Genesis
  • GMC
  • Honda
  • Hyundai
  • Infiniti
  • Jaguar
  • Jeep
  • Kia
  • Land Rover
  • Lexus
  • Lincoln
  • Maserati
  • Mazda
  • Mercedes-Benz
  • MG
  • Mini
  • Mitsubishi
  • Nissan
  • Opel
  • Peugeot
  • Polestar
  • Porsche
  • Ram
  • Renault
  • Seat
  • Škoda
  • Subaru
  • Suzuki
  • Toyota
  • Volkswagen
  • Volvo

CarPlay availability varies by model, year, trim and country. Some electric models from GM brands don’t offer CarPlay. If your car shows CarPlay, Car Cinema runs there, and aftermarket stereos with CarPlay work too.

Screens and controls

CarPlay fits Car Cinema to whatever display the car has. Car Cinema is tested in Apple’s CarPlay Simulator with standard, widescreen, HD and portrait car displays.

Standard

800 × 480

The classic landscape display in most cars.

Widescreen

1920 × 720

The long dashboard displays in many newer cars.

HD

1920 × 1080

Large, sharp displays, including those that play video.

Portrait

Taller than wide

Upright touch screens: lists and tabs fit the width.

  • Touch screen
  • Rotary knob
  • Touchpad
  • Steering wheel buttons

Films on the car’s display

Cars with video in CarPlayThe film plays on the car’s display through CarPlay’s own player while you’re parked. When the car says video isn’t allowed, the sound carries on.Supported
Car screen adapters and HDMIA full-screen picture through an adapter that takes the iPhone’s screen over AirPlay, or an HDMI adapter with a USB-C to HDMI cable. The iPhone is the remote. Parked only.In testing

At home

Apple TV and AirPlay TVsSend the player from the iPhone with the AirPlay button.Works
A TV over HDMIA USB-C to HDMI cable from the iPhone: the film fills the TV while the iPhone stays the remote.In testing
Apple HomeViewApple says CarPlay audio and video apps appear on HomeView without changes. We’ll confirm it once HomeView is on sale from 13 November 2026.Expected

Check your own car in one minute

Connect your iPhone to CarPlay, open Car Cinema on the iPhone and go to Settings → Cars and compatibility. It shows what the connected car offers, video included. The free 30 minutes are there to try it in your own car.

iOS versions and updates

  • iOS 18 or later runs Car Cinema on the iPhone and in CarPlay.
  • Video on the car’s display needs iOS 27 and a car whose maker has added video in CarPlay. As of October 2026 no car models had been announced with it.
  • From iOS 27.2, Apple shows video on a car’s display only in cars that support video in CarPlay. In other cars Car Cinema keeps your lists on the car’s screen and plays the sound; the picture stays on the iPhone.
  • Video only while parked. The car decides when video is allowed, and laws in many countries forbid video in the driver’s view while moving.
  • Apple and car makers change CarPlay with iOS and car software updates. We update this page when that happens.

What doesn’t work

  • Films with DRM. Netflix, Disney+ and other protected services can’t be played in Car Cinema.
  • YouTube on the car’s display. YouTube plays in Car Cinema’s browser on the iPhone, but CarPlay can’t take it to the car’s screen.
  • Cars without CarPlay, such as Tesla, and Android Auto.

Changes

  1. Page published: car brands, screens and controls, video on the car’s display, and what iOS 27.2 changes.