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Meta AI joins Apple CarPlay as fourth third-party chatbot app
The integration expands CarPlay's conversational app options ahead of Apple's planned Siri AI launch in September.
The short version
- Meta AI has been added to Apple CarPlay, joining existing third-party chatbot apps ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Grok.
- Access currently appears to be in limited testing, with some users receiving messages stating their account is not yet supported.
- Apple is expected to officially release its own Siri AI for CarPlay alongside the launch of iOS 27 in September.
Key facts
- Meta AI has become the fourth third-party chatbot application available on Apple CarPlay, alongside ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Grok.[9to5Mac]
- Apple has permitted conversational and AI chatbot applications on CarPlay since the release of iOS 26.4.[9to5Mac]
- Apple's Siri AI is scheduled to launch on CarPlay with the public release of iOS 27 in September.[9to5Mac]
What remains uncertain
- It is unclear when Meta AI on CarPlay will be broadly available, as launching the application currently displays an unsupported message for some accounts.[9to5Mac]