CarPlay not working since iOS 18.3.1 update. Unable to turn Siri on.

Why can’t we just have a plain and simple CarPlay enable button? Really miss the interface simplicity and straight to the point Apple use to have

iPhone 12 Pro Max, iOS 18

Posted on Feb 11, 2025 3:05 PM

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lelong90

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Feb 11, 2025 3:23 PM in response to PortugueseDoe

My text banner notifications don’t come through on my car system anymore if I’m listening to Sirius XM, or any other radio station. Apple took that away in ios18…And no one can tell me why. Calls come through but not texts. Now it causes way more distracted driving to have to switch screens. And again, they won’t tell me why they did this.

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