WhatsApp not reading messages in CarPlay

Fixed !!!! Today… 26/06/2025

whatsapp version 2.25.18.85 resolved the issue for me !!!

Still on IOS 18.5

I was having the same problem , very frustrating, and remembered I had activated face recognition in WhatsApp settings. I disabled this and it now receives, reads and sends messages.

Hope this is helpful

Another WhatsApp update must have happened because I updated it again and it's working perfectly now.

My system updated on Tuesday and I have the same problem. Worked perfectly before.

We’re experiencing the same issue, and have tried to following settings:

• WhatsApp is enabled under “Announce Notifications” and within CarPlay.
• CarPlay is not restricted under “Content and Privacy Restrictions”.
• The WhatsApp app does not have “Require FaceID” enabled, nor does WhatsApp itself have “App Lock” enabled.
• Trjed forgetting the car and reconnecting with CarPlay.

Nothing appears to be work anymore. CarPlay will read out SMS notifications, but as soon as you select/open a WhatsApp notification, it does not read the message out loud, it only asks if I’d like to reply.

Is this perhaps an iOS 18.5 issue, a WhatsApp issue, or CarPlay issue?

This happened to me about two weeks ago. Same issue on three different cars. Wife's was fine until about a week ago and now the same. Have spoken with Apple who have been incredibly helpful. However they have called me within last hour and are convinced it's a WhatApp issue so I suppose we all wait for the next fix?

Same issue only noticed since latest iOS update. Restarted phone , checked for updates , forget CarPlay device and nothing worked to fix issue.

SMS messages are read correctly.

WhatsApp asks “do you wanna to reply” but doesn’t read out the message or show who the message was from.

needs a bug fix somewhere … PLEASE!

🙏

My WhatsApp is on 25.18.85 and it still doesn’t read the message, just goes straight to ‘do you want to reply’. Very frustrating!

Same here, incredibly frustrating. Tried resetting a bunch of things, no luck.

Guessing no one has a fix for this yet?

Nope - not car specific.... Just CarPlay on all devices / cars

No car specific. Not working in all three of mine

The exact same thing has happened to me. Its worked for the last 5 years and suddenly now no longer reads the WhatsApp messages just asks me if i want to reply. The normal text messages it will read but not WhatsApp.

I chatted with WhatsApp support bot and tried everything they told me without being able to resolve the issue. At the end I shared the link to this thread and this was their reply:

”I understand that this feature used to work for you, and it's no longer working after a recent update. I apologize for the inconvenience this has caused.

Thank you for sharing the link to the Apple discussion thread. I'll make sure to pass on this feedback to our team, so they're aware of the issue. We'll take this into consideration for future updates.

I appreciate your help in bringing this to our attention, and I'm sorry again for the disruption to your experience. If you have any other questions or concerns, feel free to ask.”

Hope some WhatsApp human actually reads this and does something about it. Maybe if more people write to them about the issue it would help.

Same issue here, did anyone get a fix for this yet?

I have the same issue and my Whatsapp is 2.25.20.83

IOS 18.6.