CarPlay stopped working after iOS 26 update.

When i loose connection to carplay, it wont reconnect... turning carplay off inside the phone's bluetooth settings of the headunit allows me to use regular bluetooth with no problems.

Got the same issue on the a 16 pro max.

after the last iOS 26 update my wireless CarPlay stopped working and only shows a connecting screen. It seems to be a wireless / Bluetooth issue in the update. I’ve tried all the fixes and resets. I’ve also tried two different cars and two different adapters with the same results.

Best I got was one connection and then when restarting the car it wouldn’t connect again.

I’ve been using wired CarPlay for years since it was introduced. My 14 pro suddenly stopped being able to use CarPlay as soon as I updated to iOS 26. I’ve have a pioneer AVIC-6000NEX head unit in my car.

Just want to add to the pile here.

Have a 2019 Ford Edge w/ Sync 3.4, wired carplay. Worked fine w/ iPhone 16 Pro on iOS 18. Upgraded to iPhone 17 Pro, came w/ iOS 26 (now on 26.0.1), carplay hasn't worked since. Submitted on apple.com/feedback as well, hoping they address this soon.

since i have my iphone 17 pro i have the exact same problems as everyone here. Tried evertyhing. With ios 26.0.1 no solution. Wired carplay works flawless.

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Got a brand new Air today with iOS 26, constantly disconnecting CarPlay every couple of minutes. Appears to be either BT or Wireless as only have wireless CarPlay onboard.

My iPhone 15 Pro Max was flawless even on iOS 26.

I am going to try this tomorrow in my rental car. My phone is updating tonight. (Will come back to report if it works.) Much appreciate you posting your troubleshooting steps.

I got in my rental car the other day and was left with no on screen navigation. I tried resetting the network settings and connections settings in the car.

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17 Pro Max ios26

ios 26.0.0

similar issue I guess, iPhone 17 on mercedes GLC 2018. new phone, even new type-A to type-C cable, almost works except the screen looks like crap. my wife's iPhone 15 with iOS 18 works fine.

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The same problem here.

USB connection to my aftermarket headunit works as intended, however, wirelessly using the Carlinkit Mini SE PRO does not work at all. Stuck at an infinite "connecting in" screen until it gaves up the connection.

IPhone 16e 256GB on iOS 26.0.1 (never saw wireless carplay working as i got my phone yesterday, october 2th and updated to 26.0.1 right after the unboxing).

Same here. 16 Pro Max, 2024 Nissan. CarPlay works, but Siri cannot hear me and I cannot hear her. He microphone just turns off when getting or giving commands. Was on the phone with Apple for two hours and no luck. Everything else is working but CarPlay is a nonnegotiable for me - I need it to work.

i updated to 17 pro max and my car play is the same in my Mercedes A-Class. It’s with wireless and wired. Screen just keeps cutting out. I have tried resetting my car and phone. Tried different wires etc nothing works.

Still not working for me on Ford Sync. iPhone is sometimes recognized when plugged in, and sometimes not. Carplay crashes after a few minutes with or a frozen screen or completely disconnecting. Seems to happen more often when Google Maps or Apple Maps is running. Restarting device, reconnecting etc. doesn't help. Hope it will be fixed very soon!

Ford Sync 3 version 3.4

iPhone 17 Pro

iOS 26.0.1

i have an iPhone 16 Pro Max and a Pioneer aftermarket top of the line ApplePlay (or Android) head unit with a navigation screen. Using Waze and audio through Apple Music, I periodically lose audio for the music. I can’t get it to turn back on until I turn the car and therefore the unit off and on again. Since that is difficult to do a lot of the time while driving, I went long times without sound and was very irritated. I then found that if I select the main screen, go to the Nex icon on the Pioneer, select Bluetooth (which doesn’t work), hit the settings icon, then select Apple CarPlay from the dropdown menu. Next I select CarPlay through the main screen and go to Apple Music to turn the music back on. Then finally back to Waze.

This will work for an indeterminate period of time, however. I have had some long drives and have had to do this too frequently. It’s random on time between it happening from 15 minutes to an hour. I hope this helps some with a temporary fix but that Apple can get the bug fixed quickly and release the next update. When I reported this problem to Apple, the advisor told me that he waits a bit to upgrade to new major versions of iOS due to the initial bugs like this and I’m going to do the same next year.

2015 Dodge Challneger and a wireless Car Play dashcam device:

Talking to people via carplay or my car's stereo (UConnect) has a garbled connection. I sound like a robot to people, but I can hear them fine. This happens if I am connected to only one of the devices also. This started when I installed iOS26. I have a iPhone 17 Pro Max now, so I can't downgrade to iOS18. Will just have to wait on them to fix this and continue to use my airpods in the car until then.