Overview
- Tesla is still developing CarPlay support, with plans to run it inside a dedicated window within the existing Tesla interface.
- Internal testing found Apple Maps and Tesla’s mapping system could show unsynchronized turn‑by‑turn directions during autonomous driving.
- Apple implemented the needed compatibility changes in a bug‑fix update to iOS 26 and the current CarPlay release.
- Apple says 74% of iPhones from the last four years now run iOS 26, but that metric does not indicate how many have the specific incremental update Tesla needs.
- Tesla has not given a launch date, signaling it will wait for broader installation of the required iOS build and verified navigation synchronization before rolling out CarPlay.