Where Is CarPlay 2?

Since Apple unveiled its vision for the next generation of the service two years ago, many automakers have made it clear that they’re uncomfortable handing over design control of their screens to Apple Inc. Weeks after Mercedes-Benz’s logo was included in Apple’s initial CarPlay 2 presentation in 2022, the car company appeared to balk. “To give up the whole cockpit head unit—in our case, a passenger screen and everything—to somebody else?” Mercedes-Benz CEO Ola Källenius told The Verge back in 2022. “The answer is no.”