From CNET: If you've ever dreamed of talking with your car, Apple may have good news for you. Within the latest CarPlay developer guide is support for "voice-based conversational apps," a sign that Apple could be about to open the doors to AI chatbot apps like ChatGPT, Gemini and Claude right on your dashboard.
The guidelines indicate that AI companies like Google or OpenAI will need to create an interface that shows the conversational AI is listening in CarPlay, and then "appropriately respond to questions or requests and perform actions."
Support is expected to arrive in March with the release of iOS 26.4, which is currently in beta. Companies that want to participate will have to jump through all the usual Apple hoops to qualify for CarPlay.
An Apple representative didn't immediately respond to a request for comment.
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