The primary beta of iOS 18.4 is now accessible, and it features a small however helpful change for CarPlay.
As we famous in our checklist of iOS 18.4 options, CarPlay now exhibits a 3rd row of icons in autos, up from two rows beforehand. Nevertheless, this modification is just seen in autos with a bigger middle show. For instance, a MacRumors Boards member seen the change in a Toyota Tundra, which will be outfitted with as much as a 14-inch display screen.
And on some extensive shows, CarPlay now exhibits 5 columns of icons, up from the usual 4.
In our testing, CarPlay nonetheless confirmed two rows of 4 icons in a Honda Civic with a 9-inch display screen.
Whereas that is solely a minor change, CarPlay displaying extra icons when potential is a pleasant quality-of-life enchancment for Apple’s cellphone mirroring system, permitting drivers to rapidly entry extra apps with much less swiping between pages.
Following beta testing, iOS 18.4 is predicted to be launched to the general public in early April.
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