How To Use Apple CarPlay With Multiple Phones
From hands-free headsets to Apple CarPlay andMercedes-Benz’s recent implementation of ChatGPT into select cars' MBUX, maintaining access to smartphone functionality while keeping focus on the road is easier than ever. As far as the latter’s concerned, though, having multiple iPhone users in the same vehicle can lead to a distracting situation. But there’s no need to debate over whose playlist will serve as the soundtrack for your next road trip, though, because multiple iPhones can now share command of Apple CarPlay’s music playback through SharePlay. With the upcoming expansion of SharePlay, though, this problem is set to be a thing of the past.
SharePlay has long been a convenient way of sharing media with friends and family through a FaceTime call, via Apple TV. Through Apple Music, a group playlist can be created, with each of the users able to independently contribute chosen songs, skip and so on. This organized musical chaos, this collaborative spirit, has now made its way to CarPlay.
When CarPlay and SharePlay collide
Setting up CarPlay on your iPhone with a compatible vehicle is extremely easy. Here’s how:
Directly connecting the iPhone to your vehicle via USB is also an option. Either way, though, the issue drivers and passengers have run into is that only that particular iPhone will have control over the audio that plays, and another could not be connected without disconnecting the first. CarPlay compatibility has come to SharePlay, and along with it, passengers now have some influence over an Apple Music playlist.
Which song’s up next? Well, that’s up for discussion. The driver does have veto power, but hopefully everyone’s musical taste is somewhat similar. Otherwise, you could be in for a very, very long drive indeed.
