The tech giant hinted to a future iteration of Apple CarPlay at its 2022 Worldwide Developer Conference (WWDC) that will control every screen in a car, including the infotainment, digital gauge cluster, passenger display, and more. A manufacturer would collaborate with Apple to design a skin that fits the brand, with the gauge cluster of the vehicle displaying a set of built-in gauges on top of Apple CarPlay. This would include genuine phone projection to vehicle screens, eliminating the requirement for the phone to interface with an in-car software. It would also extend to radio tuning and altering the HVAC controls in cars without physical knobs. Apple announced at the time that integration would start "late next year," listing Acura, Audi, Ford, Honda, Infiniti, Jaguar, Land Rover, Lincoln, Mercedes-Benz, Nissan, Polestar, Porsche, Renault, and Volvo as its possible partners. As of late next year, mockups show that Porsche and Aston Martin will set the standard in this regard.

Hidden beneath the surface, Apple describes the new CarPlay integration as providing an iPhone with access to the car's sensor suite in a "privacy-friendly way" that doesn't collect or retain vehicle data. This is how the vehicle's vitals, such as the coolant temperature, fuel level gauge, and speedometer and tach, can be seen on the app. The drawings of the Aston Martin and Porsche demonstrate how they may be distinguished. The Aston Martin example above appears to be a standard manufacturer configuration with CarPlay enabled. The cluster features two digital gauges that resemble the elaborate analogue dials of Aston Martin, divided by an album cover intended for contemporary media. The infotainment screen is divided into three recognisable sections. 

Increased widget integration opens us new possibilities, as seen by the Porsche example. It is set in a German-market automobile and does not resemble the inside of any Porsche that we are aware of. Given that the huge speedometer reading in the centre is situated inside a gauge circle that isn't a tachometer, we're going to assume that this model runs on batteries as well. A German speed limit sign is located inside an analog-looking dial on the left side of the cluster, indicating kilometres per hour. Travel information is shown on the right side of the cluster. A regular CarPlay configuration is shown on the centre infotainment screen against a background of Porsche's iconic houndstooth pattern. The Apple calendar app, media information, navigation information, and the weather are located further to the right, in front of the passenger. There will be a tonne of alternatives, based on the infotainment screen's arrangement and the passenger display's quantity of widgets.

It appears like Aston Martin intends to introduce this together with their revised lineup of vehicles in 2024. With regard to a debut, Porsche is less explicit. Spokesman Calvin Kim told The Verge that the integration will "go one level further" than it is in Porsche cars right now. Notably, owners of the most recent Cayenne may already adjust the ambient lighting and HVAC by utilising the MyPorsche app under CarPlay. This next-generation development might be anticipated with the upcoming, though delayed, battery-electric Macan.