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Oliver Haslam

Apple CarPlay will finally let you 'pass the AUX' with iOS 17 later this year

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Apple CarPlay has long been one of the best things about using the iPhone while driving. It puts your apps on your car's big touchscreen and it's great for choosing and listening to music. But it has one problem.

Back in the day, people used to choose music by plugging their phone into their car using an AUX cord and then swap that cord around when someone else wanted to play DJ. CarPlay complicated that because it meant taking over the entire display — a problem if you were also using Google Maps for navigation.

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