Before CarPlay, Apple previewed ‘iOS in the Car’ with a very different design
CarPlay has graduated from a niche upgrade option to a mainstream standard feature in new cars, replacing clunky radio user interfaces with a design very familiar for iPhone users. But before Apple set CarPlay loose in the wild, the world was shown a very different design for Apple’s infotainment feature under a different name.
Sunday marks 10 years since Apple publicly rebranded “iOS in the Car” as CarPlay. Here’s a look back: