Welcome to 9 to 5 Mac Daily for Tuesday, January 6th, 2026. I'm your host, Chance Miller.

Leading off today, Pioneer was one of the first to bring Apple Carplay to existing cars in 2014,

and now the company is back and pulling off another carplay first. At the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas

this week, Pioneer has announced something called the Cepra, an aftermarket in-dash receiver

with support for a premium carplay feature. That feature is Dolby Atmos with spatial audio. Before

now, Dolby Atmos and Spatial Audio have only been offered in

select cars with limited options available. For instance, some higher-end Mercedes cars, as well as

Aston Martins, and certain models of Varyvians. Apple also supports Dolby Atmos and Spatial Audio

in its audio products like Homepods and AirPods. But Pioneer is bringing Dolby Atmos and Spatial Audio in its audio products like Homepods and AirPods.

But Pioneer is bringing Dolby Atmos and Spatial Audio to all cars with an optimized four-channel solution that takes advantage of existing front and rear speakers.

This is possible thanks to Pioneer's pure auto-tuning technology.

All of this is part of the Sephora, which is a 10.1 inch 8.1. This is possible thanks to Pioneer's pure auto-tuning technology.

All of this is part of the Cepra, which is a 10.1-inch HD capacitive display with your typical slate of Pioneer features, including wireless carplay.

The Pioneer Cepra will be priced from $1,300 with availability in spring of 2026.

It sounds like a great solution if you're already considering adding wireless carplay to your existing car, especially for Apple music users who can take advantage of Dolby Atmos with

spatial audio.

However, for most people who already have wireless car play, something that's very common in most new cars today, spending $1,300 on an upgrade just for spatial audio is probably not going to be worth it.

Next up today, back in October, Apple announced that select Los Angeles Lakers basketball games would stream an Apple immersive video on Vision Pro in 2026.

Now, Apple and its partner Spectrum have published the full schedule of Apple immersive games.

Apple says that six Lakers games will stream live in immersive video starting this Friday.

However, only Vision Pro owners in Select Mark will actually be able to watch live due to

rights issues around NBA games.

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