New CarPlay apps, iPhone Fold reports
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🗓️ 8 April 2026
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Stories discussed in this episode:
- Google Meet now on Apple CarPlay, Android Auto coming ‘soon’
- New WhatsApp for CarPlay now available to all iPhone users
- iPhone Fold is ‘on track’ to launch this September, per Mark Gurman
- Apple gets bottom ranking for repairability of iPhones and MacBooks
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to 995 Mac Daily for Wednesday, April 8th, 2022. |
| 0:07.2 | I'm your host, Chance Miller. |
| 0:09.3 | We are sponsored this week by Backblaze. |
| 0:13.2 | Leading off today, two popular iPhone apps have made their way to CarPlay in the last few days. |
| 0:18.6 | First is Google Meet. |
| 0:22.9 | In CarPlay, Google Meet will let you join meetings with a single tap, view your upcoming schedule, and participate in audio-only calls to |
| 0:29.7 | maintain your focus while driving. You'll be able to hear audio from the meeting and have |
| 0:35.3 | audio input access from your car's microphone. Your phone's |
| 0:39.2 | camera is turned off and you won't be able to see any incoming video content from other |
| 0:44.3 | people on the calls. Other Google Meet features like chat, handraise, polls, and Q&A are also |
| 0:50.9 | not available. Google says the app is designed to provide a seamless transition |
| 0:55.5 | from your device to your vehicle. Second, WhatsApp has been available on CarPlay for a while, |
| 1:02.1 | but this week it's gotten a completely rebuilt, far more capable version of the application. |
| 1:08.4 | For years, the WhatsApp app for CarPlay was limited to basic voice interface |
| 1:12.5 | controls that let users compose messages or place calls. With this week's update, however, the |
| 1:18.7 | WhatsApp CarPlay experience feels much more native. There's a new contact info interface that |
| 1:24.3 | lets you view profile details for each contact. There's a call history interface |
| 1:29.2 | showing recent calls, including whether they were incoming, outgoing, or missed, and support for |
| 1:34.8 | quickly favoriting contacts for easy access. Both the new WhatsApp app for CarPlay and the Google |
| 1:41.2 | Meet app for CarPlay are available in the App Store today. |
| 1:45.0 | We are sponsored this week by Backblaze. If you are building apps, editing video, or managing |
| 1:50.5 | client work on your Mac, your files change constantly. ICloud keeps everything in sync across |
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