CarPlay not working with iPhone 16 Pro

I want to thank the person who recommended using a belkin charger to make Car Play function on 2018 cars with an Iphone 16. It worked! I don't know why apple is not creating a proper connector so that we don't all go crazy trying to figure out how to update firmware on our cars--NOT NECESSARY.

Car Play is immediately recognized by your phone when you use a Belkin connector!

Just go to best buy and get their house brand (expressions) usb to usc cable ($8.00). I tried all the other fixes that are shown online, none worked. My granddaughter had the same problem, she got the Best Buy cable and it worked right away just like it did for me.

Hi I have an Audi tt with an aftermarket head unit. I just got a 16pro max got an over current message after using a usbc- usb adapter and now nothing works. It still sees the phone and charges but no apple car play stopped working. Wired only. I’ve gone through the comments I’ve changed settings I’ve reset my phone and factory reset the head unit I’ve changed wires, is it possible that the pioneer head unit just isn’t compatible with the phone :/

As a result of many suggestions on how to deal with my iPhone 16 not connecting to Apple CarPlay, I’ve ordered a cable from Amazon to see if it makes a difference. Thank you all for the suggestion. We’ll see if it pans out. CarPlay cord for iPhone 16

Sorry if this is mentioned elsewhere, but I don't have time to read through 13 pages of comments. I did what ZecaHouston recommended, and then a message came up regarding my Siri not being enabled. Once I set up Siri on my new iPhone 16 Pro, my Carplay suddenly decided to work. This is something to try if you are very frustrated and disappointed with your tech situation.

After researching why my 16 pro max wouldn’t work, I found I had to buy the shortest lightning cable, 6 inches, I could find, which was on Amazon. It finally worked, took 3 tries of trying to connect, but it did. The post I found stated the power required to run CarPlay requires a shorter lightning cable. Hope this helps you

This was happening to me too, I tried everything, then I thought that maybe the problem is that the car is programmed to recognize the lightning cable not the USBC so I got a lightning to usbc converter, used it with the lightning cable I had and voila! It works!

I was actually on YouTube and red through a lot of comments, bc other people were still saying there’s wouldn’t work even with a lightning cord. Even though the short cord worked, I ended up ordering a dongle from ottocast to make mine wireless and to me, it’s worth the money, seeing as after using the short cord, I still had to go through the process of reconnecting every time, now I don’t.

i was having the same issue, i went from iphone 13 pro to iphone 16, ive ordered 2 other cords and i finally got it to work. i got the usb c - lightning adapter from apple, you just connect it to your old charger and it worked right away!!!

same here. Just upgraded and i’m so disappointed I have tried EVERYTHING… i’ve been on the phone with apple support with multiple supervisors for hours and nothing has worked. It will connect for a few seconds and then just suddenly cut out. I even tried some the products people recommended here and so far nothing … I have a 2022 car which is fairly new. My 13 pro max never had a problem before

The ‘Belkin BoostCharge USB C charger cable’ fixed the problem for me. I ordered it on Amazon for like £9. I read somewhere that the iPhone 15 and up need a stronger cable to make CarPlay work. Hope this helps.

nope. I haven’t had luck with anything. My software is up to date and i’ve tried restarting network settings and forgetting my “car” and deleting all my bluetooth connections I even bought a new iphone cable thinking the first one was faulty :/

all you need is this

Mine didn’t work when I got that wire, music did but not Navi

CarPlay is not work on my 2021 Nissan Rogue since i switched to iPhone 16 ProMax. What do i need to do?