{"slug": "carplay-now-works-with-five-major-chatbot-apps", "title": "CarPlay now works with five major chatbot apps", "summary": "Anthropic's Claude iPhone app has added CarPlay support, making it the fifth major AI chatbot app available on Apple's in-car system, joining ChatGPT, Perplexity, Grok, and Meta AI. The update arrives ahead of Siri AI's integration with CarPlay in iOS 27, which is currently in beta. Claude for CarPlay lets users resume recent chats or start new voice conversations using Claude's voice function.", "body_md": "CarPlay has picked up its fifth major AI chatbot app with the addition of Claude. Anthropic’s iPhone app adding CarPlay is the second AI chatbot app to be updated with support this week.\n\nSince iOS 26.4, Apple has supported conversational apps on CarPlay.\n\nThis category includes AI chatbot apps. Siri AI joins the CarPlay party starting with iOS 27. The iPhone software update is currently in beta ahead of the official launch this month.\n\nA few days ago, [Meta AI joined the list](https://9to5mac.com/2026/08/29/apple-carplay-gaining-a-new-ai-chatbot-app-before-siri-ai-arrives/) that already includes ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Grok.\n\nNext is a holdout among the major AI companies: Anthropic.\n\nThis week’s [Claude iPhone update](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/claude-by-anthropic/id6473753684) is the first to include CarPlay support (via [MacRumors](https://www.macrumors.com/2026/09/04/anthropics-claude-is-coming-to-carplay/)).\n\nThe app shows a list of recent chats that you can resume, or you can initiate a new voice chat with Claude’s voice function.\n\nHere’s how Claude for CarPlay looks in action:\n\nSee also:\n\n- [Affordable iPhone accessories for CarPlay worth trying](https://9to5mac.com/2026/08/24/affordable-iphone-accessories-for-carplay-worth-trying/)\n- [CarPlay now works with over 120 popular iPhone apps](https://9to5mac.com/best-carplay-apps/)\n\n**Do more with your Apple products**\n\n[Apple AirTag 2 | Add Find My tracking to keys, bags, bikes, more](https://amzn.to/4vjNWN1)\n\n[AirPods 4 | Apple’s newest wireless headphones](https://amzn.to/43ndewV)\n\n[AirPods Pro 3 | Apple’s best wireless headphones](https://amzn.to/4ut3FYp)\n\n[Beats USB-A to USB-C Cable | The official CarPlay cable](https://amzn.to/4mpKs7K)\n\n*FTC: We use income earning auto affiliate links.* [More.](https://9to5mac.com/about/#affiliate)\n\n[our homepage](http://9to5mac.com/)for all the latest news, and follow 9to5Mac on\n\n[exclusive stories](https://9to5mac.com/feature/exclusive/),\n\n[reviews](https://9to5mac.com/guides/review/),\n\n[how-tos](https://9to5mac.com/guides/how-to/), and\n\n[subscribe to our YouTube channel](https://www.youtube.com/9to5mac)", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/carplay-now-works-with-five-major-chatbot-apps", "canonical_source": "https://9to5mac.com/2026/09/04/carplay-now-works-with-five-major-chatbot-apps/", "published_at": "2026-09-04 21:17:46+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-09-07 05:28:44.275114+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-products", "ai-tools"], "entities": ["Anthropic", "Claude", "Apple", "CarPlay", "ChatGPT", "Perplexity", "Grok", "Meta AI"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/carplay-now-works-with-five-major-chatbot-apps", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/carplay-now-works-with-five-major-chatbot-apps.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/carplay-now-works-with-five-major-chatbot-apps.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/carplay-now-works-with-five-major-chatbot-apps.jsonld"}}