1 Incredible Easy-to-Use Interface
CarPlay’s homescreen is seamless and simple-to-use. It looks a lot like the iPhone’s, and shares Apple’s minimalist, user-oriented design philosophy. The grid layout does away with unnecessary clutter and focuses on core apps like Phone, Music, Maps, Messages, Now Playing, Podcasts, and Audio, with the option to customize and add others, like the apps described previously. There are eight icons per page, with nearly no submenus. The purpose is to keep manual interaction to a bare minimum (just one or two taps) and increase reliance on Siri for both ease of use and safety.
According to Axios, Apple’s software chief Craig Federighi has promised big improvements to CarPlay’s homescreen interface in 2019.