CarPlay

On iOS 26.4 and later, Waycar shows your agents on the car’s screen in CarPlay. Tap an agent and ask it anything out loud. Waycar reads back your question, sends it when you say so, and speaks the agent’s answer.

What’s on the car’s screen

A Talk to Waycar row sits on top, then your agents in attention order: Blocked first, then Done, Working and Idle. Each agent reads as it does on your phone, Workspace and tab name, with its status and how long ago it changed. Shells aren’t listed.

Nothing an agent writes is shown on the car’s screen. You hear it instead.

Hear what needs you

Tap Talk to Waycar for a spoken briefing, such as “One Agent needs you.” When nothing is waiting, Waycar says “Nothing needs you.” A Host that is still connecting is named as “Host is still connecting.”, and one Waycar can’t reach as “I can’t reach Host.” Tap Done to stop.

Ask an agent something

1. Tap an agent and speak your question.
2. Waycar reads it back and asks “Send?”. Say “send” or tap Send. Tap Cancel to keep it as a draft.
3. Waycar speaks the agent’s answer in a sentence or two, then listens for your next question to the same agent.

The conversation ends when you tap Done, say “stop” or “that’s all”, or say nothing for a few seconds.

Sometimes the question doesn’t go through:

Waycar says	What happened
“No reply yet. I’ll leave it running.”	No answer came in time. The agent keeps working; check it later.
“agent is waiting on approval, so I kept it as a draft. Allow or deny first.”	The agent became Blocked before your question went out. Answer the approval, then ask again.
“That Agent isn’t in the list anymore.”	The agent closed or its Host went away.

When an agent waits on a command approval, you can answer by voice. See Approve commands by voice.

Choose the voice

Waycar speaks with the best voice installed on your iPhone. To pick another, open Settings › CarPlay Voice. The list starts with Automatic, shown with the voice it uses now, such as “Automatic (Ava (Premium, en-US))”. Automatic follows the best installed voice, including ones you download later. Every other voice shows its quality, Premium, Enhanced or Compact, and its language. The CarPlay Voice row in Settings shows the voice in use, or Default. The row appears on iOS 26.4 and later, and each device keeps its own choice.

For a more natural voice, download an Enhanced or Premium English voice in iOS Settings, Accessibility, Read & Speak, Voices. Siri voices aren’t available to apps.

Good to know

• Speech is transcribed on the iPhone.
• CarPlay works with the iPhone locked.
• Agent Notifications still reach the Lock Screen and Apple Watch while Waycar is open only in the car.
• The car shows a limited number of rows, so a long agent list is cut to fit.

Voice or the microphone not working? See CarPlay voice isn’t working.