{"id":1383,"date":"2026-04-03T03:14:22","date_gmt":"2026-04-02T19:14:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/obagg.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/03\/openai-brings-chatgpts-voice-mode-to-carplay\/"},"modified":"2026-04-03T03:14:22","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T19:14:22","slug":"openai-brings-chatgpts-voice-mode-to-carplay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/obagg.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/03\/openai-brings-chatgpts-voice-mode-to-carplay\/","title":{"rendered":"OpenAI brings ChatGPT&#8217;s Voice mode to CarPlay"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In a <a target=\"_blank\" class=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/OpenAI\/status\/2039748699350532097\/photo\/1\" data-i13n=\"cpos:1;pos:1\">surprise release<\/a>, OpenAI has made ChatGPT&#8217;s Voice mode available through Apple CarPlay. If you&#8217;re running the latest version of both <a target=\"_blank\" class=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/mobile\/ios-264-is-here-with-playlist-playground-and-new-emoji-171343120.html\" data-i13n=\"cpos:2;pos:1\">iOS<\/a> and the ChatGPT app, and own a CarPlay-compatible vehicle, you can check out the experience. To get started, download all the necessary software, connect your iPhone to CarPlay and select &#8220;New voice chat&#8221; from ChatGPT.  When the in-app text indicates ChatGPT is &#8220;listening,&#8221; you can start a conversation.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>There are some notable limitations to using ChatGPT Voice with CarPlay. For one, OpenAI&#8217;s chatbot can&#8217;t control car functions. If you want to adjust the cabin temperature or skip tracks, you&#8217;ll still need Siri for those tasks. Due to Apple&#8217;s restrictions, you also can&#8217;t start using ChatGPT through a wake word like you can Siri. For example, to resume a previous conversation,\u00a0you need to open the ChatGPT app from CarPlay and tap a recent or pinned chat.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>With those limitations in mind, OpenAI suggests you can use Voice mode to get how-to advice, brainstorm ideas and practice languages. Personally, I like to listen to podcasts and music when I&#8217;m driving, but if talking with ChatGPT is your thing, you do you. \u00a0 \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>This article originally appeared on Engadget at https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/ai\/openai-brings-chatgpts-voice-mode-to-carplay-191422297.html?src=rss<\/p><p>Please credit: <a href=\"https:\/\/obagg.com\">OBA Blog<\/a> &raquo; <a href=\"https:\/\/obagg.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/03\/openai-brings-chatgpts-voice-mode-to-carplay\/\">OpenAI brings ChatGPT&#8217;s Voice mode to CarPlay<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a surprise release, OpenAI has made ChatGPT&#8217;s Voice mode available through Apple CarPlay. If you&#8217;re running the latest version of both iOS and the ChatGPT app, and own a CarPlay-compatible vehicle, you can check out the experience. To get started, download all the necessary software, connect your iPhone to CarPlay and select &#8220;New voice chat&#8221; from ChatGPT. When the in-app text indicates ChatGPT is &#8220;listening,&#8221; you can start a conversation.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 There are some notable limitations to using ChatGPT Voice with CarPlay. For one, OpenAI&#8217;s chatbot can&#8217;t control car functions. If you want to adjust the cabin temperature or skip tracks, you&#8217;ll still need Siri for those tasks. Due to Apple&#8217;s restrictions, you also can&#8217;t start using ChatGPT through a wake word like you can [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1383","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-share"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/obagg.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1383","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/obagg.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/obagg.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/obagg.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/obagg.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1383"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/obagg.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1383\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/obagg.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1383"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/obagg.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1383"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/obagg.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1383"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}