CarPlay has several hidden functions, including adjusting the background. This way you adjust the background of the operating system!
Carplay
CarPlay is the way to use your iPhone in the car. With the operating system, applications such as cards, maps, Apple Music and Spotify displayed on the screen of the vehicle. That is handy, but a number of carplay functions are well hidden. This way you can personalize the operating system in certain ways, provided you know where you adjust the CarPay settings.
The set of CarPlay is done in different places, depending on the functions you want to adjust. For example, you can change the order of the apps in the operating system, but that goes through the settings of your iPhone. That does not apply to adjusting the background, that is done via CarPlay itself. Do you want to choose a new wallpaper? We explain how you do that!

Adapt
Does the background of CarPlay not fit well with the interior of your car? Then we have good news, because there is an easy way to adjust the wallpaper. Apple has added a number of standard options to CarPlay, so that you can adjust the background to your personal preference. For that, your iPhone must be connected to the media system of the car. Changing the background then goes as follows:
- Connect your iPhone by car;
- Tap ‘Settings’ in the CarPlay menu;
- Go to ‘background’;
- Finally, select a background of your choice.
In this menu you have the choice of different wallpapers, which Apple has selected in advance. This way you can choose a background that matches the interior of your car. Do you prefer to adjust the background of CarPlay to your own photo? Then we have bad news, because unfortunately that is not (yet) possible. You can only choose from the wallpapers that Apple has added to the operating system.

More about CarPlay
Adjusting the background is an easy way to personalize CarPlay. Other options are adding and removing apps, which have been specially developed for CarPlay. Are you curious how you do that? Then read here how to adjust the applications in CarPlay. Did you find this tip handy and do you want to know more about CarPlay? View more about the operating system here:
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