Upon plugging into a vehicle’s infotainment system, either wirelessly or via a cable, a Threads user (below) found that the Apple CarPlay app display now shows a third row of applications on the main screen, with three rows of four increasing the number of apps that can be displayed without having to swipe to reveal more.

Last week saw Apple release the iOS 18.4 beta to developers, giving us a taste of what’s coming once the update actually arrives later this year. We’ve already seen a bunch of new features like new languages for Siri and an Ambient Music option.

Apple released the first beta of iOS 18.4 last week. Alongside the new features, CarPlay got a big improvement users have wanted forever.

Spotted by Jace on Threads, CarPlay in iOS 18.4 can now include a third row of app icons – up from two. This means that CarPlay will now better take advantage of larger built-in car displays.

The first beta of iOS 18.4 is now available, and it includes a small but useful change for CarPlay. As we noted in our list of iOS 18.4