Let's customize your CarPlay.

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Apple CarPlay

Why it worked

The video directly answers a specific user question with a clear, actionable tutorial that solves a common desire for personalization in a popular automotive interface.

Summary

The creator provides a step-by-step tutorial on how to customize the Apple CarPlay dashboard display by adding a photo widget that cycles through specific albums. The video demonstrates the settings menu navigation required to achieve this personalized look on a vehicle's infotainment screen.

Structure

1Introduction to customizing CarPlay
2Navigating to CarPlay settings
3Selecting the car and widget menu
4Adding and configuring the photo widget
5Selecting a specific photo album
6Final result demonstration

Product placement

Apple CarPlay (a) ACTS: the creator operates its interface within the car's infotainment system to customize the display. Removing it would change the entire video as it is the subject of the tutorial. Ford Expedition (b) APPEARS: the name is visible on the dashboard and in the car's infotainment settings; it is the vehicle hosting the software. Removing it would not change the tutorial content. Pinterest (b) APPEARS: the name is visible as an album title in the photo selection menu. Removing it would not change the tutorial content. Patternator (b) APPEARS: the name is visible as an album title in the photo selection menu. Removing it would not change the tutorial content.

Original caption

Replying to @Heather Eich #2026expedition #carhacks #foryou #carplayscreen #momcar

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Reply to Heather Eich's comment How did you do this?!!! Settings General CarPlay Set up Wireless CarPlay My Cars Customize Apps Widgets Show Widgets Stack 1 Stack 2 Stack 3 Photos Album Batteries Add Widget Search Widgets Weather Calendar Clock Music Photos Featured Album Choose an album to shuffle throughout the day. Always Display In Full Color Choose Favorites Expedition3 Expedition2 Expedition1 Pinterest Patternator

Transcript

Let's customize your CarPlay. First, you're going to go to settings. Click on general and slide down to CarPlay. Then you're going to choose your car. Go to widgets and then I already have mine here, but you're going to add a widget. And then if it doesn't pop up right away, you're going to search photos. From here, you want to swipe over to album and add widget. Then you're going to choose an album and I made specific albums. You can see Expedition 1, 2, and 3, so that it would slide through specific photos. You're going to put it in full color, add it, and now your screen can look like this.