Apple CarPlay gives you another way of using your iPhone via the vehicle's interface. You can use certain communication, navigation and media apps on your iPhone via the center display, as well as the steering wheel buttons and voice control.
Important
Local laws and regulations
Make sure that you comply with all local laws and regulations regarding mobile phone use while driving.
CarPlay content
Volvo does not accept responsibility for the content available in Apple CarPlay.
Note
Phone compatibility and supported apps
Apple CarPlay only works with iPhones, but it doesn't work with all iPhone models. To find out if your iPhone is compatible or to learn more about which apps are supported, go to Apple's website www.apple.com/ios/carplay.
Tip
CarPlay not installed?
If your vehicle doesn't come with CarPlay, you can install it at a later time. Contact a Volvo retailer to ask about installing CarPlay in your vehicle.
Keep your phone updated
Keep your iPhone and apps updated to the latest versions.
Connect your iPhone and start CarPlay
Note
Disable Bluetooth to use CarPlay
CarPlay can't be enabled at the same time as your vehicle's Bluetooth. To use CarPlay, you need to turn the vehicle's Bluetooth off.
Activate Siri and have an internet connection
To be able to use CarPlay, you need to activate Siri on your iPhone and have an active internet connection.
Connect your iPhone to the vehicle by plugging a USB-C to lightning cable into your iPhone and the vehicle's USB port, which has a white highlight around it. If you're using CarPlay for the first time, you need to accept the terms and conditions in the center display first; then CarPlay will start. If you have used CarPlay before, it will automatically start when you connect your phone to the vehicle.
CarPlay view
You can access the CarPlay view by opening the CarPlay app in the app library. If the CarPlay symbol 
is shown in the contextual bar, you can also access the view by pressing this symbol.
Once active, the CarPlay view takes up the whole of the center display. However, the bottom bar, contextual bar and status bar will still be visible at all times if you want to return to the vehicle's own system.
Navigation with CarPlay
You can use navigation apps on your iPhone via Apple CarPlay. If you start a navigation route via CarPlay, you can see the guidance in the center display's CarPlay view, as well as in the instrument panel. If you are following a navigation route in the vehicle's own navigation app and then start another navigation route in CarPlay, instrument panel navigation using the vehicle's own app will end.
Using Siri
If you want to use Siri instead of the vehicle's in-built digital assistant, press and hold the voice control button 
on the steering wheel while CarPlay is active.
You can use Siri to read out, write and send messages. Siri will read and write messages in the language selected in the Siri settings on your iPhone. If you write a message via Siri, the center display won't show you your message, but it will be displayed on your iPhone.