Apple CarPlay gives you another way of using your iPhone via the car's interface. You can use certain communication, navigation and media apps on your iPhone via the centre 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 car doesn't come with CarPlay, you can install it at a later time. Contact a Volvo dealer to ask about installing CarPlay in your car.
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 car's Bluetooth. To use CarPlay, you need to turn the car'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 car by plugging a USB-C to lightning cable into your iPhone and the car's USB port which has a white highlight around it. If you are using CarPlay for the first time, you need to accept the terms and conditions in the centre display, then CarPlay will start. If you have used CarPlay before, it will automatically start when you connect your phone to the car.
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 centre display. However, the bottom bar, contextual bar and status bar will still be visible at all times if you want to return to the car'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 centre display's CarPlay view as well as in the driver display. If you are following a navigation route in the car's own navigation app and then start another navigation route in CarPlay, the driver display navigation for the car's own app will end.
Using Siri
If you want to use Siri instead of the car'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 centre display won't show you your message but it will be displayed on your iPhone.