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CarPlay app with web browser for streaming video hits App Store
CarPlay users often request web browsers and video apps for use while parked, but Apple limits CarPlay apps to a handful of categories. Adapters that run Android apps and display CarPlay exist as a workaround. However, there’s now an app on the App Store that includes a browser feature for playing video. The CarPlay app loads URLs from the web to play video while parked. Sidecar is a utility app with CarPlay support that has existed for a while. Apple hasn’t changed its tune on web browsers and video players for CarPlay, though. Instead, an update to Sidecar has made it through app review without being flagged. Developer Siddharth Natamai shows Sidecar’s park and browse feature in action on Threads. The app requires users to provide a URL to the app on the iPhone, then navigate to the web feature in the CarPlay app to load the website. It has plenty of room for improvement as a web browser and video player, but customers should be aware that the feature could be removed in a future update. Sidecar is a free download with a $9.99 in-app purchase to unlock the web browser/video playing feature. This is probably a buy-it-while-supplies-last situation with no guarantee that future versions will pass app review. Best Apple accessories Follow Zac Hall: X | Threads | Instagram | Mastodon Add 9to5Mac to your Google News feed.  FTC: We use income earning auto affiliate links. More.You’re reading 9to5Mac — experts who break news about Apple and its surrounding ecosystem, day after day. Be sure to check out our homepage for all the latest news, and follow 9to5Mac on Twitter, Facebook, and LinkedIn to stay in the loop. Don’t know where to start? Check out our exclusive stories, reviews, how-tos, and subscribe to our YouTube channel
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