How to turn your iPhone into a driving dashboard without CarPlay in your car?

Turn your iPhone into a driving dashboard without CarPlay in your car using Add Car Widgets

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Widgets, startup sounds & synced lyrics for CarPlay

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Add Car Widgets makes Apple CarPlay yours. Add eleven home-screen widgets β€” photos, weather, music, a GPS speedometer and more β€” swap the default connection chime for a custom startup sound, and see time-synced lyrics from Apple Music and Spotify. No CarPlay in your car? Mount Mode turns your iPhone into a big-tile driving dashboard. Built for iOS 16.2+, tuned for iOS 26. Free to try; on the App Store as Car Play Connect: Auto Sync.

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  1. Add Car Widgets includes Mount Mode, which turns any iPhone into a driving dashboard with large tiles, no CarPlay hardware required.
  2. You get eleven home-screen widgets covering photos, weather, music, and a GPS speedometer, all built to glance at while parked or pulled over.
  3. Swap the default CarPlay connection chime for a custom startup sound so your drive feels personal from the first second you plug in.
  4. Time-synced lyrics work with both Apple Music and Spotify, so you can follow along without digging through any menu.
  5. The app is free to try on the App Store under the name Car Play Connect: Auto Sync, and it runs on iOS 16.2 and up through iOS 26.

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