Car CinemaVideo on CarPlay, explained
How to watch YouTube, IPTV and your media server in the car with CarPlay, and what is new in Car Cinema.
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How to use Car Cinema in your car: the complete guide
Step by step: add your IPTV channels, films or Jellyfin, connect CarPlay, read the car's screen, park and press play — with the steering wheel and the iPhone as a remote.
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Where to get an IPTV playlist: legal options for M3U and Xtream
Car Cinema plays your own IPTV playlists. Here is where a legal M3U link or Xtream login comes from — your TV provider, an IPTV service, your own server — and how to add it.
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Free live TV in the car with CarPlay
News channels, live music and sport highlights stream free and legally on YouTube and on broadcasters' websites. Here is how to watch them on the CarPlay screen while parked.
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Jellyfin and Emby on CarPlay: your media server in the car
Sign in to your Jellyfin or Emby server in Car Cinema and play your films and series in the car — on the CarPlay display while parked — starting where you stopped.
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How to watch IPTV on CarPlay: M3U and Xtream in the car
Add your M3U playlist or Xtream login to Car Cinema and watch live TV, films and series on the CarPlay screen while parked, with steering-wheel channel switching.
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How to watch YouTube on CarPlay
YouTube's own app doesn't show video in CarPlay. Car Cinema plays YouTube on the car's display while you're parked, on iOS 26.4 and later, in every car with CarPlay.
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What’s new in Car Cinema 1.0.3
Car Cinema 1.0.3 brings video to the car's display on iOS 27.2 in every car, casting to Chromecast and smart TVs, MKV and AVI on the iPhone, a TV guide grid and picture in picture.
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Video on CarPlay in iOS 27.2: what changed and how to watch
iOS 27.2 changed how video works in CarPlay. Car Cinema 1.0.3 plays films, live TV and YouTube on the car's display while parked, in every car with CarPlay.