{"id":408592,"date":"2026-04-20T17:34:11","date_gmt":"2026-04-20T17:34:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/408592\/"},"modified":"2026-04-20T17:34:11","modified_gmt":"2026-04-20T17:34:11","slug":"apple-sports-adds-first-two-carplay-widgets-heres-how-to-set-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/408592\/","title":{"rendered":"Apple Sports adds first two CarPlay widgets, here&#8217;s how to set up"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t<img width=\"1600\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/apple-sports-update.jpg\" class=\"skip-lazy wp-post-image\" alt=\"\"  decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Apple has updated its Sports app for iPhone, adding the first support for CarPlay and new F1 features. See the first two CarPlay widgets for Apple Sports, including how to configure both, below.<\/p>\n<p>Apple Sports on CarPlay<\/p>\n<p>Apple Sports version 3.10 includes the first Apple CarPlay features.<\/p>\n<p>While there\u2019s no dedicated CarPlay app just yet, Apple Sports does include multiple widgets that work with CarPlay as part of today\u2019s update.<\/p>\n<p>Apple\u2019s Sports app supports two small widgets on CarPlay: My Teams and Leagues.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"384\" width=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_2524.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1048864\"  \/>My Teams widget on the left; League widget on the right<\/p>\n<p>Apple Sports widgets can be configured after updating to Apple Sports version 3.10.<\/p>\n<p>You can configure widgets on CarPlay from the Settings app on iPhone: Settings &gt; General &gt; CarPlay &gt; My Car &gt; Widgets.<\/p>\n<p>From here, you can add a widget from the Sports app to a CarPlay widget stack.<\/p>\n<p>Teams that appear in the My Teams widget are based on which teams you favorite from the Sports app on iPhone.<\/p>\n<p>The Leagues widget is configurable from the CarPlay widget settings screen. Tap the \u201ci\u201d icon to toggle which leagues appear for the CarPlay widget.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"512\" width=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/carplay-sports-widget.webp.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1048873\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>CarPlay can display one, two, or three widget stacks. The number of stacks displayed depends on your car screen\u2019s resolution.<\/p>\n<p>You may be able to show an additional widget stack by enabling Smart Display Zoom from the Settings app in CarPlay. The toggle is found under the Display section.<\/p>\n<p>Apple Sports includes four more widgets on iPhone with medium and large versions of My Teams and Leagues.<\/p>\n<p>New F1 features and World Cup tracking<\/p>\n<p>Apple Sports is also gaining new F1 features as part of the new update:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNow F1 fans can see weather conditions for each Grand Prix,\u201d Apple says in the release notes. \u201cCheck track temperature, wind speed, and more.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Those new Apple Sports widgets will go great inside F1 cars, right?<\/p>\n<p>The release notes also mention the<a href=\"https:\/\/9to5mac.com\/2026\/04\/01\/apple-sports-adds-support-for-the-2026-fifa-world-cup\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> recently revealed <\/a>2026 World Cup tracking capabilities:<\/p>\n<p>Get ready for World Cup 2026\u00a0\u2014 follow your favorite teams and explore the groups on Apple Sports before the tournament kicks off in June.<\/p>\n<p>Apple Sports for iPhone is available for<a href=\"https:\/\/apps.apple.com\/us\/app\/apple-sports\/id6446788829\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> free on the App Store.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https:\/\/9to5mac.com\" aria-label=\"Add 9to5Mac as a preferred source on Google\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"google-preferred-source-badge-dark\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/1757113987_717_google-preferred-source-badge-dark.png\" alt=\"Add 9to5Mac as a preferred source on Google\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"google-preferred-source-badge-light\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/1757113987_373_google-preferred-source-badge-light.png\" alt=\"Add 9to5Mac as a preferred source on Google\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"disclaimer-affiliate\">FTC: We use income earning auto affiliate links. <a href=\"https:\/\/9to5mac.com\/about\/#affiliate\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">More.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Apple has updated its Sports app for iPhone, adding the first support for CarPlay and new F1 features.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":408593,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[61,60,202,80],"class_list":{"0":"post-408592","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mobile","8":"tag-ie","9":"tag-ireland","10":"tag-mobile","11":"tag-technology"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/408592","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=408592"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/408592\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/408593"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=408592"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=408592"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=408592"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}