Apple's CarPlay brings much of the power of your iPhone to your vehicle's dashboard so you can (safely) navigate, play music, and send and receive messages while driving. As with your iPhone, there are plenty of ways to maximize your CarPlay experience to make it work better for you. Use these 10 tricks and hacks to get the most out of it. Use this setting to customize your CarPlay home screen If there are icons on your CarPlay home screen for apps you don't use, you can move the most important ones to the first page and delete those you no longer need. That way, you don't have to scroll through multiple pages while you're driving. CarPlay doesn't have on-screen press-and-hold functionality, so, on your iPhone, go to Settings > General> CarPlay > [Your Vehicle] > Apps and reorganize or remove apps. There's also a reset button to return to the default setup. Changes will sync to CarPlay in real time. Other customization options include switching between dark and light modes, selecting clear or dark icons, and changing the wallpaper presets. These can be found by using the CarPlay screen itself, under Settings > Appearance. Apple doesn't support custom wallpaper, though there are third-party app workarounds. Use SharePlay or Spotify Jam for collaborative road trip playlists Even if your phone is the one connected to CarPlay, you don't have to play DJ alone. Apple Music and Spotify have features (SharePlay and Jam, respectively) that allow others to contribute to collaborative playlists in real time from their own devices. Anyone can join—only the host needs an Apple Music or Spotify Premium subscription to start a session. For Apple Music, tap the player (on your iPhone) or Now Playing (in CarPlay) and tap the SharePlay icon. Other people can scan the QR