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Macdio in CarPlay

Worldwide radio, from the dashboard.

Macdio puts 60,000+ stations and your podcasts on the CarPlay screen with four tabs, a search, and a Now Playing that names the song. One tap or one sentence to Siri, and the car is tuned.

As of 12 October 2026 Macdio supports CarPlay on every car and iPhone that CarPlay itself supports, wired or wireless. The CarPlay app has a Home tab with your recently played stations and a Quick Switch row, a Podcasts tab with Continue Listening and your shows, a Favorites grid with station logos, a Discover tab with Popular Near You and genres, a search one tap away, and a Now Playing screen with the song title, the cover, a Song ID button and Up Next.

Home and Quick Switch

The stations you played last, as a grid of logos, and a row to jump between the ones you switch most. Like the presets on a car radio, without the limit of six.

Podcasts in the car

Continue Listening picks up where the phone left off, and every show you follow lists its episodes. Up Next plays an episode, then a station, then the next episode.

Now Playing that names the song

The song title and artist from the station, the album cover, and a Song ID button for stations that send no titles. Song ID reads the stream, so it never listens to the car.

Now Playing in CarPlay with the station logo and the song

By voice

Hold the voice button on the wheel and say "Hey Siri, play Radio Paradise on Macdio". Siri answers by voice and the station starts, so a long drive never needs a glance at the screen. The full list of phrases, in 14 languages, is in the Siri guide.

Data on the road

A station at 128 kbps uses about 58 MB an hour; a 320 kbps stream about 144 MB. Podcast episodes you downloaded on Wi-Fi play from the phone and use none. The CarPlay guide has the full table and what to set before a long trip.

When the connection drops

Tunnels and dead zones happen. Macdio reconnects on its own with a short backoff, once per network change, and a safety buffer of up to 15 seconds you set in the app covers short gaps so the music keeps playing through them.

Common questions

Does Macdio work in CarPlay?
Yes. Macdio has a full CarPlay app with Home, Podcasts, Favorites and Discover tabs, a search, and Now Playing. Apple approved the CarPlay audio entitlement for it.
Wired or wireless CarPlay?
Both. CarPlay itself decides how your car and iPhone connect; Macdio appears on the CarPlay screen either way.
Can it identify a song while I drive?
Yes. The Song ID button on Now Playing reads the radio stream on the iPhone, not the car's microphone, and the title and cover appear on the screen.
Can I play podcasts in the car?
Yes. The Podcasts tab has Continue Listening, your shows and their episodes, and Up Next can line up an episode and a station together.
Does it work with Siri?
Yes, in 14 languages. "Play [station] on Macdio", "Play my favorites on Macdio", "Resume Macdio" and more, from the wheel or the screen.
Is CarPlay part of the price?
Yes. One purchase covers iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV, Apple Watch and CarPlay.

Get it

Macdio is on the App Store as a one-time purchase. It appears in CarPlay the next time you plug in or connect.

Written by Sait Firat NEMIS, the developer of Macdio. Checked on 12 October 2026.