Siri Features, CarPlay Support Expanded to Additional Countries

[MacRumors]

Apple today updated its iOS 8 Feature Availability page to note that support for Siri certain features and CarPlay has been expanded to new countries.

CarPlay functionality is now accessible in Brazil, China, India, Thailand, and Turkey, in addition to Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Republic of Korea, Singapore, Spain, Switzerland, Taiwan, the United Kingdom and the United States.

Different countries have gained new Siri features like Sports scores, Twitter integration, and Shazam, as listed below:

Sports - India, New Zealand
Twitter integration - Brazil, Denmark, India, Netherlands, New Zealand, Russia, Sweden, Thailand, Turkey
Facebook integration - Brazil, Denmark, India, Netherlands, New Zealand, Russia, Sweden, Thailand, Turkey
Local Search - Brazil, Denmark, India, Netherlands, New Zealand, Russia, Sweden, Thailand, Turkey
Directions - Brazil, Denmark, India, Netherlands, New Zealand, Russia, Sweden, Thailand, Turkey
Shazam - Brazil, Denmark, India, Netherlands, New Zealand, Russia, Sweden, Thailand, Turkey

Today's iOS 8.3 update also brought additional changes to CarPlay and Siri, adding wireless CarPlay support to alleviate the need for a Lightning cable with some CarPlay installations, and new Siri languages.

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[Locoboof]

MR is on fire today! I know my good friend who is in Brazil will be happy now.

 

[2457282]

And still nothing for Cuba




LOL

 

[henrique2]

Damn it!
How about the real Portuguese?

 

[bushido]

lol twitter integration in Turkey. how ironic

 

[arturmeireles]

Damn it!
How about the real Portuguese?

Lol get over boy!!! Portuguese and "brazillian" is the same language.

 

[bushido]

Lol get over boy!!! Portuguese and "brazillian" is the same language.

i dont think so, its like castellano & español

 

[arturmeireles]

i dont think so, its like castellano & español

Yes it is but the south americans and etc dont bash the spanish like the portuguese does with the brazilians and also the UK v.s US.

 

[69650]

I'm looking to buy a new car at the moment but I still haven't found a single model that has CarPlay built in. When is this thing going to hit the mainstream?

 

[baldur2906]

Maps gone from Carplay in ios 8.3

I have updated my iphone 6 to ios 8.3, and now when I connect to my Pioneer SPH-DA120, the Maps icon is gone from Carplay!
Did this happen to anyone else?