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Your own photos on the CarPlay screen.

Getting started

1. Open DriveFrame and allow access to your photos.
2. Choose which photos to show (the whole library, one album, or one month) and how often they change.
3. Add the DriveFrame widget: on the Home Screen like any widget, and in the car on iOS 26 or later. On the iPhone go to Settings, General, CarPlay, your car, Widgets, and turn on Show Widgets. Then, on the car screen, open the Dashboard, touch and hold the widget column, choose Add Widget and pick DriveFrame.
4. Optional but recommended: in DriveFrame, open Set up CarPlay and create the two Shortcuts automations. They swap the photos you saw after every drive, in the background, without opening the app.

Common questions

The widget says "Open DriveFrame once to load photos".

Open the app once and allow photo access. It prepares the first set of photos for the widget within a few seconds.

I don't see DriveFrame in my car.

Widgets in the CarPlay Dashboard need iOS 26 or later on the iPhone, and Show Widgets must be on for your car (Settings, General, CarPlay, your car, Widgets).

The photos don't change.

The widget moves to the next photo at the interval you chose. Fresh photos are swapped in by the Shortcuts automations after each drive. Without them, DriveFrame swaps photos when you open the app or when iOS gives it a moment in the background.

Some photos take a while to appear.

If your library uses iCloud Photos with "Optimize iPhone Storage", the originals are downloaded from iCloud first. A good connection helps.

Only some of my photos show up.

If you allowed access to selected photos only, DriveFrame can use just those. Change it in Settings, Privacy & Security, Photos, DriveFrame.

Does DriveFrame upload my photos?

No. Everything stays on your iPhone. See the Privacy Policy.