Voice AI for Apple CarPlay
Ask anything.
Keep driving.
A hands-free voice AI for CarPlay. Ask a question out loud and get a real answer on the first try — no tapping, no “finish driving first.” Save a thought as a voice note, and it's all waiting on your iPhone when you park.
Billed monthly through your Apple ID. Cancel anytime in the App Store.
iPhone & CarPlay · Tap it on screen, or say “Kiwi” hands-free.
Hands on the wheel,mind on the road.
Why not just Siri or ChatGPT?
Built for the car — and it remembers
Behind the wheel, Kiwi does one thing well: it answers by voice and keeps the drive on your iPhone. The alternatives are real now — Siri still bows out the moment you need it (“I can search for that when you've finished driving”), and ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Grok just reached CarPlay and are genuinely good. Here's the honest comparison.
| Kiwi | ChatGPT | Perplexity | Grok | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Built around the drive | ||||
| Notes & history kept on your iPhone | Yes | No | No | No |
| One Siri phrase straight to the task | Yes | No | No | No |
| Save a thought as a voice note | Yes | No | No | No |
| Two-person translation mode | Yes | Limited | No | No |
| Thinking Mode, toggled in the car | Yes | No | No | No |
| All four do this well | ||||
| Native CarPlay app | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Live web search | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers read aloud | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers open-ended questions | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Follow-up questions mid-chat | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Ask in many languages | Yes | Limited | Yes | Limited |
| Only listens during your turn | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
✓ yes · ~ limited · — no. ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Grok are capable CarPlay assistants — the middle band is real, shared ground. None of the four gets a wake word (Apple allows it for none) and all answer hands-free once you start them. Where the others keep your chats in a cloud account, Kiwi keeps your notes and history on your iPhone. Reflects each app's CarPlay behaviour as of June 2026.
Five things built for the drive — the rest is shared ground.
Download on the App StoreWhat you can do
A copilot for the way you actually drive
Tap it, or say it
Four buttons on the CarPlay screen — or four phrases
On the CarPlay display, tap the one you want. Driving and would rather not look down? Press the wheel's voice button and say the phrase instead — same four actions, hands on the wheel.
Ask & answer
Ask anything. Keep driving.
A real answer on the first try, by voice, without grabbing your phone. No “finish driving first.” No timeout. Just the answer, then back to the road.
Memory
Clear your head while driving.
Some of your best thinking happens behind the wheel — and then it's gone. Say “Kiwi Memory” and the thought is saved as a voice note before the road takes it, waiting on your iPhone when you park.
Live web search
Ask about something current and Kiwi can pull in fresh answers from the web — not just what the model already knew.
Thinking Mode
Switch it on when an answer needs more care — Kiwi reasons through a deeper answer and shows just enough of its thinking in CarPlay.
Two languages, one drive
Turn-by-turn translation between you and the person beside you — 16 quick-pick languages, or just say any other.
On your iPhone
When you park, it's all there to read
New questions happen by voice while you drive. The iPhone app is the other half — where the drive's questions, answers, and voice notes are waiting to read in full, share, or tidy up at your own pace.
Read the whole answer
CarPlay keeps it short and spoken. Back on your iPhone, every answer is there in full — formatted and easy to scroll through.
Your voice notes, kept
The thoughts you saved with “Kiwi Memory” are waiting in one place, ready to revisit whenever you like.
Share or tidy up
Send an answer onward through the iOS share sheet, or swipe to clear what you no longer need. It's your library to manage.
Private by design
Short, intentional turns — not an always-on mic
Kiwi is a focused tool, not a wrapper that's always listening. You start each turn, it does one thing well, and what you said stays yours.
You start it
Nothing happens until you say “Kiwi.” No background listening, no surprise sessions.
Kept on your iPhone
Your conversations and memories live on your device, ready when you park.
Built for driving
Designed for short voice turns in the car — and if the signal drops in a tunnel, Kiwi quietly retries instead of making you ask again.
The proof, not just the promise: Kiwi's backend keeps request metadata only — never your prompt or answer text. Conversations and voice notes stay on your iPhone, and live translations are never saved at all.
Who it's for
For the moment, not the demographic
“That's when my brain throws out ideas.”
You think best behind the wheel — and watch the idea vanish before you can do anything about it. Kiwi catches it by voice and hands it back when you park.
Reliable answers, every drive
You gave up on Siri for anything real years ago. Kiwi is the assistant that actually answers in the car — hands on the wheel, first try.
Pricing
One simple subscription
You're not paying for another AI chat — those are everywhere. You're paying for a private, car-native assistant that remembers your drives.
See the App Store for current pricing in your region.
- Ask anything by voice, hands-free
- Live web search for up-to-date answers
- Save voice notes that stay on your iPhone
- Thinking Mode you can switch on for tougher questions
- Turn-by-turn translation with a passenger (any language)
- Every drive kept on your iPhone
Billed monthly through your Apple ID. Cancel anytime in the App Store.
Questions
Good to know
Does Kiwi replace Siri?
Is it always listening?
Where do my notes and conversations go?
Do I have to look at the screen?
Can I tap, or is it voice only?
How is this different from ChatGPT, Perplexity, or Grok on CarPlay?
What do I need to run it?
Every drive, kept
Your next drive, answered.
Works with the CarPlay you already have — nothing new to install in the car. Ask out loud, and the answer is waiting on your iPhone when you park.