title: "Apple Sports finally gets CarPlay widgets, so live scores can sit on your dashboard" excerpt: "Apple Sports now works with CarPlay widgets, letting drivers and passengers" track live scores, F1 race data, and World Cup updates more cleanly. category: esports date: '2026-04-21T22:02:01+08:00' author: Aimirul tags:
- Apple
- CarPlay
- Apple Sports
- F1
- World Cup featured: false coverImage: /images/esports/apple-sports-finally-gets-carplay-widgets-so-live-scores-can-sit-on-your-dashboard.jpg
Apple has finally fixed one of the more obvious misses in its Sports app rollout. With the latest Apple Sports update, the app’s widgets now work inside CarPlay, which means users can keep tabs on live scores for favourite teams and leagues directly from the car’s dashboard.
That support lands through the new widgets interface in the iOS 26 version of CarPlay. If you use Apple Sports, you now get two widget options. One is a league widget, which shows live scores and schedules for a selected league or sport. The other is a teams widget, focused on the clubs or teams you personally follow.
Both are meant to give you at-a-glance score updates without needing to dig into your phone, and honestly, that feels like the kind of feature that should have been there from the start.
Not fully real-time, but still cleaner
There is one catch. While the widgets do show live scores, they do not seem to refresh in true real time. In testing during the Crystal Palace vs West Ham Premier League match, the in-game clock did not move instantly.
So no, this is not quite the same as having a second-by-second live tracker glued to your dashboard. But it still looks more practical than Apple’s older approach through Live Activities, which put a much smaller sports widget into the CarPlay dashboard view.
The new setup sounds a lot tidier, especially since many cars can show up to three widgets side by side. For people who already use CarPlay daily, that makes the Sports integration feel more like part of the system instead of a random extra floating in the corner.
Why Malaysia and SEA users should care
For Malaysian users, this is actually pretty relevant. A lot of local fans follow football overnight, keep an eye on F1 weekends, or check scores during long commutes and traffic jams. CarPlay is also pretty common now in newer cars across Malaysia and Singapore, especially in mid-range and higher-end models, so this is not some niche luxury feature anymore.
If you are the kind of person tracking Premier League results, checking on a tournament while heading home, or just wanting a cleaner dashboard during race weekend, this update makes Apple Sports more useful in everyday life. It is not just a US sports thing either, because Apple is clearly leaning into global events and motorsport here.
F1 and World Cup upgrades are in too
Apple is also expanding what the Sports app can track beyond standard scores. F1 fans now get more race information, including weather conditions, track temperature, wind speed, and other details tied to each race.
That is a nice addition for motorsport fans in SEA, where F1 has a very real audience, especially around race weekends and big-name teams.
On top of that, Apple says the app is ready for this year’s World Cup. Users will be able to follow favourite teams and check group listings before the tournament begins in June.
That makes this update feel bigger than just “widgets in cars.” Apple is basically turning Sports into a more complete companion app for major global events, and CarPlay support helps bring that info into a screen many users already look at every day.
It is still not perfect, especially if the live updates lag behind the actual match clock, but for football fans, F1 followers, and World Cup watchers, this is a solid quality-of-life upgrade.
Source: The Verge
