CarPlay · Retro games · On the car's own screen
Tesla-Pi puts Apple CarPlay on it — maps, music, messages and Siri, full-screen and wireless. Parked, the same screen becomes a retro games console. Nothing to unscrew, nothing to replace, no subscription.
CarPlay
Maps, music, podcasts, messages, calls and Siri — arranged by CarPlay itself, filling the Tesla's display. It connects the moment you get in, with the phone still in your pocket.
Unlock the car and CarPlay is waiting. No cable, no menu to dig through, no pairing dance every time you drive.
Tap, swipe and scroll straight on the Tesla's screen. Dragging a map or scrubbing a playlist tracks your finger the way it should.
Switch the Tesla to its night look and CarPlay follows in the same moment — no glare on a night drive, no setting to remember.
Audio rides the Bluetooth link the car already has with your phone, so music, calls and Siri come out of the car's speakers exactly as they should.
If the connection ever drops, it reconnects on its own and carries on. Nothing to reset from the driver's seat.
It lives at the same address every time. Save it as a favourite and CarPlay is one tap from the Tesla's home screen.
Games
Charging stops are long. Tap Games and the screen fills with the classics — full-size, in colour, with sound through the car's speakers.
A D-pad, buttons and shoulders appear over the game — everything you need is on the glass, nothing extra to bring along.
Pair a Bluetooth gamepad and play properly, with the thumbsticks and triggers the games were made for.
Music and effects come through the car's audio, so a parked car turns into a surprisingly good place to play.
Games stay off until you tap them, and shut down completely when you leave — CarPlay is never waiting behind them.
Every day
It behaves like part of the car: on when the car is on, in the same place every time, and adjustable without ever getting out or reaching for a laptop.
It starts with the car and is up in seconds — the screen is ready by the time you've done your seatbelt.
Everything on the screen comes from the car and your phone. Underground car parks and dead spots make no difference.
Rename its hotspot, choose a password, join a Wi-Fi network — all from the same screen, on the touchscreen, with no keyboard or laptop involved.
A Monitor screen shows what's connected, how long it's been running and how it's holding up — a glance tells you everything is fine.
The whole interface — not just CarPlay — follows the car between its light and dark looks.
Free, open source, and nothing phones home. Use it as it comes or make it your own.
Getting one
Everything runs on a small computer that lives in the glovebox. The setup guide walks the whole thing end to end.
Small enough for the glovebox, powered from the car.
The wireless CarPlay adapter the Pi talks to.
iOS 16 or later. Nothing to install on it.
Follow the setup guide once, at your desk. It covers every step from a blank memory card to a working box.
It powers from the car and needs nothing else — no wiring into the dash, no parts removed, nothing that can't be undone.
Bookmark it on the Tesla's home screen. From then on it's one tap, every time you drive.