Can a single app hold two different CarPlay entitlements (e.g. audio + video)?

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I’m reading the October 2026 CarPlay Developer Guide and want to confirm how entitlement combinations work in practice. The docs say multiple CarPlay entitlements can’t be combined in a single app, except EV charging + fueling. But audio and video are listed as separate entitlements, and audio apps are also allowed to play video.

My questions:

Can one app hold both carplay-audio and carplay-video, or only via an exception from Apple?
For an audio-first app that also plays video, is the audio entitlement alone enough (with AirPlay video support)?
Has any other combination, such as navigation + audio, ever been approved most recently?
Since the video entitlement is iOS 27+, how should an app behave on earlier iOS versions if it holds both?

Thanks!

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The documentation has been updated for iOS 27.2 and supersedes the guidance in the WWDC video that mentioned combining the CarPlay Audio App and CarPlay Video App entitlements. The CarPlay Audio App entitlement has been extended to support cases where both audio and video content are combined in a single app and should be used by apps that enable audio playback OR a mixture of audio and video playback services. Going forward, the CarPlay Audio App and CarPlay Video App entitlements cannot be combined in the same app.
Yes.
Only entitlement combinations noted in the CarPlay Developer Guide are supported. For current apps that is CarPlay EV charging app + CarPlay fueling app. Combining the CarPlay communication app entitlement with the deprecated CarPlay messaging app and/or CarPlay calling app entitlements was also supported as a way to continue to support iOS 13 while transitioning to the CarPlay communication app entitlement.
Apps should select either the CarPlay audio or CarPlay video app entitlement. Apps that primarily offer browsing of audio content should select the CarPlay audio app entitlement and will always appear in CarPlay. Apps that primarily offer browsing of content that expects to be played as a video should select the CarPlay video app entitlement and will appear only when video playback is supported.