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Wouldn't it be great if CarPlay could read email? Now it can.

Be productive on the road by having your email read to you, with buttons to archive/mark-as-read, trash, or flag.

Just download our app, sign in to your email account, and your emails will be read out loud to you on your CarPlay!

Supports Gmail / Google Workspace, Microsoft 365 / Office 365, Microsoft Exchange, Outlook.com/Hotmail, Yahoo, iCloud, AOL, IMAP, POP. Microsoft Enterprise Mobility + Security customers can sign in via Intune / Microsoft Authenticator.

STANDARD FEATURES

  • Easy listening - your inbox as a playlist Speaking Email CarPlay reads your latest emails out loud from your inbox, one by one. -> Automatically moves on to the next email -> CarPlay next/back to jump emails

  • Smart content detection - for smooth and speedy reading Email reading is different from general text-to-speech. Emails are choked with signatures, disclaimers and thread headers. -> Reads content without the clutter -> Reply chains are intelligently skipped

  • Action your email - get simple things done CarPlay buttons provide the most common email actions: -> Done (Archive/Mark as read) -> Flag -> Trash

  • Lots of options - customize to your needs -> Choose your 'done' action (archive or mark-as-read) -> Customize email filtering and reading order -> Select voices and speech speed

PREMIUM FEATURES

  • Voice commands -> Next, previous, repeat, archive, delete, move, ignore, important, block (and many more)

  • Sending by dictation -> Reply, forward, and compose (pick recipients by voice from your contacts, read back before sending)

  • Multiple accounts -> Office 365, Gmail, Outlook, Exchange, Yahoo, iCloud, AOL, IMAP, POP

  • Attachment reading -> Word, PDF, RTF, calendar items, MP3s

REQUIREMENTS

  • Apple CarPlay
  • supports Office 365, Gmail, Outlook, Exchange, Yahoo, iCloud, AOL, IMAP, POP

User Growth & Download Statistics

App
By:
BEWEB LTD
Rating:
4.20
(20)
Version:
2.3.9 Last updated: 2023-04-14
Version code:
856342132
Creation date:
2019-12-11
Compatible devices:
Size:
49.51MB
URLs:
Website ,Privacy policy
Full description:
See detailed description
Source:
Apple Apps Store
Data ingested on:
2026-06-11
Compare stats and ranking:

Contact the developer

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Developed by:
BEWEB LTD
Apple Apps Store
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/speaking-email-cp/id1488221968
Website:
https://speakingemailcarplay.com/

User Reviews

Very buggy. Support does not respond to reports. Biggest pain is the requirement for multiple logins — which of course you can’t while you are driving.
by Ge*****, 2026-05-12

I came across this app when I asked Perplexity to list any available apps that would see and read my email via CarPlay. I was a bit concerned when I saw the most recent update was nearly 2 years before the time of this posting, however, the free price was low enough so I figured I’d try it out. In short, this is exactly what I was looking for! It still works, I was able to add my google apps account email, and it displayed my unread messages. I immediately paid for two of the four extra features, and was able to reply to messages as well. I plan to purchase the remaining features of nothing else to support this developer. All that said, there are a few things that could use improvement. The interface is a little sluggish and I did need to force restart the app after purchasing the upgrades to be able to successfully dictate a reply. Also, it doesn’t seem to refresh very often to catch the new email as they come in, I’m unsure if that’s because the app sometimes gets pushed to the background or if that’s a function of me running iOS 26. Last little thing is that the phone app needs to be running in order to dictate new messages or read existing messages. The developer helpfully explains this and the reasoning behind it in their FAQ, I just wish that there were a way to have it work with the app running in the foreground. For now, I’ve just set an automation to automatically start the app when I connect to CarPlay. All in all, this is the app you want if you want to safely monitor email whilst driving and hopefully the other minor issues are resolved in the future!
by pr*****, 2026-01-08

I loved having Cortana read my email, reply, take other actions, including accepting or declining meetings, etc. on my calendar while using Microsoft Outlook on my iPhone while driving. For some reason, Microsoft killed that functionality. (Full disclosure I am an Apple and Mac user for more than 40 years, but my day job is with Microsoft for the last 12 years). I was happy to see this app and have installed the free version and it works quite well. I wanted to be supportive of the developer and also get the additional functionality using the in app purchase option. Be aware that in-app prices for all the various functions are double what are listed here in the Apple App Store details section. I have emailed the developer about it. The bigger challenge I have run into is that even though it runs fine with my personal imran.com email, my real need was to be able to read and respond to literally the several hundred emails a day that come through my work email account. Unfortunately, it seems that a lot of enterprise customers will have something block this app from accessing outlook email for exchange email servers — which I can easily access through Outlook for iPhone and mail for iPhone. Not sure what the problem there is. This is just based on my first attempt. So that is one major caveat, which may or may not apply to your situation but is taking away 80% of what my primary use for this would have been. Hopefully this detailed review helps you make use of this app which has a lot of potential. I also emailed the developer asking why there isn’t a single button premium combo purchase for all the additional functionality (instead of having to make four or five different actions to add the functionality in parts). Let’s see what I find out.
by IM*****, 2025-01-14
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