Toyota: Apple CarPlay, yes. When? Not saying, actually

"Come 2015, you'll be able to get the iPhone experience you love in your Toyota with Apple CarPlay," says Toyota.

(Credit: Toyota)

For a little while on Wednesday, it looked like we had a date for when Toyota would start offering Apple’s new CarPlay smartphone integration for iOS devices.

Then early Thursday, the automaker shifted from drive to neutral, with this brief note on its official Toyota UK blog :

UPDATE 13/3/14: A previous version of this article said Apple CarPlay would be in Toyota cars from 2015. This is incorrect and we are happy to put the matter straight. No announcements have been made about if and when Apple CarPlay will arrive in Toyota cars.

The headline on the blog post does suggest a certain amount of enthusiasm for the new iPhone-related technology — “Apple CarPlay: Toyota joins in-car iOS project” — but the subhead takes a more tentative, standoffish tone: “Apple’s CarPlay software could bring the iPhone experience to future Toyota models.” (Emphasis added.)