diff --git a/components/CarPlay/Home.tsx b/components/CarPlay/Home.tsx
index 3516b167..2b53111f 100644
--- a/components/CarPlay/Home.tsx
+++ b/components/CarPlay/Home.tsx
@@ -1,12 +1,15 @@
-import { View } from "tamagui";
-import { Text } from "../Global/helpers/text";
+import { fetchRecentlyPlayedArtists } from "@/api/queries/functions/recents";
 import { GridTemplate } from "react-native-carplay";
 
+const recentArtists = fetchRecentlyPlayedArtists()
+
 const CarPlayHome : GridTemplate = new GridTemplate({
     title: "Home",
-    buttons: [
-
-    ]
+    buttons: Array.from({ length: 8 }).map((_, i) => ({
+        id: `BUTTON_${i}`,
+        image: require("../../assets/icon_60pt_3x.jpg"),
+        titleVariants: [`Item ${i}`]
+    }))
 });
 
 export default CarPlayHome;
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diff --git a/components/CarPlay/NowPlaying.tsx b/components/CarPlay/NowPlaying.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c0ff8a76
--- /dev/null
+++ b/components/CarPlay/NowPlaying.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+import { NowPlayingTemplate } from "react-native-carplay";
+
+const CarPlayNowPlaying : NowPlayingTemplate = new NowPlayingTemplate({
+    
+})
+
+export default CarPlayNowPlaying;
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diff --git a/components/provider.tsx b/components/provider.tsx
index 7304953a..313f82f0 100644
--- a/components/provider.tsx
+++ b/components/provider.tsx
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import { isUndefined } from "lodash";
 import { createContext, ReactNode, useContext, useEffect, useState } from "react";
 import { CarPlay } from "react-native-carplay";
 import CarPlayNavigation from "./CarPlay/Navigation";
+import CarPlayNowPlaying from "./CarPlay/NowPlaying";
 
 interface JellifyContext {
     loggedIn: boolean;
@@ -23,7 +24,9 @@ const JellifyContextInitializer = () => {
   
       function onConnect() {
         setCarPlayConnected(true);
-        CarPlay.setRootTemplate(CarPlayNavigation)
+        CarPlay.setRootTemplate(CarPlayNavigation);
+        CarPlay.enableNowPlaying(true);
+        CarPlay.pushTemplate(CarPlayNowPlaying)
       }
   
       function onDisconnect() {