General Motors will remove support for Apple CarPlay and Android Auto in its future EV lineups.
As Reuters reports(Opens in a new window), the move means that iPhone or Android owners will no longer be able to mirror their phone’s screens to a GM dashboard display, though gas-powered models, which GM will continue to produce until 2035, will still offer CarPlay and Auto.
The 2024 Chevrolet Blazer will be the first GM EV that will no longer offer the features. GM will instead provide its own navigation and infotainment systems, which it has been designing with Google since 2019. As Reuters notes, the Google collaboration will be more tightly integrated with GM’s Super Cruise driver assistant and will include access to Google Maps and Google’s voice assistant, at no extra cost to the vehicle owner for eight years.
The decision comes after Chevrolet once advertised itself as being the brand that offered more models with CarPlay or Android Auto than any other US car brand.
As Reuters reports, the removal of CarPlay and Android Auto support comes as GM pushes ahead with a strategy to make its EVs into platforms for digital subscription services. Services and applications its infotainment system will offer also include Spotify and Audible, Amazon’s audio-book platform. GM CEO Mary Barra is reportedly said to be aiming for up to $25 billion in annual revenue from such subscriptions by 2030.
Speaking on the decision, Edward Kummer, GM’s Chief Digital Officer, said: “We have a lot of new driver assistance features coming that are more tightly coupled with navigation. We don’t want to design these features in a way that are dependent on [a] person having a cellphone.”
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GM tells Reuters that drivers of future electric models will still be able to listen to music or make phone calls on iPhones or Android smartphones using Bluetooth.
In an interview last week, also with Reuters, GM’s VP for Software Scott Miller also tipped a possible ChatGPT integration.
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