GM EVs dropping Android Auto (and CarPlay) in full Android Automotive embrace

As GM brings Android Automotive to extra of its autos, the corporate goes to cease supporting Android Auto and CarPlay in electrical automobiles.

GM stated in the present day it’s “moving beyond phone projection systems” (through The Verge) the place your iPhone or Android system connects to your automotive wired or wirelessly for mapping, music, and different infotainment capabilities.

Instead, it’s choosing a “new built-in and integrated experience” that’s described as “an evolution of the Google built-in system recently launched on select GM vehicles,” just like the Cadillac Lyriq EV and Hummer EV. You’ll have to make use of the GM-designed system, which differs tremendously from the constant UI supplied by Apple and Google, going ahead with no different.

Reuters experiences that this modification “could help the automaker capture more data on how consumers drive and charge EVs,” whereas GM says this may permit for extra integrations, like readying the battery for sooner charging when drivers begin navigating to a charging station. With Android Auto/CarPlay, automobiles wouldn’t pay attention to mapping.

That system will nonetheless permit for “hands-free calling, hands-free voice texting and streaming music through Bluetooth functionality in the vehicle.”

The new “built-in and integrated infotainment experience” will debut on the 2024 Chevrolet Blazer EV, with homeowners getting eight years of free “standard connectivity” that lets them entry Google Maps and Assistant. It can be adopted by the 2024 Chevrolet Equinox EV, 2024 Cadillac CELESTIQ, and 2025 GMC Sierra EV. This change will come “more broadly to future EVs in subsequent years.”

At this time, ICE autos aren’t impacted by this resolution and can retain Apple CarPlay andAndroid Auto functionality.

GM explicitly says that present automobiles with Android Auto and CarPlay will “retain that capability and are not impacted by this new strategy.” Additionally, help will stay on the 2024 GMC HUMMER EV Truck and SUV, 2024 Cadillac LYRIQ, 2024 Chevrolet Silverado EV, and 2024 Chevrolet Bolt EV and EUV.

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