{"id":1211359,"date":"2023-12-13T11:38:12","date_gmt":"2023-12-13T16:38:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/?p=1211359"},"modified":"2023-12-13T11:38:12","modified_gmt":"2023-12-13T16:38:12","slug":"gm-justifies-decision-to-ditch-apple-carplay-due-to-stability-issues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/?p=1211359","title":{"rendered":"GM justifies decision to ditch Apple CarPlay due to stability issues"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Enlarge<\/a> \/<\/span> The 2023 Cadillac Lyriq had an extremely good CarPlay implementation. But that’s gone from GM EVs for MY2024 onward. (credit: Jonathan Gitlin)<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n

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Few things have improved the state of in-car infotainment more than the advent of the phone casting interfaces from Apple and Google. Apple CarPlay<\/a> and Android Auto<\/a> let you run navigation or audio apps on your phone and interact with them via the car’s native infotainment screen<\/a>, avoiding the need to handle your phone while driving.<\/p>\n

That’s why General Motors’ decision to ditch CarPlay and Android Auto<\/a> from new EVs from model year 2024 onward has been greeted with such dismay<\/a>.<\/p>\n

GM has rolled out a new infotainment platform across its new electric vehicles called Unifi. Built on the Android Automotive OS<\/a>\u2014not to be confused with the Android Auto phone casting system\u2014a build we used in a model year 2023 Cadillac Lyriq<\/a> featured the most complete implementation of CarPlay we’ve yet experienced, making GM’s decision to ditch the systems even more frustrating.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\nSource: Ars Technica – GM justifies decision to ditch Apple CarPlay due to stability issues<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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