Gm Will Ditch Apple Carplay And Android Auto On All Its Cars, Not Just Evs

GM plans to driblet support for telephone projection connected each caller vehicles successful nan adjacent future, and not conscionable its electrical car lineup, according to GM CEO Mary Barra.

In Decoder interview pinch The Verge’s Nilay Patel, published Wednesday, Barra confirmed GM will yet extremity support of Apple CarPlay and Android Auto connected some gas-powered and electrical cars arsenic nan institution proceeds to a awesome rollout of it’s calling a new centralized computing platform, group to motorboat successful 2028.

In spot of telephone projection, GM is moving to update its existent Android-powered infotainment acquisition pinch a Google Gemini-powered adjunct and an assortment of different civilization apps, built some in-house and pinch partners. GM’s 2023 decision to drop CarPlay and Android Auto support for nan EVs successful its lineup has proved controversial, though GM has maintained support for telephone projection successful its state vehicles.

Here’s nan afloat speech pinch Barra:

Let maine inquire you nan 2nd portion of that mobility again, because, again, we’re talking truthful overmuch astir nan future, and I understand nan statement astir nan early you’re making, but you still person nan smartphone projection successful nan state cars. Why is it still successful nan state cars?

MB: A batch of it depends connected erstwhile you do an update to that vehicle. When you look astatine nan truth that we person complete 40 models crossed our portfolio, you don’t conscionable do this and they each update. As we move guardant pinch each caller conveyance and awesome caller conveyance launch, I deliberation you’re going to spot america accordant connected that. We made a determination to prioritize our EV vehicles during this timeframe, and arsenic we spell forward, we’ll proceed crossed nan portfolio.

So we should expect caller state cars will not person smartphone projection?

MB: As we get to a awesome rollout, I deliberation that’s nan correct expectation. Yes.