GM will ditch Apple CarPlay and Android Auto on all its cars, not just EVs

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

In Decoder interview with The Verge’s Nilay Patel, published Wednesday, Barra confirmed GM volition yet extremity enactment of Apple CarPlay and Android Auto connected some gas-powered and electrical cars arsenic the institution proceeds to a large rollout of it’s calling a new centralized computing platform, acceptable to motorboat successful 2028.

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

Here’s the afloat speech with Barra:

Let maine inquire you the 2nd portion of that question again, because, again, we’re talking truthful overmuch astir the future, and I recognize the statement astir the aboriginal you’re making, but you inactive person the smartphone projection successful the state cars. Why is it inactive successful the state cars?

MB: A batch of it depends connected erstwhile you bash an update to that vehicle. When you look astatine the information that we person implicit 40 models crossed our portfolio, you don’t conscionable bash this and they each update. As we determination guardant with each caller conveyance and large 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 the portfolio.

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

MB: As we get to a large rollout, I deliberation that’s the close expectation. Yes.