These Apple CarPlay Ultra Partners Now Say They Won't Support It

Apple is facing mounting absorption from automakers implicit CarPlay Ultra, the next-generation mentation of its CarPlay bundle strategy for vehicles that was announced last month.


A caller (paywalled) Financial Times study claims respective large brands are walking backmost their earlier commitments to enactment the upgraded dashboard software. German luxury manufacturers Mercedes-Benz and Audi person some distanced themselves from the system, on with Volvo, Polestar, and Renault.

It's a large retreat from Apple's 2022 announcement, which primitively named 14 automakers arsenic aboriginal CarPlay Ultra partners, including each of those mentioned above.

CarPlay Ultra goes acold beyond accepted CarPlay by taking power of the full dashboard experience. The strategy displays conveyance accusation similar temperature, speed, and substance levels alongside iPhone apps, creating what Apple calls "a unified and accordant acquisition crossed each the driver's screens."

Mercedes-Benz had antecedently expressed reluctance to cede dashboard power to Apple. Now different premium brands are pursuing suit, citing concerns astir maintaining their ain bundle experiences and gross streams from in-car services. From the report:
Some companies person recovered Apple's foray into operator screens arsenic over-reach. One enforcement astatine Renault, which is processing a conveyance chiefly controlled by bundle with Google and Qualcomm, said the French carmaker told Apple: "Don't effort to invade our ain systems."As for different car brands that were included successful Apple's archetypal 2022 list, Jaguar Land Rover said it was inactive evaluating the system, portion Ford and Nissan on with its Infiniti marque said they had nary accusation to stock astir aboriginal implementation.

BMW – which was not named successful Apple's archetypal database of partners – said it would integrate the existing Apple CarPlay with its caller design, but not CarPlay Ultra, according to FT. Meanwhile, Audi said its absorption was to connection drivers "a customized and seamless integer experience," truthful it would not usage CarPlay Ultra, though the modular mentation was disposable connected its vehicles.

The pushback comes contempt modular CarPlay's overwhelming popularity – Apple claims 98% of caller US cars see modular CarPlay, with drivers utilizing it implicit 600 cardinal times daily.

Currently, lone Aston Martin offers CarPlay Ultra successful accumulation vehicles. Hyundai and its Kia and Genesis cars stay committed partners, portion Porsche plans aboriginal support. Other primitively announced brands similar Ford and Nissan person provided nary updates connected their CarPlay Ultra plans.

Despite the walk-backs, Apple told FT that much carmakers utilizing CarPlay Ultra are connected the way. "We're collaborating intimately with automakers to supply the champion of iPhone and the champion of the car and this enactment takes time," Apple said.
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