GM Says It's Ditching Apple CarPlay and Android Auto for Your Safety

Technology@lemmy.world – 263 points – 7 months ago

GM Says It's Ditching Apple CarPlay and Android Auto for Your Safety::undefined

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This feels like something a C-suite came up with to carve out extra profit and had some bean counters crunch the numbers on, fluffed them up a bit and then had the company roll with it on his idea.

I’m usually disappointed by consumer apathy, but from everyone I talk to who has a car with a screen, if they have CarPlay/Android Auto they couldn’t do without it, and if they don’t have it it’s the biggest thing they wish they had.

I've ridden with a friend who has it and uses it a lot, and I can understand the attraction for users who like to be connected while driving. The speech to text stuff actually worked pretty well. I don't feel desire for it myself, but for me its absence is at most a minor inconvenience.

It does seem like it could mostly be replaced by a software app though, plus some kind of dash mount for a phone.

Fwiw there are aftermarket options do add it through USB.

The hardware would have to support video input via USB though. I think if we're talking about car electronics, more than likely those addons use wired Android Auto and are really meant for cars that don't support it wirelessly.

Unless, of course, you're talking about some aftermarket head units as well in which case all bets are off.