GM To Reportedly Drop CarPlay, Android Auto Support On All Vehicles

• TheVerge reported on Wednesday, citing GM CEO Mary Barra, that it is planning to drop support for both these apps. 
• GM is also working to update its current Android-powered infotainment experience with a Google Gemini-powered assistant.

General Motors (GM) is reportedly planning to drop support for Apple CarPlay and Android Auto.

TheVerge reported on Wednesday, citing GM CEO Mary Barra, that it is planning to drop support for both these features aimed at projecting the phone screen onto the vehicle screens. GM will drop CarPlay and Android Auto on both gas-powered and electric cars.

Centralized Computing Platform

GM will, instead, use a new centralized computing platform, which is set to launch in 2028, the report said. GM is also working to update its current Android-powered infotainment experience with a Google Gemini-powered assistant and other custom apps. These apps will be built in-house and with partners, the report said.

GM shares traded flat at the time of writing. On Stocktwits, retail sentiment around GM trended in the ‘extremely bullish’ territory over the past 24 hours, while message volume stayed at ‘extremely high’ levels.

CEO’s Take

GM previously dropped CarPlay and Android Auto Support on its electric vehicles in 2023.

“...we were getting a lot of feedback from customers that it was very clunky moving back. It wasn’t seamless, and frankly, in some cases, it could be distracting to move back and forth if you were doing something that you could do on a phone projection type of system versus if you needed to do something in the vehicle.”

–Mary Barra, CEO, GM

“We looked at that and we decided that we needed to have a great system in the vehicle that allowed people to have one system, and we’re going to continue to make that better and add new features,” the CEO added.

Barra, however, said that the company continues to have a good relationship with Apple, like with other tech companies, including Google.

“We’re bringing Apple Wallet. We’ll be announcing that shortly, that we’ll have that and have the ability to do some of the vehicle functions through that. So we’re having continual conversations with Apple, and I would say we’re talking about the opportunity and looking for win-wins,” the CEO said.

GM stock is up 26% this year. 

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