CarPlay Apple CarPlay.. who pays? Car Manufacturer or Apple?

[Starfyre]

As the topic states, who is making money from Carplay? Is it the Car manufacturers paying Apple to get a license for carplay into their car designs? Or is it Apple paying car manufacturers to get the feature in? How does either side make money from this?

 

[boltjames]

As the topic states, who is making money from Carplay? Is it the Car manufacturers paying Apple to get a license for carplay into their car designs? Or is it Apple paying car manufacturers to get the feature in? How does either side make money from this?

BMW charged me $250 each to have Apple CarPlay integration in my three BMW's.

Apple makes money by offering an alternative GPS operating system to the car manufacturers for a price and car manufacturers are making money by charging their consumers for it. It's important to car makers because people are not paying them $1000 for their homebrew GPS systems, they are using their iPhone's instead.

And it's very necessary for Apple because they have had a very predictable and profitable revenue stream from car manufacturers since 2003 with the 30 PIN connectors and then Lightning connectors, getting paid handsomely for that integration. With everything going Bluetooth the way to protect that profit center is to create a Bluetooth OS and charge car makers for it.

 

[cynics]

CarPlay is free of charges from Apple to auto manufacturers. Auto manufacturers use it to give people what they want, Apple uses it to get people to buy and stay with iOS devices.

Their is obviously expenses for both party’s when it comes to software development for Apple and hardware development for auto manufacturers.

 

[CTHarrryH]

BMW is the only (or one of the very few) who actually charge customers for ApplePlay. It comes free of additional charge for most car manufactures. We pay - part of the price of an iPhone

 

[Julien]

As cynics stated there is no licensing fee for CarPlay or Android Auto and it is just a small hardware/software cost that is of course passed on to the buyer. They just must meet standards. So far only BMW sees this as an easy and free money grab and BMW consumers should protest to BMW for this.

 

[simonsi]

3rd Party head units carry a price premium for Android Auto/CarPlay (most offer both if any), whether the cost is a license or just additional unit costs due to the integration its hard to tell.

 

[phoofa]

CarPlay is free of charges from Apple to auto manufacturers. Auto manufacturers use it to give people what they want, Apple uses it to get people to buy and stay with iOS devices.

Their is obviously expenses for both party’s when it comes to software development for Apple and hardware development for auto manufacturers.

Hello there.

Volvo Australia are trying to charge me $669.00 to 'retro fit' a 2016 xc90 with apple car play...no hardware is required, just software download/install.

They are claiming that they pay apple a licence.
Can you please point me in the direction that confirms no licensing fee payable from manufacturer to apple.

Best regards,
Brett

 

[AZhappyjack]

BMW charged me $250 each to have Apple CarPlay integration in my three BMW's.

Apple makes money by offering an alternative GPS operating system to the car manufacturers for a price and car manufacturers are making money by charging their consumers for it. It's important to car makers because people are not paying them $1000 for their homebrew GPS systems, they are using their iPhone's instead.

While it's true the manufacturers are losing out on revenue for annual upgrades to their proprietary maps/navigation systems, it is NOT true that the manufacturers charge auto buyers for CarPlay, per se. Sure, they sell a CarPlay enabled head unit (usually as part of some 'entertainment' package), but BMW is the only manufacturer that I am aware of that is gouging car buyers for the option of activating/using CarPlay in their automobiles.

 

[Einz]

Hello there.

Volvo Australia are trying to charge me $669.00 to 'retro fit' a 2016 xc90 with apple car play...no hardware is required, just software download/install.

They are claiming that they pay apple a licence.
Can you please point me in the direction that confirms no licensing fee payable from manufacturer to apple.

Best regards,
Brett

BMW's Apple CarPlay annual fee is next-level gouging

Putting a paywall in front of a free service is a terrifying glimpse of what a world without net neutrality could look like.

www.cnet.com

Even if there is hardware upgrade. Mazda is only charging about $200. Hyundai offered software update for free.