GM to Remove CarPlay from All Future Vehicles, Including Gas Cars [Updated]

[avro707]

At least they are now consistent, and clearly this is their way into subscriptions and additional revenue

Peoplr can just unsubscribe from GM, simple fix.

I have an older GM car and replaced the standard infotainment/climate control system with a replacement version that has Apple CarPlay and Android auto.

Much prefer that.

 

[Pupalei]

I won’t personally buy car that doesnt come with Carplay. That’s all i know.

 

[BC2009]

I can see this, I really can.
...however...
I would not make a "car" decision based on the CarPlay/Android Auto given aux or BT is less complex/dependent on multiple vendors to "work together" and support seems to span decades. Way way up on the list is maintainability, support, driving performance, fuel efficiency....way way down on the list is "can a make a call or play music." Really a 1st world problem...

When you buy a TV would you consider those that have RCA and component inputs but no HDMI?

Even a smart TV with its built-in software is still hardware frozen when purchased.

I will own a car for 10 years. I trust that 6-to10-year-old hardware can handle screen mirroring. I don’t trust that 6-to-10-year-old hardware can run all the software I will want in any satisfactory manner. And even if I sold my car, it would hurt the resale. It is not like the old days where you could just upgrade the car stereo on these vehicles to a newer model.

As long as there are car manufacturers that support CarPlay they will enjoy the increased sales from their competitors cancelling CarPlay. I call that the Toyota-effect. Toyota was doing fine in sales, but they realized there was a large number of customers who were not considering their cars because competitors offered CarPlay. So after many years, Toyota caved.

 

[rb2112]

As long as there are car manufacturers that support CarPlay they will enjoy the increased sales from their competitors cancelling CarPlay. I call that the Toyota-effect. Toyota was doing fine in sales, but they realized there was a large number of customers who were not considering their cars because competitors offered CarPlay. So after many years, Toyota caved.

That seems like a great reason to include CarPlay, AndroidAuto, whatever, to remain competitive with whoever else is offering it. Good thing I don't make cars, or I would have pulled a Toyota!

 

[rb2112]

When you buy a TV would you consider those that have RCA and component inputs but no HDMI?

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I don't think this analogy is apt.

For devices that input to a TV, HDMI is the de facto connection these days. I would say almost 100% of dvd players etc send HDMI signal out.

To the contrary, the inputs to a car stereo are not 100% apple phone... They are disparate. Some exist on the stereo itself (xmradio, am fm), one is a long standing wireless (BT), one is an extremely long standing analog (aux), but phone/app-specific connections are recent.
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So (specific-phone) -play / -auto are technologically new to the scene, and car makers are trading off the expense (and errors associated with integration) of private device standards/implementations that may or may not even exist in future years, in a backwards compatible format, with the probable benefit (satisfaction of customer base that just happens to have a certain phone now).

That ties the risk management of one company (car maker) to another companies potential poor implementation of their entertainment/communication device. And, weirdly enough, from one category of devices (automobiles) to an entirely different category (communications handsets).

Unfortunately for car makers, that is their new reality.

I just wonder if all the effort spend going into infotainment could otherwise correct some gross (almost negligent) standard automotive control implementations that actually hamper the driving process, like interior lights that cannot dim or turn off even when it makes night driving worse, cruise control that disrupts certain freeway passing maneuvers, distracting warning notices that cannot be cleared to see actual driving info, and more.

Drive safe out there!