Have CarPlay and Android Auto outstayed their welcome on car screens?


Many drivers turn to Apple's Carplay and Google's Android Auto to use their apps on the road. For carmakers, this means losing an key interface to the customer. That's why GM wants to lock such services out from future electric cars. Might other manufacturers follow suit? — Photo: Zacharie Scheurer/dpa

NEW YORK: In the long-running battle between carmakers and smartphone platforms to dominate displays in cars, General Motors is planning to take a radical step: Future electric models will no longer support Apple's CarPlay or Google's Android Auto.

Instead, the US corporation with its brands like Cadillac, Chevrolet and Buick wants to rely on an in-house software platform said to bring its own navigation advantages by relying on vehicle data like battery level and temperature.

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