[Auto] GM will eliminate connectivity to Apple CarPlay and Android Autos

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General Motors could stop offering Apple CarPlay and Android Auto in its future electric vehicles, according to the respected publication Motor Trend, starting with the upcoming Chevrolet Blazer EV. The reasons, cited by the media, are security.

According to GM's head of infotainment products, Tim Babbitt, by eliminating such smartphone integration systems, the distraction of using the phone through the vehicle controls is eliminated for the driver. GM has detected that when there are connectivity problems, such as faulty connections, poor rendering and slow responses, drivers instinctively tend to reach for their mobile devices, which results in latent risks of accidents.

If drivers managed these functions through the vehicle's built-in system, they would be less likely to pick up their phone, be less distracted, and therefore safer behind the wheel of their vehicle, Babbitt told Motor Trend.

This security problem is in addition to the fact that GM does not want its car functions to depend on users' mobile devices.

 

 

"We have a lot of new driver-assist features that are more closely tied to navigation. We don't want to design these features so that they depend on the person having a cell phone," GM's executive director of digital cockpit experience told Reuters. , Mike Hichme.

While the automaker plans to eliminate Apple CarPlay and Android Auto for its electric vehicles in the future, it has been working with Google since 2019 for infotainment systems that are more tightly integrated with other vehicle systems, such as its Assistance package. to the Supercruise driver.

It is worth remembering that GM is developing together with Google a new infotainment system based on Android Automotive called Ultifi, which will equip its future 100% electric models. Through this system it will provide access to Google Maps and Google Assistant, as well as a voice command system for free for eight years. It will support applications like Spotify, Audible and others.

 

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