GM plans to phase out Apple CarPlay in EVs, with Google's help
Well this sucks.<p>I bought a Chevy Blazer last year, and it’s the best car I’ve ever owned. Great balance of design, gas mileage, comfort, etc.<p>I was definitely planning to make my next car the EV version of this.<p>Part of that package is flawless CarPlay integration. It’s simplified the music and navigation experience more than I ever thought possible.<p>The only reason I wouldn’t demand it on my next car is if something demonstrably and overwhelmingly better came along.<p>Everything described in the article sounds worse.<p>Subscription services tied to my car and not my phone?<p>Needing to maintain navigation routes on my car AND my phone?<p>Being forced to use only built in apps like Spotify instead of “whatever is on my phone that supports car play”?<p>Waiting on my car to decide when I can get the newest navigation app or the latest update to Spotify like this is some janky non-Roku smart TV from 2012?<p>No thanks.<p>&gt; GM&#x27;s decision to stop offering those systems in future electric vehicles, starting with the 2024 Chevrolet Blazer, could help the automaker capture more data on how consumers drive and charge EVs.<p>That doesn’t even make sense.<p>NONE of those things would require an absence of CarPlay, nor would they require the presence of some omnipresent Google &#x2F; GM replacement.<p>Those metrics are all collected by the systems using them, with the infotainment simply being one possible UI for display of those metrics.<p>Sucks. Just when I found a car brand and manufacturer that seemed to be doing things well, and I was excited for the EV version of it, they pull this.<p>Why can’t I have nice things?