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GM Says It's Ditching Apple CarPlay and Android Auto for Your Safety (www.motortrend.com)
submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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GM Says It's Ditching Apple CarPlay and Android Auto for Your Safety::undefined

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[–] [email protected] 18 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Tim Babbitt, GM's head of product for infotainment, gave MT a better explanation at a press event for the new Chevrolet Blazer EV, the flagship vehicle in the no CarPlay or Android Auto strategy (and our 2023 MotorTrend SUV of the Year winner). According to him, there's an important factor that didn't make it into the fact sheet: safety. Specifically, he cited driver distraction caused by cell phone usage behind the wheel.

How exactly will this disincentivize phone use? Wouldn't this encourage hands-on phone use instead of using a UI that limits interaction?

I feel like this is a solvable engineering problem.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Sounds more like an excuse to double down on their own "infotainment" development.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago

I thought ford had a garbage interface until I drove a gm. They're about to officially be an old fart car only. No one below 40 will buy a car without apple or android interfaces.