AutoVehicle TechGM responds to CarPlay backlash, says it’s just not good enoughGM says that wireless problems are making drivers pick up their phones and take their eyes off the roadWhen you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works.
AutoVehicle TechGM responds to CarPlay backlash, says it’s just not good enoughGM says that wireless problems are making drivers pick up their phones and take their eyes off the roadWhen you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works.
GM says that wireless problems are making drivers pick up their phones and take their eyes off the road
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Earlier this year we reported thatGM was ditching both Android Auto and Apple CarPlayin future electric vehicles, a decision that it’s fair to say wasn’t greeted with universal joy. At the time GM said that it didn’t want to make in-car systems that required you to have a phone, but the firm has now been more vocal about the two tech giants' in-car systems. The short version: neither one is good enough.
According toMotortrend, the official explanation at the time was “poorly communicated” and didn’t really explain why GM was ditching the platforms not just for EVs, but for all vehicles. So Motortrend had a chat with GM’s head of product for infotainment, Tim Babbitt, who said that there is one crucial issue that made the decision inevitable: safety.
What GM says is wrong with CarPlay and Android Auto
Babbitt listed multiple issues that he says simply aren’t good enough. There are stability issues with both platforms that cause bad connections, poor rendering, dropped connections and slow responses. And those issues have a direct effect on vehicle safety because when something goes wrong with the in-car infotainment, drivers pick up their phones and take their eyes off the road.
Babbitt does admit that the problems are largely wireless ones – he said that the issues are largely absent from wired phone connections – but wired ones still aren’t trouble-free: bothAndroidandiPhonehave compatibility issues, Android because of the sheer range of phones andApplewith older iPhones.
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