Ditto. CarPlay actually works, and works well. It’s clean, simple, and easy to use. The buttons are big enough and clear enough to use while driving, which is supposed to be the point.
CarPlay wouldn’t have been necessary in the first place if auto manufacturers were any good at software design - but they’re NOT. I’ve driven cars without CarPlay. The interfaces are trash. GM forcing people to use a shitty interface because they don’t want to license a good one is a terrible, terrible idea. I have absolutely zero faith in their ability to do the job right. I won’t even consider a car that isn’t compatible with CarPlay.
It’s a complete no brainer. As an NX300 owner, do I subscribe to Toyota’s nav for $$, or let the phone do it all? 🙄 And SeriousXM, why? SomaFM over an app is fiiiine. Yeah, smacks of a money grab by GM.
Same. I had heard good things about the Bolt and was thinking about getting one when I replace my current 20 year old vehicle, but this is such a stupid decision that it makes me seriously doubt that GM is manufacturing good cars.
The Bolt is great - we have one and we love it - and it has CarPlay. It’s the first GM car I ever bought, but when it comes time to replace it, I guess it will end up being the last one too. I guess GM really didn’t actually want to keep me as a customer.
A new car not having CarPlay isn't even something I thought I'd have to look out for, yikes. Every rental I've gotten over the past few years has had it, and it's such an upgrade from having to deal with the shitty built in systems.
Reading the article, they're also getting rid of Android Auto, so really this is just GM being too cheap for literally no reason. I used to think Ford was the company that wouldn't survive the transition to EV's. With GM doing stupid things like this and the electric F150 actually being good, it's looking more and more like GM is the one that's in trouble.
Sounds about right. To sell the pacifica dodge took features away from the caravan and when that did not work they finally just stopped making it. I have to look at sales and see if toyota and honda started selling more minivans.
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