GM’s New Software Plays Nice With Apple CarPlay, Android Auto
General Motors showcased a host of updates to its dashboard infotainment suite for its latest-generation pickup trucks this week. The new software includes a revamped home screen layout that can display more info more flexibly, deeper integration with the automaker’s Super Cruise highway-driving assist tech and a new, less bolted-on way to interact with Android Auto and Apple CarPlay. The combustion-powered 2027 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 and GMC Sierra 1500 pickups will be the first to get this new tech.
GM has offered CarPlay and Android Auto on its gas-powered vehicles for years, but has recently taken a different tack with its electric cars and trucks. The automaker pulled the phone-mirroring technologies from its EVs back in 2023, nudging owners toward its onboard Google Built-In software suite instead.
GM CEO Mary Barra told journalists last year that Apple CarPlay or Android Auto would likely be phasedout of its portfolio...
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