GM justifies decision to ditch Apple CarPlay due to stability issues

Enlarge / The 2023 Cadillac Lyriq had an extremely good CarPlay implementation. But that’s gone from GM EVs for MY2024 onward. (credit: Jonathan Gitlin)

Few things have improved the state of in-car infotainment more than the advent of the phone casting interfaces from Apple and Google. Apple CarPlay and Android Auto let you run navigation or audio apps on your phone and interact with them via the car’s native infotainment screen, avoiding the need to handle your phone while driving.

That’s why General Motors’ decision to ditch both CarPlay and Android Auto from new EVs from model year 2024 onward has been greeted with such dismay.

GM has rolled out a new infotainment platform across its new electric vehicles called Unifi. Built on the Android Automotive OS—not to be confused with the Android Auto phone casting system—a build we used in a model year 2023 Cadillac Lyriq actually featured the most complete implementation of CarPlay we’ve yet experienced, making GM’s decision to ditch the systems even more frustrating.