[VERGE] GM confirms $130,000 Escalade IQ won’t have Apple CarPlay and Android Auto
[VERGE] GM confirms $130,000 Escalade IQ won’t have Apple CarPlay and Android Auto
Fifty-five inches of screen on the IQ’s dash, and no room for CarPlay.
[ sourced from The Verge ]
This is the best summary I could come up with:
Despite the huge new 55-inch pillar-to-pillar infotainment screen in the new EV revealed yesterday, compatibility for the popular phone projection features is completely gone.
GM said earlier this year that it was going to remove CarPlay and Android Auto from future vehicles.
In April, GM’s VP of software, Scott Miller, shared some reasons for the decision, including allowing more EV-centric functionality like battery preconditioning when navigating to a charging station.
The Verge received email confirmation that CarPlay and Android Auto weren’t going to make it into the Escalade IQ from GM’s East Coast communications representative, Paige Tatulli.
Earlier this year, GM was universally jeered for its decision to no longer support CarPlay and Android Auto in its future vehicles.
The Escalade IQ marks another confirmed GM vehicle to not include the features after the Chevy Blazer EV, which is starting to ship now.
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Oh no, I guess I'll have to continue not buying Escalades