Thoughts on CarPlay

I agree with Casey here. I cancelled my reservation and bought something else, despite being very interested in the R2, and the stubborn insistence to not offer CarPlay was a primary reason.

This interview has the best discussion I’ve come across about Rivian’s decision and rationale behind not implementing CarPlay in their vehicles. Read the post on my site for more thoughts on it.

I’m literally sitting in a rental with CarPlay right now, and we’ve been using it nonstop this week while traveling for the holiday. CarPlay is great for daily life, but it’s a lifesaver when traveling.

I don’t trust this report—and wouldn’t buy a Tesla in any case—but this would be quite the reversal. Maybe it would signal to others going down this path that they’re making a mistake.

Yet another reason to not trust GM with their commitment to do anything other than attempt to extract subscription dollars from people who buy their vehicles. They don’t care about their owners’ experience, they just want the money.

This is a good overview of the state of things, as well as a warning of what’s to come if consumers don’t push back on automakers.

The whole thing is good, but this point about rental cars is an important one: I won’t take a GM rental car that can’t use CarPlay.

It’s a false premise that GM must offer either its “deeply integrated experience” OR CarPlay. GM doesn’t want to offer CarPlay next to their own experience, not because they can’t, but because they know that people want the apps that are on their phones, not GM’s.

I wasn’t in too much danger of buying a GM vehicle at this point, but this definitely kills even the remote chance that did exist.