GM confirms $130,000 Cadillac Escalade IQ won’t have Apple CarPlay or Android Auto
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Fifty-five inches of screen on the IQ’s dash, and no room for CarPlay.

GM confirms $130,000 Cadillac Escalade IQ won’t have Apple CarPlay or Android Auto | GM said it was going to drop Apple CarPlay and Android Auto in all vehicles, and now, that includes Cadillac’s l…::Cadillac confirms its new Google built-in infotainment leaves no room for Apple CarPlay or Android Auto. Instead, Google built-in is running the 55-inch infotainment screen.

  • FireWire400@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 year ago

    I still don’t understand why car brands don’t just use Android Automotive anyway. Most native infotainment systems in cars still look and feel like they’re from the early 2000s.

    That 55-inch interface they’re showing off really looks like some weird 2006-ish concept.

    Edit: Apparently, it’s running “Google built-in” which means that this particular system is based on Android Automotive OS and it’s just running some proprietary launcher on top.