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... : technology

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Oh my, since when do cars have HDMI in? That's real luxury.

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[–] [email protected] -2 points 1 year ago (11 children)

I'm not sure a lot of you are reading that they are replacing ACP and AA with built in Google apps, including Google maps for navigation; they aren't eliminating the functionality, they are replacing it.

I think I would prefer this over slaving my phone to the car because there are some real annoying things about AA when I try to use it while connected to my car. The only big question is: do they require separate Internet connection or can I use my unlimited data plan phone as a hotspot. Having to pay for more connection services would piss me off, however I read somewhere a few weeks back that connecting to the Internet via a hotspot was supported.

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[–] [email protected] -2 points 1 year ago (6 children)

Does anyone actually use either of those though? It's always been more easy and convenient for me to just use my own phone.

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[+] [email protected] -9 points 1 year ago (5 children)

Tons of hate in here, and yet the same people complaining about the lack of AA or ACP don't bring up the same complains with Tesla or Rivian or Lucid or a few other brands that don't support it.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago

Personally, Tesla's support for phone connections doesn't even come into play because there's plenty of other technical and administrative reasons to avoid them.

Also, based on descriptions of AA I'm seeing in this thread, it sounds like I'd rather just continue hooking up my phone's audio to my car's sound system and mounting it on the dash than use AA.

GM's alternative solution doesn't interest me whatsoever and it wouldn't surprise me if it comes with a horrible UX as most companies that make something else but try to also make software suck at it and include other BS meant to make them money rather than improve the experience. It will add no value to me but I'm sure it will add to the cost.

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[+] [email protected] -13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

They're both shit, hopefully cadillac will come up with something better

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