- White Automotive & Media Companies (WAMS) is promoting a method so as to add Apple CarPlay and Android Auto at LaFontaine Chevrolet in Plymouth, MI.
- The equipment guarantees to convey full Apple CarPlay or Android Auto performance for with no points.
- It’s unclear how a lot the improve prices.
Normal Motors has pigheadedly caught to its weapons for its new EVs by omitting Apple CarPlay in its new software program setup. A few of my colleagues have been principally positive with the omission, however by and enormous, the general public’s response to GM’s lack of Apple CarPlay hasn’t been nice.
In actual fact, I can’t assist however surprise if a part of the purpose the Honda Prologue and Acura ZDX are mildly profitable is as a result of they’re basically GM EVs with Apple Carplay and Android Auto, however I digress.
However now individuals who need to keep on with Chevy or Cadillac or GMC have choices, because of the aftermarket firm White Automotive & Media Companies (WAMS). This aftermarket equipment provides Apple CarPlay again to the EVs, and it seems to be fairly good.
No, actually—it seems to be fairly inventory. The WAMS CarPlay equipment permits GM Ultium automobiles to make use of CarPlay in no matter native decision they must be. In fashions just like the Silverado EV, Equinox EV or Blazer EV, the CarPlay interface naturally makes use of a lot of the practically 18-inch screens present in these automobiles. For the GMC Sierra EV’s square-shaped display screen, the CarPlay and Android Auto resolutions comply with swimsuit and match neatly into the right facet ratio and format.
It’s not only for aesthetics, both. WAMS says the CarPlay equipment provides OEM-level full performance, akin to CarPlay use in every other GM car. It’s wi-fi (or wired, relying on the mannequin). It will possibly move the “now taking part in” track record to the car’s important gauge cluster. The corporate says it will probably do turn-by-turn instructions by way of Apple Maps—all displayed on the automotive’s HUD, in that case geared up.
2024 Honda Prologue Elite inside
I’m curious as to how this works precisely. After I was on the Prologue launch earlier this yr, Honda’s engineers had been adamant that the Android-based software program in use on the Prologue (and ZDX) isn’t all that dissimilar to what GM is utilizing on its variants of the Ultium-based crossovers. To me, this tells me that GM’s lack of Apple CarPlay and Android Auto seemingly solely wants a flip of a swap someplace within the backend to show it again on. I imply, have a look at how intentional the CarPlay sync menus look, nearly as in the event that they had been developed to completion earlier than GM determined to nix CarPlay and Android Auto later of their growth.
WAMS hasn’t precisely stated how the CarPlay equipment works, nor have they launched a worth but. Equally, it isn’t clear if this CarPlay addition will alter the guarantee when put in, or block the automotive from OTA updates. Additionally, WAMS says it’s solely accessible for set up at LaFontaine Chevrolet in Plymouth, MI.
We’ve reached out to WAMS and GM for remark. Within the meantime, WAMS is already open for bookings, and details about the CarPlay equipment is on its web site.
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