- White Automotive & Media Providers (WAMS) is promoting a manner so as to add Apple CarPlay and Android Auto at LaFontaine Chevrolet in Plymouth, MI.
- The package guarantees to carry 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.
The truth is, I can’t assist however marvel 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 wish to stick to Chevy or Cadillac or GMC have choices, because of the aftermarket firm White Automotive & Media Providers (WAMS). This aftermarket package provides Apple CarPlay again to the EVs, and it appears to be like fairly good.
No, actually—it appears to be like fairly inventory. The WAMS CarPlay package 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 many of the almost 18-inch screens present in these automobiles. For the GMC Sierra EV’s square-shaped display, the CarPlay and Android Auto resolutions observe swimsuit and match neatly into the right facet ratio and structure.
It’s not only for aesthetics, both. WAMS says the CarPlay package 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 could possibly cross the “now enjoying” music listing to the car’s essential gauge cluster. The corporate says it may possibly do turn-by-turn instructions by way of Apple Maps—all displayed on the automotive’s HUD, in that case outfitted.
2024 Honda Prologue Elite inside
I’m curious as to how this works precisely. After I was on the Prologue launch earlier this 12 months, Honda’s engineers have 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 doubtless solely wants a flip of a change 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 have 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 package works, nor have they launched a value 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 out there 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 package is on its web site.
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