Last week, a GM rep claimed that they removed CarPlay and Android Auto integration because they're just so unreliable that people have to just look at their phones while driving. This is absurd nonsense, but this reviewer's experience with GM's first no-CarPlay vehicle shows that it is actually GM that has this problem, not CarPlay or Android Auto.
This is a worst-case scenario for GM, and they brought it on themselves. https://insideevs.com/reviews/701169/2024-blazer-ev-stranded-broken/
Edmunds on the Chevy Blazer EV: “The infotainment display completely melted down, stuck in an infinite loop of shutting off, turning on, displaying a map centered in the middle of the Pacific Ocean and turning back off again. It did this until we pulled off the freeway and restarted the car. All was well after the reset, but an hour later, it happened again.”
GM claims their infotainment system is far better than CarPlay or Android Auto. (Also, the Blazer is a lemon.) https://www.edmunds.com/car-news/2024-chevy-blazer-ev-long-term-faults.html
@waldoj Reminds me of the early days of infotainment at Delphi Automotive trying to use Microsoft's OS and winding up with a radio thats most valuble feature was a hole to stick a paperclip in to reboot it. Of course, they were also working on the cupholder mounted phone interface with about 10 different wires to support all the different phone connectors. I wonder if the radio in the article is GM or Aptiv (formerly Delphi) sourced. Probably outsourcing and ageism are in play.
