General Motors is ditching CarPlay and things are going badly

Among automakers, CarPlay is sometimes seen as a problem: General Motors was one of the first to integrate CarPlay before abandoning the technology this yearwith justifications A little biased. But it is clear that the interface chosen by the American manufacturer is not finished yet, and the first reactions were very disastrous.

As noted Our colleagues to 9to5MacThe lack of CarPlay integration isn’t necessarily a problem if the interface holds up, but that doesn’t appear to be the case at GM.

first return, in home Edmunds, eloquent: The system reboots frequently, and from time to time displays a vehicle located in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, all while on a trip to go to an event… in the brand’s new model. After restarting the car, the defect was fixed, before it reappeared a few hours later. The car (which is less than 2 months old) also displays several error messages, sometimes without logic: One example given is a message indicating that charging cannot be performed… even though the car is not plugged in. . The site also lists 23 issues that need to be corrected at the end of the article.

in home insideEVHe gives it himself : Many errors. We can notice the audio system that raises the volume to maximum after an impromptu disconnect, and the infotainment system that loses information (with a black screen) before – after a reboot – turning on and off in a half-hour loop. The problem has appeared several times and apparently one of the screen recovery techniques is to accept an incoming call…

Our colleagues also point out that GM’s security argument that its system allows you to avoid taking out your phone is somewhat undermined when you have to Google to find how to debug bug issues. Let’s end with a reminder that if the problems here seem to come from the hardware but also from the software, this is not inevitable: Tesla has managed to offer a generally stable and native interface… even if the absence of CarPlay sometimes prompts some to try the unlikely things of integrating Apple’s interface .