![]() ![]() In his imagined scenario, people check their phones while driving when the CarPlay connection flakes out. If CarPlay is unsafe, why isn’t GM recalling all its existing cars that have it equipped? And that last sentence is the real kicker: hasn’t been tested, even in a lab, but he’s just guessing. Thesis in the lab or real world yet but believes it has Pick up their phones and therefore less distracted and saferīehind the wheel. Through the vehicle’s built-in systems, they’d be less likely to You canīabbitt’s thesis is that if drivers were to do everything Solving those issuesĬan sometimes be beyond the control of the automaker. Purpose of these phone-mirroring programs. And whenĬarPlay and Android Auto have issues, drivers pick up their phonesĪgain, taking their eyes off the road and totally defeating the Rendering, slow responses, and dropped connections. ![]() Issues that manifest themselves as bad connections, poor Specifically, he citedĭriver distraction caused by cell phone usage behind the wheel.Īccording to Babbitt, CarPlay and Android Auto have stability According to him, there’s an important factor thatĭidn’t make it into the fact sheet: safety. Strategy (and our 2023 MotorTrend SUV of the Year Tim Babbitt, GM’s head of product for infotainment, gave MT aīetter explanation at a press event for the new Chevrolet BlazerĮV, the flagship vehicle in the no CarPlay or Android Auto Scott Evans, writing for MotorTrend regarding GM’s announcement earlier this year that they’d be dropping CarPlay (and Android Auto) support from future vehicles: GM Floats a Bullshit ‘Safety’ Excuse for Dropping CarPlay ★
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