GM’s New $130,000 Cadillac Escalade IQ Won’t Have Apple CarPlay or Android Auto

Bad news for iPhone and Android users looking to snag a luxury railroad car . GM just confirmed that Cadillac ’s coming Escalade IQ — which boasts a powerful price ticket of $ 130,000 — will not have CarPlay or Android Auto support .

As The Vergereports , the news comes after GM said earlier this year that it plan to restrict Carplay and Android Auto in all of its future electrical vehicles . GM antecedently herald that it was planning onphasing out the software in next Chevrolet , Cadillac , Hummer , and Buick electric vehicle , but therecently unveiledCadillac Escalade IQ is one of the first model that ’s been confirmed to forego Carplay or Android Auto . For a cost of $ 130,000 , Cadillac owners might be rightfully upset since , at that price , they might require their smartphones to connect to their vehicles .

alternatively , the Escalade IQ will apparently be use GM ’s own proprietary software that ’s build in quislingism with Google . The infotainment system will enable Google Maps ( which is already a feature on CarPlay and Android Auto ) as well as some other Google Play apps that you may lumber into right on the Escalade IQ ’s splasher , per The Verge . The outlet reported that confirmed apps on the software package include YouTube , YouTube Kids , and Hulu , with rumors of Waze and Zoom finally join the portfolio .

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“ This sack to focus on a built - in and integrated infotainment experience will start with the 2024 Chevrolet Blazer EV and apply to other EV launching , ” GM divvy up with Gizmodo in an electronic mail . “ GM will enforce this infotainment strategy more broadly to next EVs in subsequent years . ”

The choice to withdraw these seemingly omnipresent features is a bold one come from GM . According toCNBC , which cited data from Apple , 98 % of newfangled auto sold in the U.S. come with CarPlay already installed , while 79 % of buyer would only buy a railway car if it included the system of rules . Meanwhile , Androidsaysits Auto organization is compatible on over 500 machine fashion model .

Still , GM does n’t seem to deal . Jalopnik previouslyreportedthat GM Vice President Scott Miller has stick out by the decision . Miller said that the need for CarPlay is n’t a reason for GM to keep let in it in their vehicles — he sees it as a sign that people want effective infotainment system . Naturally , that mean that GM had to progress its own .

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