We nonetheless haven’t seen the “subsequent era of CarPlay” that Apple first introduced in 2022 and continues to say on its CarPlay webpage is arriving in 2024, as MacRumors factors out. And barring some spectacular shock, it’s not coming at present or tomorrow. What provides?
So far, we’ve solely seen modifications like CarPlay mapping instructions showing within the instrument cluster in vehicles from producers like Polestar, Porsche, and Lincoln. That’s even the case for automobiles just like the 2024 Lincoln Nautilus, which has the display screen actual property to assist Apple’s imaginative and prescient for its dashboard-spanning infotainment software program. Porsche and Aston Martin had introduced their vehicles could be the primary to get the brand new CarPlay, however each just lately declined to present Wired a timeline for its rollout.
Outside of Apple’s preliminary pronouncement that so many vehicles would use its massive CarPlay replace, automakers like General Motors and Rivian have taken a stand in opposition to each it and Google’s Android Auto. That’s not a well-liked place, significantly for GM, however each have indicated it’s about having extra management over their automobiles.
Despite the lukewarm reception of Apple’s concepts, the corporate has continued to speak about its plans for the software program. It’s simply not clear what vehicles, if any, it can ever present up in.
