Nick Statt, The Verge:

GM plans to drop support for phone projection on all new vehicles in the near future, and not just its electric car lineup, according to GM CEO Mary Barra.

In a Decoder interview with The Verge’s Nilay Patel, published Wednesday, Barra confirmed GM will eventually end support of Apple CarPlay and Android Auto on both gas-powered and electric cars. The timing is unclear, but Barra pointed to a major rollout of what the company is calling a new centralized computing platform, set to launch in 2028, that will involve eventually transitioning its entire lineup to a unified in-car experience.

My life is on my iPhone, and I’ll switch cars before I leave that ecosystem. There’s no easier way for a car company to lose my business than not supporting CarPlay. (OK, there is another.)

If I were a competing CEO that supported CarPlay (and Android Auto) I’d be ecstatically flinging up billboards.

In place of phone projection, GM is working to update its current Android-powered infotainment implementation with a Google Gemini-powered assistant and an assortment of other custom apps, built both in-house and with partners.

No car “infotainment” system will ever be as good as my iPhone when it comes to the apps I care about. My preferred podcast player, Overcast, will never be on GM’s system, nor will that system ever read me my Messages. My driving life is simply better when I can use the apps I want. For a car CEO to believe otherwise is outrageous.