{"id":39568,"date":"2023-01-04T17:16:51","date_gmt":"2023-01-04T22:16:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=39568"},"modified":"2023-01-04T17:16:51","modified_gmt":"2023-01-04T22:16:51","slug":"bmw-has-no-plans-to-adopt-the-latest-apple-carplay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=39568","title":{"rendered":"BMW Has No Plans to Adopt the Latest Apple CarPlay"},"content":{"rendered":"

A few months ago, Apple revealed the upcoming version of CarPlay<\/a>, which is far more extensive than ever before. Not only does it have more functionality but it integrates with cars\u2019 interfaces more than ever. However, BMW isn\u2019t going to join in on the new CarPlay party.<\/p>\n

The latest Apple CarPlay sort of takes over car\u2019s entire infotainment system. It not only takes over the car\u2019s main screen but also the car\u2019s digital gauge cluster, climate controls, and navigation. It\u2019s essentially an entire automotive infotainment system that temporarily replaces the car\u2019s own system while it\u2019s in use.<\/p>\n

While in use, the car\u2019s gauges become Apple CarPlay gauges, the car\u2019s climate controls are built into it, so are heated seats, and navigation. So once Apple CarPlay is engaged, that\u2019s really all the front passengers use, for everything.\u00a0Which is actually why BMW doesn\u2019t want to participate.<\/p>\n

BMW isn\u2019t interested in having Apple CarPlay take over the entire car\u2019s system. Which I sort of get. I\u2019m just speculating here, as BMW didn\u2019t provide a concrete reason as to why, but BMW invests a ton of money into creating its own technological identity that replacing it with Apple\u2019s does kind of ruin it. BMW also invests time and money into making its gauges and infotainment<\/a> to be intuitive to drivers while on the move (with varying degrees of success) and replacing that with a system developed by a phone manufacturer might be troublesome.<\/p>\n

However, it\u2019s important to not that if Apple releases any updates on its current CarPlay setup, in which is uses just the main screen and can add some info to the gauge cluster, then BMW will adapt that. However, the new \u201cCarPlay on Steroids,\u201d as BMW calls it, won\u2019t be part of BMW\u2019s future moving forward.<\/p>\n

Here are the manufacturers that will be using the new CarPlay:<\/p>\n