Six ColorsApr 6, 2023
General Motors hates your iPhone https://sixcolors.com/post/2023/04/general-motors-hates-your-iphone/
General Motors hates your iPhone

As first reported by Reuters, General Motors has decided that the company’s future electric cars will drop support for CarPlay and Android Auto, preferring the company’s own infotainmen…

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Show threadDuncan K. BohannonApr 7, 2023
@sixcolors The hero image from this story made me realize you can change which side the CarPlay sidebar is on, which I did not know before!
Show threadScott
@duncankbmusic @sixcolors can you though? I think it depends on which side of the car the steering wheel is on. Which I imagine the car tells the phone when they connect
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Show threadDuncan K. BohannonApr 7, 2023
@scottearle @sixcolors That might be true for some cars! In my case, I installed an aftermarket CarPlay unit in my vehicle, and I just discovered you can manually change the driving position to the left or right on the unit.
Show threadScottApr 7, 2023
@duncankbmusic @sixcolors Oh, for a third-party unit that makes a lot of sense! On my (steering-wheel-on-the-right) Ford Everest, there is no setting in the software, although I’ve never removed the head unit to see if there might be a switch