"It wasn't seamless, and frankly, in some cases, it could be distracting to move back and forth if you were doing something that you could do on a phone projection type of system, versus if you needed to do something in the vehicle, GM CEO Mary Barra said on The Verge's "Decoder" podcast in October. But there's now a solution for all the Apple CarPlay power users out there that also happen to own a GM-made EV that doesn't have their go-to smartphone mirroring feature."
"It's a third-party mod that involves some software tinkering and an external accessory, but it seems to work, as documented in a video by Electrified Outdoors. A $55 adapter called CPC200-CCPA needs to be purchased to make it all happen, but the hard part comes down to an Android app that needs to be manually compiled and pushed to the car's infotainment system via Google's Play Store using a developer account."
General Motors removed Apple CarPlay and Android Auto from nearly all new U.S. electric vehicles and plans to extend the removal to upcoming gas cars. GM defended the decision by saying switching between the native infotainment interface and phone projection can be clunky and potentially distracting. A third-party solution enables CarPlay on affected GM EVs by combining a $55 CPC200-CCPA hardware adapter with a manually compiled Android app installed via a Google Play developer account. The software platform in the cars runs Android Automotive OS, the mod's code is open source, and owners must assemble and install the components themselves. The dongle includes a USB-A cable, so a USB-C adapter may be required for some vehicles.
Read at insideevs.com
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