GM is ghosting CarPlay and Android Auto on all its cars

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General Motors is officially breaking up with Apple CarPlay and Android Auto, and this time, it’s for good. 

In a new Decoder interview with The Verge’s Nilay Patel, GM CEO Mary Barra confirmed the automaker’s plans to end phone projection support not just in its EVs (as previously announced), but across all its vehicles, gas guzzlers included. 

The exact breakup date? TBD. 

But the big shift will coincide with GM’s rollout of a brand-new, centralized computing platform in 2028, essentially the digital brain that will power everything from your infotainment screen to your brakes.

Instead of letting your phone run the show, GM wants to take the wheel of the in-car experience itself. 

The company is beefing up its Android-based infotainment system with a Google Gemini–powered voice assistant and a suite of GM-built apps. 

The move has already raised eyebrows among smartphone diehards, but Barra insists it’s all part of GM’s long-term strategy to unify its software ecosystem across every model, from Chevy pickups to Cadillacs that basically drive themselves.

Under the hood, GM’s big play isn’t just about killing CarPlay, it’s about rebuilding cars from the ground up to be more like rolling computers. 

The automaker is replacing dozens of scattered microchips (called ECUs) with one central “super brain” powered by Nvidia’s Drive AGX Thor processor. 

This platform will allow for 10 times more over-the-air updates and up to 35 times more AI performance, according to GM. 

The first car to get this tech makeover will be the 2027 Cadillac Escalade IQ, with full rollout by 2028.

Meanwhile, that shiny new Gemini assistant will hit GM vehicles next year as an over-the-air upgrade. 

It’ll chat with you naturally, plan your routes (coffee stops included), and even explain your car’s quirks, like what “one-pedal driving” actually means. 

GM says it’s building this AI with user privacy in mind and promises not to sell your driving data (again).

So, yes, your phone’s days behind the GM dashboard are numbered. But in its place, GM wants to give your car a brain, a personality, and maybe even a sense of humor.