Chevrolet has announced the most ambitious Android Auto andApple CarPlay roll-out so far, with a full fourteen of the GM brand’s 2016 line-up supporting the infotainment systems. “There are a lot of smartphones out there today,” Dan Kinney, director of user experience at Chevrolet pointed out, “and not all of them are being used responsibly.” Unlike rival manufacturers, Chevy will be making the advanced smartphone connectivity a standard-fit item, not charging more for it.
There’ll be two systems Chevrolet will use, each branded MyLink Infotainment, one with a 7-inch touchscreen and another with an 8-inch touchscreen. The former will be near-entirely reliant on CarPlay or Android Auto: while it will have its own basic features, like an FM radio, there won’t be a navigation upgrade option or native speech control (though there will be a voice command button on the steering wheel).
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