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    GM capitulates on Apple CarPlay ban; brings back system later this year

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    General Motors has capitulated on its hard line against phone projection, bringing Apple CarPlay and Android Auto into a new truck user interface after years of pushing customers toward its own software, according to Bloomberg News‘ David Welch.

    The automaker will introduce the system later this year on the 2027 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 and GMC Sierra 1500. Rather than letting CarPlay or Android Auto occupy the entire screen, GM is placing the phone interface in a large window alongside native functions such as trailering data, tire pressure, fuel information, and Super Cruise.

    The design is a retreat from GM’s 2023 decision to drop CarPlay and Android Auto from electric vehicles, a move that drew backlash from buyers who wanted their familiar phone apps on the dashboard. Gas-powered trucks had kept the features, and the new interface is meant to end the either-or choice between Apple or Google and GM’s own system.

    GM product officials have described the split view as the “sweet spot,” allowing drivers to use phone apps without losing truck-specific tools. Tapping the phone icon opens CarPlay or Android Auto in the large pane; the home control returns the native layout.

    The software also adds updated graphics, animated transitions, and simplified layouts for towing and off-roading on large displays, including a 16.3-inch touchscreen. GM plans to start with its highest-volume pickups before spreading the interface more widely.

    Shocker.

    General Motors is blowing it by barring the widely-used Apple CarPlay (and Google’s derivative Android Auto) that allow drivers to bypass vehicle’s infotainment systems, shifting instead to an built-in infotainment system, Google Automotive, for future electric vehicles.

    For us, and many, many others, General Motors simply moves even further out of consideration for future purchases (GM never really was in consideration anyway).

    If GM sticks to this stupidity, it deserves its fate. – MacDailyNews, May 15, 2023

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    Source link: https://macdailynews.com/2026/09/15/gm-capitulates-on-apple-carplay-ban-brings-back-system-later-this-year/

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    Apple’s next wave: touch-screen MacBooks, a smart-home hub, and 14 more products

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    Apple has barely finished unveiling the iPhone Duo, iPhone 18 Pro lineup, AirPods 5, and new Apple Watches, but the company already has a much larger pipeline queued up for late 2026 and the first half of 2027, according to Bloomberg News‘ Mark Gurman.

    The coming products are part of what new CEO John Ternus has internally described as Apple’s most ambitious product road map yet. Many of the devices are designed to spread Siri AI more widely across the lineup and close some of the gap with rivals in artificial intelligence. As always, dates can slip and products can be delayed or canceled.

    Later this yearGurman reports that Apple is preparing several updates before year-end:

    • — Same familiar design as the 2020 model, but with a new chip to power the overhauled assistant.

    • — Another look-alike refresh, this time with a faster chip for navigation and the new Siri experience.

    • — A square display that can sit on a speaker base or mount on a wall. It will run a new operating system, support video calls, and use facial recognition to personalize what it shows. Apple had considered showing it at last week’s event and is now aiming as early as October, though the timeline remains fluid after repeated delays.

    • — The biggest MacBook Pro change since 2021, adding OLED panels and touch screens for the first time, with M5 Pro and M5 Max chips.

    • — Current design, updated with the M6 chip.

    • — New colors and an M6 processor.

    • — One of the line’s biggest upgrades, adding an OLED display.

    The HomePod mini and Apple TV are already being tested with iOS 27. The new Macs are running macOS 27.1 internally, and the iPad mini is on iPadOS 27.1. Both of those software updates are expected late next month.

    The spring and early summer slate is heavier on refresh cycles than radical redesigns:

    • — Same 13-inch and 15-inch designs, moving to the M6 chip.

    • — Follow-up model with an A19 Pro chip and more memory.

    • — Faster chip so the cheaper tablet can run Apple Intelligence and Siri AI.

    • — Chip upgrade plus vapor-chamber cooling similar to the iPhone 18 Pro.

    • — First OLED screens in that line, plus a new chip.

    • — Largely an A20 chip upgrade, with the notable change that the standard model is shifting from fall to spring.

    • — Another chip-focused update; Apple will need to make clear how it differs from the regular iPhone 18.

    • — More substantial: a 2-nanometer A20 Pro chip, better battery life, and a second rear camera for ultrawide shots.

    • — New Pencil Pro and USB-C models timed with the iPads; the iPhone Duo will support the stylus as well.

    The second half of 2027 is expected to get more ambitious still, Gurman writes, with M7 updates to MacBooks, smart glasses, camera-equipped AirPods, a home security system, a redesigned Apple Watch, Twentieth Anniversary iPhones, and a second-generation foldable iPhone Duo.
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    Taken together, the road map suggests Apple is trying to do two things at once: push Siri AI onto more affordable and living-room devices, and finally refresh categories that have languished for years. Whether October brings a full event or quieter waves of launches, the next 12 months look unusually crowded with product launces!

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    Source link: https://macdailynews.com/2026/09/15/apples-next-wave-touch-screen-macbooks-a-smart-home-hub-and-14-more-products/