tesla may finally be giving in to the demands of iPhone users who want what virtually every other major automaker has to offer: Apple CarPlay. Bloomberg reports that the electric giant is working on integrating Apple’s car infotainment into its vehicles, according to media reports. The feature has reportedly started internal testing and could be ready for launch in the coming months. Of course, developing and testing the feature does not guarantee that it will see the light of day.
A breakthrough of this magnitude would certainly be surprising, given that Tesla has been working tirelessly for years on its own infotainment solution that does not require a connection to a smartphone. In the past, there has been a rather frosty relationship between Tesla CEO Elon Musk and the iPhone maker. Musk once said he offered to sell Tesla to Apple when the Model 3 program nearly bankrupted the company, but he said Tim Cook refused to attend the meeting. Apple had already poached key employees from Tesla for the failed Apple Car project.
Tesla would integrate CarPlay into a separate window in its existing software interface to ensure that it does not completely replace Tesla’s existing system. Bloomberg He also indicated that Tesla will use the standard version of CarPlay, as opposed to the new CarPlay Ultra, which is integrated into the vehicle’s instrument cluster.
This would be an interesting time to jump on the bandwagon, as Apple CarPlay may be past its prime. GM recently announced that it will phase out support for CarPlay and Android Auto in favor of a Gemini-based system, which seems to be in direct contradiction. popularity the platform. He was most recently CEO of Ford. expressed his disappointment in the latest improved version of Apple’s tools. Tesla did not respond to requests for comment on the report, and Elon Musk had no comment at the time of publication.