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GM Adds Apple Music App to Cadillac and Chevy Models Following CarPlay Phase-Out

GM is adding an Apple Music app to select 2025 and newer Cadillac and Chevrolet models, allowing Apple Music content to be accessed through the vehicle's infotainment system.

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The ‌Apple Music‌ app will have all of the ‌Apple Music‌ features users have come to expect, such as access to curated playlists, live global radio, personalized recommendations, hands-free control with a voice assistant, and exclusive content. In supported Cadillac vehicles, Spatial Audio with Dolby Atmos is available.

The native ‌Apple Music‌ app will integrate with the infotainment system, and GM says that ‌Apple Music‌ subscribers will be able to start streaming the moment they enter the car.

Audio streaming is being provided as an OnStar Basics feature for all 2026 and newer vehicles sold in the U.S. and Canada. Vehicle owners will be able to access ‌Apple Music‌ and other apps with no connectivity cost for eight years, but after that eight-year period, there will be a fee.

"We are bringing the Apple Music app to GM vehicles in a way that takes full advantage of our industry-leading audio capabilities," said Tim Twerdahl, GM's vice president of global product management. "It's the latest example of how we're expanding entertainment choices built directly into our vehicles."

Specific Cadillac vehicles that can access the ‌Apple Music‌ app include the 2025 and 2026 CT5, the 2025 Escalade IQ, and the 2026 Vistiq. Chevy vehicles with ‌Apple Music‌ include the 2025 and 2026 Blazer EV, Equinox EV and Silverado EV, along with the 2026 Corvette, Suburban and Tahoe.

GM says that the ‌Apple Music‌ app will be rolling out to additional GM vehicles and brands in the future.

GM's ‌Apple Music‌ announcement comes after the company started phasing out support for CarPlay. 2024 and later electric vehicles from GM do not have CarPlay integration, with GM instead relying on its own infotainment system. In the future, GM plans to move all vehicles to its own platform.

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Top Rated Comments

BabyBoii Avatar
10 months ago
GM is literally the dumbest company on earth. They can get away with the worst financial decisions because the government will just bail them out if they go under. That's why their cars have looked the same for the last 30 years.
Score: 39 Votes (Like | Disagree)
frenchcamp49er Avatar
10 months ago

Go check out the family of patents GM has in the auto industry. Yea, sure the "dumbest company on earth!" 🥱
Keyboard warriors volume 20.
Not the point
Score: 23 Votes (Like | Disagree)
jz0309 Avatar
10 months ago

A business is based on a bit more than a feature a third party makes and a company deciding to integrate it or not. But for sure, on MacRumors I guess its Apple ride or die lol.
It was a "business" decision to remove CarPlay, not a technical one. Yes, one of many business decisions and a dumb one imho
Score: 20 Votes (Like | Disagree)
firstcitazen Avatar
10 months ago
the point of all this is to charge you for what you are already paying for. You now need a subscription with GM, on top of your Apple and phone provider costs to use Apple Music.
Score: 17 Votes (Like | Disagree)
jz0309 Avatar
10 months ago

Go check out the family of patents GM has in the auto industry. Yea, sure the "dumbest company on earth!" 🥱
Keyboard warriors volume 20.
Maybe they have a lot of patents, I don't know nor do I care. The business decision re CarPlay was dumb imho, YMMV
Score: 17 Votes (Like | Disagree)
anthony13 Avatar
10 months ago
I dont understand how any car manufacturer could think a built in system would be better than an extension of the driver's phone eco-system. I mean, I guess I do, profit of some form of course. but I for one could not for-see myself ever buying another car without CarPlay.
Score: 17 Votes (Like | Disagree)
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