THE CAR AND TRUCK FLEET AND LEASING MANAGEMENT MAGAZINE
Chevrolet is updating its Sonic subcompact car for 2017 with sportier styling and infotainment options such as Apple CarPlay and Android Auto, General Motors has announced.
Due to a software upgrade, select 2016 Chevrolet, Buick, GMC, and Cadillac models will have Android Auto capabilities. The brands will offer the free technology upgrade through their dealers.
FCA US is updating its Uconnect infotainment system to include Apple CarPlay and Android Auto with select 2016 models, the company announced at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.
Subaru has selected to include Magellan's SmartGPS navigation in vehicles equipped with the Subaru StarLink platform, according to a release by the automaker.
Hyundai will begin offering Apple CarPlay in the first quarter of 2016, according to a report by the Detroit Free Press. The automaker had originally said the software would be available for model-year 2015 Sonatas.
Volvo has added CarPlay smartphone integration and other applications to its 2016 XC90 luxury SUV that has entered its second generation with a major redesign.
Instead of Apple CarPlay or Android Auto, Toyota will roll out a smartphone-integration infotainment platform from Silicon Valley-based Telenav initially on the 2016 Tacoma.
Volkswagen will introduce its new MIB II infotainment system that integrates smartphone user interfaces on most of its 2016 model-year vehicles, the automaker has announced.
Honda presented the upgraded 2016 Accord in Silicon Valley. The new Accord comes equipped with advanced safety and driver-assistance tech, Honda Sensing, and dual infotainment systems, Apple Car Play and Android Auto.
GMC adds Apple CarPlay capability to the 2016 Canyon, Yukon and Sierra, and to Buick’s 2016 Regal and LaCrosse taking the iPhone features customers want to access while driving and putting them on the vehicle’s display with the brand's IntelliLink system.