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GM updates its trucks’ native software to coexist with CarPlay
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In Short: General Motors is enhancing its bestselling trucks with a new user interface that includes picture-in-picture phone projection for Apple CarPlay and Android Auto.
GM is introducing a new user interface for its Chevy Silverado and GMC Sierra trucks, featuring picture-in-picture phone projection for the first time. This update aims to reduce the amount of dangerous tapping and swiping required to access essential controls. The new interface will be available on 2027 models, allowing drivers to keep Apple CarPlay or Android Auto visible while accessing native trailer and off-road controls. This change in direction for GM comes after the automaker previously removed CarPlay and Android Auto from its newer electric vehicles, arguing that its own software could offer a better experience.
The new truck interface will also include new graphics for Super Cruise, animated transitions, simpler trailering menus, and a notification panel for settings and connected devices. The updated software is set to debut on new Silverado and Sierra trucks later in 2026. According to reports, the new look will allow drivers to open CarPlay or Android Auto, then return to GM’s split-screen home view while keeping access to functions such as trailer information and off-road settings. This feature is designed to enhance the driving experience without overwhelming the driver.
The passenger infotainment screen will pair with Bluetooth headphones, allowing the driver to listen to content on the screen without necessarily hearing it. There’s even a full web browser, and you can use your smartphone as a keyboard or input device. The new interface will also include a card for accessing other native apps, such as towing or music, although you can still have CarPlay as the source for that native music app. This change is a significant shift for GM, which previously argued that its own software could offer a better experience than CarPlay or Android Auto.
The new interface will be available on 2027 Chevrolet Silverado and GMC Sierra models, with existing owners not receiving the update. The 2027 trucks will also feature new graphics for Super Cruise, animated transitions, simpler trailering menus, and a notification panel for settings and connected devices. The updated software is designed to coexist with both systems, providing a more integrated and user-friendly experience for drivers. This move by GM is expected to attract a broader range of potential buyers, as it now supports both CarPlay and Android Auto, which were previously phased out from its infotainment systems.
What's confirmed
- The new SDK brings UIDAI’s face authentication capability directly into native Android and iOS applications.
- GM’s 2027 Silverado and Sierra will keep Apple CarPlay and Android Auto visible beside native trailer and off-road controls. 2027 Silverado Sierra CarPlay is getting a less all-or-nothing role in General Motors’ redesigned truck interface.
- The 2027 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 and GMC Sierra 1500 will let Apple CarPlay and Android Auto sit inside a large contextual card while native GM controls remain available on the same screen, according to The Verge and CNBC.
- Existing owners will not receive the new interface, according to The Verge, so this is a model-year feature rather than a general software update for current trucks.
- No. GM has not announced UAE launch timing, specifications or pricing for the redesigned trucks in the cited reports.
- A driver can open CarPlay or Android Auto, then return to GM’s split-screen home view while keeping access to functions such as trailer information and off-road settings.
- That is a change in direction for GM, which removed CarPlay and Android Auto from its newer electric vehicles while arguing that its own software could offer a better experience.
- The new truck interface instead tries to make both systems coexist.
What's still developing
- And they’ll be seeing it all on 60-plus inches of screen real estate — the combined size of instrument cluster, central display, and passenger screen in some of its trucks — that’s designed to enhance but not overwhelm the driving experience.
- The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) on Wednesday launched a new Aadhaar Face Authentication Software Development Kit (SDK) and a dedicated sandbox, allowing banks, fintech companies, insurers and other financial-sector entities to integrate Aadhaar-based face authentication directly into their mobile applications.
- The Aadhaar Face Authentication Software Development Kit (SDK) and Sandbox were launched at the Global Fintech Fest 2026, according to a Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology PIB release.
- Powered by the next generation of Apple Intelligence, the upgraded assistant is rolling out as part of Apple’s major software release across iOS 27, iPadOS 27, macOS 27, watchOS 27, and visionOS 27.
- GM turned off a good chunk of its potential buyer base when it announced that it would phase-out Android Auto and Apple Carplay support from its infotainment systems.
- It’s basically a hybrid or split-screen setup that still shows some of their native system info alongside Android Auto or Carplay.
- They believed their own in-house system (built on Android Automotive) was all that anyone needed.
- Of course, this re-launch to their own native software comes with an annoying limitation.