General Motors wants to clear something up. Reports suggesting it had backed off its plan to drop Apple CarPlay from future electric vehicles are wrong, according to the automaker itself.
The confusion started after GM confirmed a new software interface for its 2027 Chevrolet Silverado and GMC Sierra pickups that shows CarPlay or Android Auto alongside its own native system. Joanna Stern, host of the YouTube channel New Things, reported that a GM spokesperson clarified the detail: that interface only applies to the gas-powered versions of those trucks.
The Gas-Powered Trucks Were Never Part of GM’s CarPlay Ban
GM has said for a while that CarPlay and Android Auto will keep shipping in its new gas-powered vehicles for the “foreseeable future.” The 2027 Silverado and Sierra supporting both platforms fits that existing policy. It isn’t a reversal or a new concession.
Correction: GM has confirmed it is NOT rolling phone projection to GM EVs. Instead this announcement is specific to JUST their new gas powered light-duty pickups, which have always supported Apple CarPlay and Android Auto.
You know where I stand on this!
— Joanna Stern (@JoannaStern) September 21, 2026
The ban GM has actually stood behind applies specifically to its electric vehicles, a stance that’s made the company an outlier among the roughly 800-plus vehicles Apple lists as CarPlay-compatible, and one that keeps drawing pushback from EV shoppers who don’t want to give up their phone’s interface.
The All-Electric Cadillac LYRIQ Is Still an Exception
There’s one genuine wrinkle in GM’s position. The all-electric 2027 Cadillac LYRIQ still supports CarPlay and Android Auto, and GM hasn’t said whether that’s a permanent carve-out or just one of the last EVs it’ll let keep phone mirroring at all.
For now, that makes the LYRIQ the only future GM EV confirmed to work with either app, so anyone shopping GM’s electric lineup with CarPlay as a must-have has exactly one model to consider. Outside of that exception, GM is holding its line, and every other future EV in its lineup is still on track to ship without CarPlay or Android Auto support.
Our Take
GM carving out an exception for one specific EV while holding firm everywhere else is just strange. It shows that the company is more nervous about backlash on some models than others, even while insisting in public that the CarPlay-free plan hasn’t changed.
