Google Maps is reportedly extending to Apple’s iOS and CarPlay a speedometer and speed limits feature that it has long offered for its own operating system, Android. TechCrunch reported Tuesday (July 9) that it spotted the feature being available to iPhone users in India last week...
Last month, Apple announced it was sunsetting its plans to enter the electric vehicle space. Now, the company’s CarPlay offering has become the tech giant’s sole hope of making an impact on the automotive market, Bloomberg News argued in a report Sunday (March 17). As that report...
Last month, General Motors tapped Google to help create electric vehicle infotainment systems. Google, but not the company’s Android Auto, or Apple’s CarPlay. This decision, the focus of a Sunday (April 16) Wall Street Journal report, is one that surprised the auto industry and marks...
Bucking the trend of trimming back loyalty programs and digital innovations could help restaurant chains retain customers. Inflation has affected consumers’ dining habits, leaving both fine dining and quick service restaurants (QSRs) scrambling to make ends meet. Although PYMNTS’ research found that the rate of...
April 21, 2017
Everyone’s talking about it. Apple looks to have joined the race to develop self-driving technology. Though, as is typical with Apple projects, details are vague at best. Lest we forget the quintessential uttering by CEO Tim Cook at a company shareholder meeting last month: “future stuff [we] can’t talk about.” At the time, “future stuff” […]
February 06, 2026
Apple plans to allow other companies’ voice-controlled artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots to operate within its vehicle interface, CarPlay, Bloomberg reported Friday (Feb. 6), citing unnamed sources. The company is working to support these third-party apps in CarPlay and plans to make this capability available to AI providers within months, according to the report. Currently, Apple allows only […]
July 09, 2024
Google Maps is reportedly extending to Apple’s iOS and CarPlay a speedometer and speed limits feature that it has long offered for its own operating system, Android. TechCrunch reported Tuesday (July...
March 17, 2024
Last month, Apple announced it was sunsetting its plans to enter the electric vehicle space. Now, the company’s CarPlay offering has become the tech giant’s sole hope of making an impact on...
April 16, 2023
Last month, General Motors tapped Google to help create electric vehicle infotainment systems. Google, but not the company’s Android Auto, or Apple’s CarPlay. This decision, the focus of a Sunday...