Q CHRIS BROAD, HARLOW
I’m buying an older car, but I rely on Android Auto. What now?
A Ooh, this one’s activated Guru’s spice gland. Not for the older car bit, which we’ll get to, but because of thoughts of newer cars. Specifically, it’s GM announcing it’ll drop support for CarPlay and Android Auto starting in 2024, something which has every chance of starting a trend. History tells us that (for some reason) first-party media and sat-nav controls are always programmed by a drunk lunatic with no concept of interface design; there is no reason to suspect that this will change. At least Apple and Google’s offerings give you the illusion that you’re rolling your own.
