Just a couple of weeks before CES, Car and Driver reported on how Aston Martin and Porsche had previewed new “bespoke” interfaces of the next-gen version of Apple’s CarPlay, which was first teased at Apple’s WWDC in 2022, so there was some expectation that we’d see more of the new CarPlay at CES 2024 (CES is now a big car tech show).
That didn’t happen, and much of the new car tech we saw at CES this year revolved around concept vehicles like the aforementioned Sony Honda Mobility Afeela and bringing AI to the dashboard. For instance, Volkswagen announced a partnership with Cerence to bring ChatGPT to its “Hello Ida” voice assistant system as a free, cloud-based update for drivers of its ID 4 and ID 7 electric cars later this year.
Alas, CarPlay was not mentioned in our round-up of the best car tech at CES 2024.
