General Motors announced in December that it had begun rolling out its native, dedicated Apple Music app to select Cadillac and Chevrolet vehicles. 9to5Mac reports the automaker is now rolling out the app to select Buick and GMC vehicles
The following Buick and GMC vehicles will receive support for Apple Music:
Buick
GMC
GM says no action on the part of the driver is required, and the Apple Music app will begin appearing automatically on these cars starting this week.
Also in December, GM announced it was making audio streaming standard through OnStar Basics for all 2025 and newer vehicles in the U.S. and Canada. This allows drivers to access their favorite music, audiobook, podcast, and news apps — including Apple Music — at no additional connectivity cost for eight years with their vehicle purchase. After the eight-year period expires, there will be a subscription fee.
GM’s announcement comes after the company started phasing out support for CarPlay in 2024 and later electric vehicles, with GM instead relying on its own infotainment system. In the future, GM plans to have all of its vehicles on its own infotainment platform.
While GM pushes the move as giving it total control over its vehicle’s systems, allowing it to optimize the systems, the move also allows GM to offer subscriptions to some infotainment features, many of which are offered for free by CarPlay and Android Auto. When a corporate entity makes a move, its is almost always about additional revenue.
A GM executive tried to push the idea that its infotainment system was safer than Apple’s CarPlay and Google’s Android Auto, but he was ridiculed by the industry, and GM did its best to pull back from the exec’s statement.