[syakov79]

Yes, you are correct. the dealership has nothing to do with car features. I was speaking with the salesman who sold me the car and mentioned that I am not going to be a long term owner in the Chevy EV market unless they make that change. That's all.

I have a family subscription to Apple Music. I would cancel it if it were just me, but there are 6 people on it. So, if I want to listen to it, I have to Bluetooth it. It's just not the same and defeats the purpose of "distracted driving." I do have subs to Spotify and Youtube Music and they are on in the car but it's just not the same as Apple Music in my opinion.

I agree with everything you said and learned something too. Thanks for the information. Seriously. I learn new things here all the time.

It seems everyone wants to predict the future these days, lets just hold out hope that apple actually comes through with the app- maybe you wont have to swear off GM evs for life if that happens. We don't know that this wont be fixed before your time with the blazer is up. Or you could get a cadillac lyriq next. To each his own, but I have never been this locked in with one music provider, until recently I didn't even pay for any streaming music subscriptions so its hardly a big deal. I know have YT music (which generally seems highly rated) because I signed up for YT premium to get rid of adds. Ive used XM for years in cars since it's not that expensive and works nationwide. But I can't imagine basing car ownership on which music streaming service it offers or doesn't offer when there are so many options. Ive read comments from people on FB saying they just refuse to pay for a new subscription when they have one already- my thoughts are I am subscribing to all kinds of stuff I never even dreamed about paying for 10 years ago, this is just the world we live in. I have three video streaming services in my house, well 4 if I could YT premium- which isn't exactly the same thing.

 

[atomicjarhead]

It seems everyone wants to predict the future these days, lets just hold out hope that apple actually comes through with the app- maybe you wont have to swear off GM evs for life if that happens. We don't know that this wont be fixed before your time with the blazer is up. Or you could get a cadillac lyriq next. To each his own, but I have never been this locked in with one music provider, until recently I didn't even pay for any streaming music subscriptions so its hardly a big deal. I know have YT music (which generally seems highly rated) because I signed up for YT premium to get rid of adds. Ive used XM for years in cars since it's not that expensive and works nationwide. But I can't imagine basing car ownership on which music streaming service it offers or doesn't offer when there are so many options. Ive read comments from people on FB saying they just refuse to pay for a new subscription when they have one already- my thoughts are I am subscribing to all kinds of stuff I never even dreamed about paying for 10 years ago, this is just the world we live in. I have three video streaming services in my house, well 4 if I could YT premium- which isn't exactly the same thing.

Very true. The reason I had the car at the dealership in the first place was my adaptive cruise control will randomly slow down 5 MPH and then resume to the set speed. No cars around me in any direction. The other thing was my Auto Brights are randomly dimming and brightening when no oncoming traffic is coming from in front or behind me.

They told me that this is just the way the car is and there was nothing they could do to fix this. They checked software updates and everything was fully updated. I just have to deal with random drops in speed on adaptive cruise and brights dimming and brightening randomly according to them. They gave me a lot of BS excuses about car cleanliness (car is washed daily with subscription car wash), bugs and so on but this should be a problem. My old car NEVER did this and there were bugs in the world then too. A little disappointed with those answers. The only thing the trip to the dealership did for me is remind me why I really like CP.

It is what it is and I'll survive. But the money spent on the car compared to the last car. I should not be experiencing this considering these are problems I never had with my Kia Sportage Hybrid.

 

[syakov79]

Very true. The reason I had the car at the dealership in the first place was my adaptive cruise control will randomly slow down 5 MPH and then resume to the set speed. No cars around me in any direction. The other thing was my Auto Brights are randomly dimming and brightening when no oncoming traffic is coming from in front or behind me.

They told me that this is just the way the car is and there was nothing they could do to fix this. They checked software updates and everything was fully updated. I just have to deal with random drops in speed on adaptive cruise and brights dimming and brightening randomly according to them. They gave me a lot of BS excuses about car cleanliness (car is washed daily with subscription car wash), bugs and so on but this should be a problem. My old car NEVER did this and there were bugs in the world then too. A little disappointed with those answers. The only thing the trip to the dealership did for me is remind me why I really like CP.

It is what it is and I'll survive. But the money spent on the car compared to the last car. I should not be experiencing this considering these are problems I never had with my Kia Sportage Hybrid.

I have not seen any TSB for those issues but that doesn't mean they cant be corrected. Many new cars (especially Evs) have issues. People in the blazer FB group who have had other Evs like the MAch E and especially the ID4 have noted problems were hardly uncommon so I'm not sure if its realistic to say you should never experience issues in a brand new car. My recommendation is to call EV concierge and let them know you have tried on multiple occasions to get something handled by the dealership and you need them to get involved to bring resolution, even if that's at another dealer. Others are not having these problems- at least not in significant numbers, I really don't recall ever reading about malfunctioning adaptive cruise. There has to be a fix available.

 

[NESFan1]

I’m an Apple fan and I’ll be the first to say they do plenty wrong like every company out there.

The fact of the matter is though there is technically a version of Apple Music for AAOS since Rivian’s OS uses this as a base. Think similar to how Samsung has their own version of Android.

All GM needs to do is have it compiled to work with their version of AAOS. If that means working with Apple so be it. GM has to initiate the conversation.

 

[syakov79]

I’m an Apple fan and I’ll be the first to say they do plenty wrong like every company out there.

The fact of the matter is though there is technically a version of Apple Music for AAOS since Rivian’s OS uses this as a base. Think similar to how Samsung has their own version of Android.

All GM needs to do is have it compiled to work with their version of AAOS. If that means working with Apple so be it. GM has to initiate the conversation.

It does not exist for any car that has AAOS with the play store. Rivian's application is TOTALLY different in that certain apps are built into the interface directly- if you pay for the necessary plan. As I said, Rivians do not have Google play store, they have a one off solution that they worked out with apple. Chevy does not have that system so the fact that Rivian (and no one else) has AM doesn't really mean much to blazer owners. Nissan, Ford, Honda, etc. do not have apple music either and they all use AAOS. Rivians only get the apps and functions that Rivian directly rolls out- they do not have general use apps- this is why Rivians cant access Plugshare or ABRP apps AFAIK. So again, you have not presented any evidence that GM is preventing apple music from rolling out on this platform. If apple makes the app available, all vehicles with AAOS would be able to use it, full stop.

 

[NESFan1]

Your last statement about app availability; wouldn’t that also be the case with the streaming apps? GM has to make them available in the Play Store. By your statement we should all have access to them now because they are generally available, no?

 

[syakov79]

Your last statement about app availability; wouldn’t that also be the case with the streaming apps? GM has to make them available in the Play Store. By your statement we should all have access to them now because they are generally available, no?

You are talking apples and oranges..I didn't say the manufacturer has no input over rollout, I'm saying the app doesn't exist on THIS version of the platform and you have yet to show us which cars with access to the play store have it. If you can name one then share it with us. You said GM is blocking the app but you haven't shown us any proof it's on AAOS playstore.. What rivian is doing is not the same system even if it's based on Android. It's a one of that is made to disguise it's roots as Google based. For example in a rivian the navigation isn't labeled as Google maps and it's not integrated with that app in the outside world. I've seen owner videos that note complaints about rivian navigation compared to GM and AM. Ford does have YouTube on AAOS but I've not seen anything showing that they have prime video and the subscription video streaming apps yet so these things are not hitting all brands simultaneously but we know GM is now rolling out video streaming apps on Google playstore

 

[Old Dog New Tricks]

Rivian uses Google's AAOS as the base level of their system. That being said, they do not use Google Android Services or GAS, and roll their own UI elements, and provide all services themselves.
So, to be more clear here, there is no AAOS compiled version of apple music. That being said, it would not be that difficult to port it to plain AAOS as in use by GM.

I have no desire to do so, but it would not be difficult at all to obtain the source code for the plain android version of apple music and port it over myself. It is literally changing a few parameters in the configuration files, and compiling , signing the code. It would then push directly to the car via the developer console.

 

[syakov79]

Rivian uses Google's AAOS as the base level of their system. That being said, they do not use Google Android Services or GAS, and roll their own UI elements, and provide all services themselves.
So, to be more clear here, there is no AAOS compiled version of apple music. That being said, it would not be that difficult to port it to plain AAOS as in use by GM.

I have no desire to do so, but it would not be difficult at all to obtain the source code for the plain android version of apple music and port it over myself. It is literally changing a few parameters in the configuration files, and compiling , signing the code. It would then push directly to the car via the developer console.

I also have no interest in doing so. If apple thinks it's important they will act accordingly. Obviously it's not and people want to blame everyone but apple. Not smoking that at you but similar sentiments have been expressed here and on FB for a year plus and no one wants to mention Apple's role in this. The app doesn't exist because of Apple, not Google or GM

 

[Old Dog New Tricks]

it's one thing to roll it for yourself, but you will never get it past the storefront approvals because the code is owned by apple, and google would also need to approve it, then GM is the final hurdle. Honestly all that is a bridge too far. It's one thing to fart around with it for your own testing purpose, but the path to a true private release is impossible.