GM to offer both Apple CarPlay and Android Auto in many of its vehicles beggining from 2016. Image source: Appleinsider.comGeneral Motors says it will offer both Apple CarPlay and Android Auto in many of its vehicles beginning from 2016. The offering will enable customers to mirror their smartphones and applications to their in-car infotainment systems.

GM’s announcement follows news from Hyundai that it would install Android Auto in its Sonata Sedan this year. In the current 2015 vehicles, the smartphone mirroring application can be part of a software upgrade.

“For most of us, our smartphones are essential,” says GM CEO Mary Barra.

In total, 14 Chevrolet models will be available with the smartphone mirroring APIs. Some of GM’s Chevrolet vehicles — such as the Malibu, Camaro and Silverado truck — use a seven-inch MyLink infotainment system. Those systems will be compatible with both Android Auto and Apple CarPlay in the beginning of 2016, GM says. Other GM vehicles use an eight-inch version of MyLink that will only be compatible with Apple CarPlay at the beginning of the new model year.

Although development and testing are not complete, Android Auto compatibility may be available on the eight-inch version of MyLink later in the 2016 model year, GM says.

Several auto manufacturers have already announced plans to install CarPlay in new vehicles, including Ford, BMW, Audi, Mercedes, Jaguar/Land Rover, Toyota, Nissan and Volvo.