{"id":265317,"date":"2026-06-05T17:30:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-05T21:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/05\/this-adapter-adds-android-auto-to-gm-evs-but-theres-a-catch\/"},"modified":"2026-06-05T17:55:10","modified_gmt":"2026-06-05T21:55:10","slug":"this-adapter-adds-android-auto-to-gm-evs-but-theres-a-catch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/05\/this-adapter-adds-android-auto-to-gm-evs-but-theres-a-catch\/","title":{"rendered":"This adapter adds Android Auto to GM EVs, but there&#8217;s a catch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/evplay-android-auto-gm-adapter-3675224\/\">This adapter adds Android Auto to GM EVs, but there&#8217;s a catch<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/evplay-android-auto-gm-adapter-3675224\/\">https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/evplay-android-auto-gm-adapter-3675224\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-06-05 17:30:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"www.androidauthority.com\">www.androidauthority.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>TL;DR<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The EV Play LT is a nearly $200 adapter that adds Android Auto and Apple CarPlay support to electric cars from General Motors.<\/li>\n<li>Most Chevrolet, GMC, and Cadillac electric cars in the 2024, 2025, and 2026 model years are supported.<\/li>\n<li>Aside from the high price, potential buyers should be wary of the possibility that General Motors breaks the EV Play LT\u2019s functionality down the road.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>General Motors, the legacy automaker best known for brands like Chevrolet, GMC, and Cadillac, has taken a hard stance on CarPlay and Android Auto \u2014 it won\u2019t support the features on its electric vehicles. A company called EVPlay, which also makes CarPlay and Android Auto adapters, wants to will the gap. A new \u201cEV Play LT\u201d device brings wired and wireless CarPlay and Android Auto to most EVs made by General Motors. That includes the 2024, 2025, and 2026 model years of popular Chevrolet, GMC, and Cadillac cars.<\/p>\n<p>The adapter costs $199, but it doesn\u2019t require a subscription and only takes two minutes to install. It works by connecting with an app you can install on your GM electric car\u2019s Android Automotive operating system. The hardware is a relatively small USB device that plugs into a data port on your car. The EV Play LT essentially streams and projects the CarPlay or Android Auto user interface on your car\u2019s infotainment system using the companion app.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Don\u2019t want to miss the best from Android Authority?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img class=\"e_Ph\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" sizes=\"9.375rem\" title=\"google preferred source badge light@2x\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/google_preferred_source_badge_light@2x.png 676w, https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/google_preferred_source_badge_light@2x-64w-20h.png 64w\" alt=\"google preferred source badge light@2x\" src=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/google_preferred_source_badge_light@2x.png\"\/><img class=\"e_Ph\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" sizes=\"9.375rem\" title=\"google preferred source badge dark@2x\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/google_preferred_source_badge_dark@2x.png 676w, https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/google_preferred_source_badge_dark@2x-64w-20h.png 64w\" alt=\"google preferred source badge dark@2x\" src=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/google_preferred_source_badge_dark@2x.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The catch is that the EV Play LT could become a paperweight if General Motors decides to block app and\/or adapter, as EVPlay confirms on its FAQ page. The company explains the situation further:<\/p>\n<p>It would not be easy for them to do so, nor would it be immediate or automatic; however, it is an eventual possibility. We would obviously keep up the good fight as long as we could, but ultimately they are in control of their system and customers should accept the fact that GM could eventually disable this. Of course, the question that always goes along with \u201ccan&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/evplay-android-auto-gm-adapter-3675224\/\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This adapter adds Android Auto to GM EVs, but there&#8217;s a catch https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/evplay-android-auto-gm-adapter-3675224\/ Publish Date:&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":265318,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Android-Auto-Gemini-5-Gemini-Live.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[46],"tags":[70],"class_list":["post-265317","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-android","tag-google"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/265317"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=265317"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/265317\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":265319,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/265317\/revisions\/265319"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/265318"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=265317"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=265317"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=265317"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}