The integrated Apple Music app in the 2025 Chevrolet Equinox EV. Photo Credit: GM
Months after moving to drop support for Apple CarPlay and Android Auto, General Motors has announced the direct integration of Apple Music into select vehicles’ infotainment systems.
GM just recently confirmed its plans to put Apple Music front and center in certain newer vehicles. On the straight integration side, the Apple-owned service is already available in the 2025 and ‘26 Cadillac CT5 as well as the ‘26 Chevrolet Corvette, Suburban, and Tahoe, to name a few.
Meanwhile, the Apple Music app is poised to arrive in the ’27 Chevy Bolt, besides Buick and GMC vehicles, according to GM. And the DSP’s “studio-grade Spatial Audio,” currently live in Cadillac models including the 2026 VISTIQ, will continue to integrate into other models yet moving forward.
Given Apple Music’s longstanding spatial audio emphasis, the feature’s prioritization here doesn’t come as a surprise.
However, said prioritization does underscore the far-reaching nature of the partnership, which will see GM support Apple Music via OnStar Basics. Translation: Customers can utilize the integrated music service (plus different apps) “at no additional connectivity cost for eight years with their vehicle purchase.”
The automaker also went ahead and described the music platform’s resulting ability to turn one’s Cadillac “cabin into an immersive, three-dimensional sound environment designed around the vehicle’s acoustics.”
(A quick audio-support parenthetical: In The Truth About Cars’ view, GM’s Apple Music integration is part of an effort “to soften the blow of removing Apple CarPlay.” And according to GM Authority, November saw the business permanently shut down its infotainment app store, thereby barring future downloads, in “certain 2017 through 2020 models.”)
“We are bringing the Apple Music app to GM vehicles in a way that takes full advantage of our industry-leading audio capabilities,” GM VP of global product management Tim Twerdahl added of the Apple Music union.
“It’s the latest example of how we’re expanding entertainment choices built directly into our vehicles,” concluded Twerdahl, who previously served as Apple’s home and audio VP.
For Apple Music, which is currently offering new U.S. subscribers three months of Individual access for about $3 total, time will reveal the integration’s ability to fuel user-base growth. (Per GM, “new listeners can sign up with just a tap on the dashboard.”)
Furthermore, recent evidence suggests that other music-focused agreements may be in the cards for GM next year. Before today’s integration announcement, October delivered a multifaceted agreement involving Cadillac and Warner Music Australia.
Looking to introduce the “all-electric Cadillac LYRIQ and its cutting-edge AKG 19-speaker sound system” Down Under, the GM subsidiary confirmed plans to collaborate with Warner Music artists on “car tests,” make vehicles “available for use during tours,” and more.
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