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		iainmerrick on April 15, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: GM’s decision to ditch Apple CarPlay, Android Auto... Possibly I misremember, but I’m pretty sure hands-free phone calls in cars via Bluetooth were a thing before the iPhone existed. (Looking it up... Yeah, around 2001, apparently.)

m463 on April 15, 2023 [–]

But the iphone could play music over bluetooth, and that was something cars ignored for quite some time.

iainmerrick on April 15, 2023 | [–]

Most people didn’t have music on their phones back then. But you could plug your iPod into the headphone jack!

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