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And while Mercedes is looking for other alternatives for its cars, BMW has just announced that for the waiting time for delivery from their cars to their customers, going to temporarily bypass Android Auto. And it all has to do with the blissful shortage of semiconductors that all automakers suffer from.
The wait drags on in the delivery of cars for BMW
You just have to cross some resellers of the biggest brands to find out about the delivery date of certain models. And yes, they take six months for it to be quite an odyssey access the purchase of one.
Via Phandroid, the German automobile giant announced that to prevent its customers from waiting too long for their vehicles, it would do without Android Auto and CarPlay functionality in their cars.
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This measure concerns customers of United States, United Kingdom, Europe, Italy and France. Of course, this is due to the shortage of chips and the models already at the factory with the production code 6P1 will not offer the possibility of enjoying the Android Auto experience in these cars.
The only positive news to come out of BMW’s announcement today is that by the end of June it will release a software update to restore features like Android Auto, CarPlay and WiFi.
A major existing problem for the automotive market since, in addition to this shortage of chips, many are still waiting for real aid to switch to electric vehicles and thus sell their fossil fuel car.
Of course, the opportunity offered by Aptoide with Mercedes can be the example to follow and a temporary route while chips are available to carry Google and Apple solutions.
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