After including Apple CarPlay and Android Auto to the Air sedan earlier this yr, Lucid Motors is now making ready so as to add Apple and Amazon Music as standalone apps.
In line with a supply accustomed to the matter who instructed Teslarati, Lucid is now making ready so as to add Apple and Amazon Music to the Air sedan. The replace comes a bit over six months after Lucid added Apple CarPlay and Android Auto to its autos and after the corporate was seen testing these functions as early as final yr.
The addition of Apple Music and Amazon Music has additionally been alluded to in a job itemizing on LinkedIn for Senior Product Supervisor of Media Associate Administration, during which the automaker says the function requires the employee to “fulfill duties of Product Proprietor for Apple, Amazon Music and different Media app companions.”
Edmunds demonstrates Lucid Air’s Apple CarPlay responsiveness, with combined outcomes
In contrast to Apple CarPlay, which presents an entire suite of hands-free apps together with Music, Navigation and extra, the Amazon and Apple Music apps are anticipated to be standalone, letting customers check in and entry their music libraries from inside the Air.
Like electrical autos (EVs) from Tesla, Rivian and different manufacturers, Lucid deploys over-the-air (OTA) software program updates so as to add upgrades and, on this case, new apps. It’s not precisely clear when Lucid will add Apple and Amazon’s music software program, although it’s prone to are available in a future replace sooner or later.
The information additionally comes after the primary Lucid Air Sapphire rolled off of the automaker’s manufacturing line late final month, thought of an electrical luxurious super-sports sedan with a 0-60 mph acceleration of simply 1.89 seconds. Lucid additionally reported its third-quarter deliveries and earnings this month, with the corporate falling wanting common Wall Avenue supply estimates for the Air.
You possibly can watch Lucid’s video saying the addition of Apple CarPlay under, as shared by the automaker earlier this yr.
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