One of Android Auto’s best features is nowhere to be found on Apple CarPlay

You’d most accurately describe Apple and Google’s relationship as frenemies. The idea that they’re bitter rivals is at best a relic of the Steve Jobs days, when the co-founder threatened to go to “thermonuclear war” over the similarities between Android and iOS. In truth, Google keeps paying Apple billions to remain the default search option in Safari, and Apple is now paying Google for the Gemini models that underlie Siri AI and Apple Intelligence. During the entire Jobs era, the default navigation app on iPhones was actually Google Maps.