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#gm

The software team at General Motors has now lost three top executives in the past month as the automaker - with its new chief product officer at the helm - combines its disparate technology businesses into one organization. Baris Cetinok, senior vice president of software and services product management, is leaving the company effective Dec. 12, the company confirmed to TechCrunch.

If your car supports Apple CarPlay or Android Auto, that will continue. Both will remain available in all GM gas-powered vehicles for the foreseeable future. As we advance toward our centralized computing platform, we'll gradually move to a better, more deeply integrated experience - a direction the broader industry is taking as vehicles become more software-defined. This will happen over time, not overnight. We value our collaboration with Apple and Google and remain focused on delivering experiences customers love.

With advanced processing in the car, we can handle interference on board so that it works in low-data-connection areas,