Except that in this case GM is still using Android Automotive the kernel (not to be confused with Android Auto, the user feature they plan to disable; thanks Google marketing for two easily confused brand names here). GM is still ceding a fair amount of control to Google and Google apps even if apparently Google is promising GM far more user data sharing.

(Which leaves me somewhat wondering how much Google is paying GM to eliminate Apple CarPlay from the picture? Apple seems the only company inconvenienced here. Most of the inconvenience is born by the users of a loss of key user-facing features.)