The smartphone is better, so Ferrari will throw away native navigation

Ferrari is phasing out the built-in navigation system from the car, and owners are determined to find their way by relying on mobile phone navigation and other portable navigation devices.

Ferrari's Purosangue SUV and the upcoming 12cilindri supercar skip the built-in navigation system, future models will also, although it was the standard for many years.

This information was revealed to Australian media, including Drive, last week by Emanuele Carando, Head of product marketing at Ferrari.

"I did this because I think the great mirroring of phones and phones is the most user-friendly possibility and () the most updated system," he said.

Carando's comments reflect what Ferrari CEO Benedetto Vigna did at the Financial Times' 2023 Future of The Car summit. Mirroring systems Apple CarPlay and Android Auto have been standard in Ferrari since the beginning of 10 years.

While Ferrari is doubling down on smartphone mirroring systems, other automakers are retreating from them. General Motors has skipped the technology on the latest electric cars, which come with its own Android-based operating system powered by Google Maps. Other companies, such as Rivian and Tesla, have also shunned the technology in favor of their own operating and navigation systems.

At the same time, more and more automakers continue to adopt Andorid-based operating systems for their infotainment systems, similar to GM.Meanwhile, Apple aims to take over the entire dash, including the digital gauge cluster, with the next-generation version of CarPlay. Apple last week previewed a system that allows automakers to use their own designs when carplay is activated, for example, for gauge clusters