---
title: "GMC Hummer EV Will Have Android-Powered Infotainment System With Google Assistant"
description: "GMC is ditching in-house software, maybe for the better."
date: "2021-05-19"
modified: "2021-05-19"
authors:
  - name: "Peter Holderith"
    job_title: "Contributor"
    link: "https://www.thedrive.com/authors/peter-holderith"
url: "https://www.thedrive.com/news/40692/gmc-hummer-ev-will-have-android-powered-infotainment-system-with-google-assistant"
categories:
  - "Car Tech"
  - "Electric Vehicles"
  - "GMC News"
  - "News"
  - "News by Brand"
  - "Trucks"
tags:
  - "Electric Vehicle"
  - "GMC"
  - "Hummer EV"
  - "Off-Road"
  - "pickup"
---

# GMC Hummer EV Will Have Android-Powered Infotainment System With Google Assistant

![](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/images-by-url-td/content/2021/05/Hummer-Screen-Hero.jpg>)
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Saying automotive infotainment systems are just tablets rammed into a car's dash is a popular oversimplification. In [the new Hummer EV's case,](<https://www.thedrive.com/news/40056/2024-hummer-ev-suv-heres-whats-different-from-the-electric-truck>) though, it just got a little more true. Not only does the display for [the 9,000-pound super truck](<https://www.thedrive.com/news/40657/the-gmc-hummer-ev-pickup-will-weigh-9046-pounds-report>) look like a tablet, it's running an Android OS, for cryin' out loud.

Yes, the infotainment system of the new Hummer EV is going a step further than just enabling Android Auto. It's using Android—known as the [Android Automotive OS](<https://www.thedrive.com/news/39043/new-ford-vehicles-will-use-googles-android-operating-system-starting-in-2023>) in this instance—as its operating system, which means a bunch of standard Google features without having to pair your phone. Voice commands, Google Maps, Spotify, and a slew of other apps available on the Play Store will all be usable.

![message-editor%2F1621434141078-inlinea.jpg](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/content-b/message-editor/1621434141078-inlinea.jpg>)
**GMC**

It's implied in the short video describing the system's capabilities that apps will have to be developed or adapted specifically for the [Hummer EV's display,](<https://www.thedrive.com/news/40321/a-former-nike-designer-is-the-mastermind-behind-the-new-hummer-ev-interior>) so it's likely not all apps on the Play Store will be available for use yet. A clip describing the system's capabilities, embedded below, stresses the use of voice commands to find things like charging stations, or to control the truck's audio.

The Android-powered touchscreen is 13.4 inches across, which is pretty big outside of offerings from Tesla. The display in the [Mustang Mach-E](<https://www.thedrive.com/new-cars/39928/2021-mustang-mach-e-review-a-week-living-with-this-electric-pony-proves-its-the-real-deal>) is also slightly larger at 15.5 in, although it's in a vertical orientation as opposed to the Hummer's horizontal arrangement.

https://player.vimeo.com/video/552435858

As of right now, it's unclear if this new Android Automotive OS will be used in other future GM products. When we reached out to GMC for more details, a spokesperson explained that there's not much else to share yet.

Hats off to whoever can jailbreak it and run iOS 14.5—[if that's your sort of thing](<https://discussions.apple.com/thread/252705579>).

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## Author
Peter Holderith is a former staff writer for The Drive. He enjoys covering the regular news cycle, writing reviews, and hunting down long features on obscure pieces of automotive history.

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