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> She delivered a shocking stat: 79% of U.S. buyers would only buy a car if it supported CarPlay.

I would be shocked by the number being that high because while iOS has a slim majority of the market share, it's nowhere near 79%.

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A household might have three or four mobile phones, but only one or two cars. Many cars also can and do support both Android Auto and Carplay. If my wife and I used Android and my teenage son used Apple, I'd definitely want our car to support both.

It might be new cars. I could see new car buyers having an iphone bias vs android.

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