I was wondering if there is a way to install your own apps on the infotainment centre other than the GM choices?

 

On what year car? If you're talking about 2024+ with the Android based OS, you'd have to sideload the apps, and while I've seen some people discussing how to do it on other GM vehicles (like the Silverados), I haven't seen anyone do it on the Corvette. It should work the same, but it's also highly technical and you open yourself up to a lot of risk. Personally, I decided it wasn't worth the headache/risk since I can run whatever apps I want through Android Auto.

 

2023 z51 Iphone 16

 

I'm not sure I understand your question then. 2023 is the GM based Infotainment that doesn't have any apps. And if you're using iPhone with it you'd be on CarPlay, so all apps would be loaded through that.

 

Ok, I didn't know that I could add apps through carplay. I'll give it a go, Thanks

 

Not quite true. 2023 has Android and CarPlay, both of which you can adds apps if ported to the car platform. I have added a few beyond the GM stock apps. I don't think many apps have exploited the car platform as much as they should.

 

I downloaded Tidal, Waze, a weather radar app and a couple others by tapping on the Google Play Store icon on my 2024. Waze isn't usable though. It won't allow me to enter a destination so I just use it through my phone.

 

To be clear, you aren't adding apps to the car through CarPlay. You are adding apps to your phone and accessing them through a CarPlay connection on your car.

There are a few apps that can be directly added to the earlier cars OS through the apps menu on the car but the selection is very small.

I use an Android phone with Android Auto but Android Auto only allows a small subset of Android apps to be used with Android Auto. I'm not familiar with iPhones but I assume they also limit what apps can be accessed through CarPlay. I use a CarPlay AI box with my C8. It allows me to project nearly any Android app on the infotainment screen.

 

As noted there is a difference between running apps on your phone using Carplay (or Android) and apps that are hosted in and running on your infotainment system. Your car supports both.

As noted, when you use CarPlay, the "app", such as Waze, is running on your phone, but it will provide a display and controls on your infotainment system display. Even so, it won't run just any old app on your phone - it will only do that with supported apps. But, when using Carplay you are not downloading and hosting the app itself in your car infotainment system.

But the 2020-2023 models do support other apps that can be downloaded and hosted in the infotainment system. There is a menu choice for apps, and then "my apps" . And it shows a bunch of apps. My 2021 shows Spotify, Alexa, AudioBooks, HeartRadio, Pandora, etc. I'm guessing you already are familiar with those and are wondering if other apps can be downloaded and hosted in the infotainment system that are not currently listed. I don't see a way to do that - and could find nothing in the manual that says that. Apps that are hosted in your infotainment system that require internet access to work, such as Pandora, will also require a data plan via OnStar (I don't do that) - or maybe a workaround.

The 2024 and on manual seems to also say that apps can be downloaded (not to be confused with using Carplay which it also still supports). But I don't see any detail on how to do that in the 2024 manual.

I attached some photos of menu items and "apps" that appear in the infotainment system in my 2021. Note the car is calling them apps.

 

I tried to reboot the infotainment centre with the end call button but nothing happened? It just x ed out the audio on the dash.

 

I think that only works on 2024 and newer cars.