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GM plans OnStar AI debut in 2027 Cadillac Lyriq

General Motors says it will introduce its OnStar AI Assistant in the 2027 Cadillac Lyriq EV in the coming months. The company also plans a 2027 mobile app that will sync with its in-car software and replace the OnStar Guardian and GM brand apps.

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What happened

Key facts

  • The OnStar AI Assistant is planned to debut in the Cadillac Lyriq (per TechCrunch, ua.news, Yahoo).
  • The planned debut vehicle is the 2027 Cadillac Lyriq (per TechCrunch, ua.news, insideevs.com).
  • General Motors says the OnStar AI Assistant will arrive in the 2027 Cadillac Lyriq EV in the coming months, with more GM vehicles to follow (per TechCrunch).
  • General Motors announced the OnStar changes at its GM Forward event in New York (per TechCrunch).
  • General Motors plans to launch a new OnStar mobile app in 2027 that will sync with its in-car software (per TechCrunch).
  • The planned OnStar mobile app will replace the OnStar Guardian app and vehicle brand apps for Buick, Cadillac, Chevrolet and GMC (per TechCrunch).

The brief

General Motors plans to introduce its OnStar AI Assistant in the 2027 Cadillac Lyriq EV in the coming months, with additional GM vehicles expected to follow, TechCrunch reported. The company announced the plan at its GM Forward event in New York, as part of changes to its OnStar connected-car service. GM also plans to launch a new OnStar mobile app in 2027.

The company says the app will work alongside and sync with its in-car software, bringing the mobile and vehicle experiences together. The planned app will replace the existing OnStar Guardian app and the brand-specific apps for Buick, Cadillac, Chevrolet and GMC. The OnStar Guardian app currently offers crash detection, emergency assistance and location sharing.

GM expanded access to the app in 2021, allowing people with compatible phones to use it even if they did not own a GM vehicle. TechCrunch reported that the app first launched in 2020. GM’s announcement also included technology news beyond OnStar, covering software, automated driving, electric vehicles and the company’s electrical architecture.

The OnStar AI Assistant is the portion of that event tied to the Lyriq launch; the company’s stated plan is to extend the assistant to more GM vehicles after its debut. The Lyriq is the first vehicle named for the assistant’s introduction, while the new mobile app has a separate stated schedule: GM plans to launch it in 2027.

The company has not specified in the account which additional vehicles will receive the assistant or when they will do so. GM previously said that Google Gemini would roll out in vehicles in 2026, TechCrunch reported. The account does not say how that earlier announcement relates to the new OnStar AI Assistant, so the two plans should not be treated as the same system.

The current announcement identifies the Lyriq as the planned debut vehicle and the new OnStar app as a later part of the service changes.

Why it matters

  • Lyriq owners are the first named vehicle group slated to receive the OnStar AI Assistant, with GM saying more of its vehicles will follow.
  • GM’s planned app consolidation would replace the OnStar Guardian app and separate apps for Buick, Cadillac, Chevrolet and GMC with one OnStar mobile app.
  • The existing Guardian app provides crash detection, emergency assistance and location sharing; GM’s planned replacement is intended to sync with in-car software.

What to watch next

  • Whether GM introduces the OnStar AI Assistant in the 2027 Cadillac Lyriq in the coming months, as the company says it plans.
  • Which additional GM vehicles receive the assistant after its planned Lyriq debut.
  • Whether GM launches the new OnStar mobile app in 2027 as planned.
  • How the planned app handles the Guardian app’s crash detection, emergency assistance and location-sharing functions.

How it's being covered

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Timeline

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  1. General Motors introduced OnStar at the Chicago Auto Show.
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  2. GM announced plans to integrate Google Assistant, Google Maps and Google Play into its infotainment systems.
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  3. In 2020, General Motors launched the OnStar Guardian app, which offered crash detection, emergency assistance and location sharing.
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  4. The first GM vehicles with Google built-in arrived.
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  5. The Cadillac Lyriq, introduced in 2022 as GM’s electric luxury SUV, used the company’s Ultium electric-vehicle platform and included connected infotainment features.
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How we got here

In 2020, General Motors launched the OnStar Guardian app, which offered crash detection, emergency assistance and location sharing. It extended OnStar services beyond the vehicle, building on a system whose roots lay in connected-car safety. GM introduced OnStar at the 1996 Chicago Auto Show, and the service became available in select 1997 Cadillac models.

Its early functions included automatic crash notification and access to an advisor; later, OnStar added smartphone-based services and remote vehicle features. In 2019, GM announced that Google Assistant, Google Maps and Google Play would be integrated into its infotainment systems, with the first vehicles equipped with Google built-in arriving in 2021.

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