Just spoke with an engineer who claims they are working on the development of Apple Car’s UI. Although they weren’t able to elaborate much, they said that both iPhone and Apple Watch play a huge role in Apple Car’s functionality. #AppleInternal
I agree! They wouldn’t want to lose all business from non iPhone users but can’t create right hardware integration with such a wide range of hardware like Android devices, so they include software to make it not intuitive but functional at the very least!