Again, its carplay or googlemaps or bingmaps, but there is no reason to connect the phone.

Google , Microsoft , Meta… they are software companies, thats what they do. If VW or Stellantis comes to them asking to do their satnav app they wont refuse.

Its easy to list all the bad UI but remember that BMW pioneered the central console wheel back in 2005. Car OEMs generally know better given that they build the actual car , especially the interior

When car OEMs try to copy phones you have disasters such as touchscreens and absence of physical buttons which is a trend that the maniacs over at tesla started and needs to be rolled back ASAP because it is dangerous and bad design