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John Goreham Contributing Writer, GM-Trucks.com 6-21-2019 GM's latest addition to its in-vehicle marketplace is an app that will let you order Dominos Pizza from your infotainment screen. We have high regard for GM's infotainment systems. If you don't agree, try a new Lexus on for size and let us know how you like a hot mess of touch-pad mice and no Android Auto. No, GM does everything important right. Still, how many times per trip or per 100 trips does one need to order a pizza? Maybe one time per 100 trips? Maybe one time per twenty trips if your family gets pizza once per week (like mine did growing up). In-dash apps should be ones which drivers need during routine trips. Things they will use frequently. Waze is a perfect example. It will warn you of a new pothole, of upcoming traffic, and even that the po-po are just around that turn. Stuff that you need on each trip. You can even add in your own helpful markers. It's an app you need on the infotainment screen because you need to interact with it while you drive. Pandora, Google Maps, and other apps that you use during each trip make good sense. Let's face it, an app on your phone that orders pizza makes some sense, because your phone isn't burdened by such an app sitting dormant in the app tray where it hides until you need it. Here's what Chevy says about the new app: “Domino’s has offered pizza lovers innovative ordering and delivery options for years. At the same time, Chevrolet put technologies in place that allows us to add capabilities to vehicles already on the road, like the ability for our drivers to order pizza through the touchscreen,” said Scott Goddard, Marketplace line of business leader, Chevrolet. “This new in-vehicle solution is a natural collaboration that both Chevy drivers and pizza connoisseurs can enjoy.” I enjoy pizza and may have starved in college if not for Dominos. Still, as much as I am a fan of both pizza and GM, I already know that every vehicle in America with a hands-free Bluetooth connection already has an app that can call in a pizza. And you can operate it from the steering wheel. Simply touch our Push To Talk button and say "Dial Main Street Dominos." If your local Dominos phone number is stored in the mobile device you link, the call will be made without you touching the infotainment screen. When Dominos answers, they already know you from your phone number and they already know your order history. And you never took your eyes off the road or your hands off the wheel. GM isn't guilty of any sins here. It just seems like they have run out of ideas if the newest infotainment update is an app that is redundant and will likely be used only a few times each month at most. My $0.02.
