OnStar Smartphone App

[sgc]

Is the OnStar smartphone app for the Volt available for all Android OS phones, or just the Motorola Droid? It ought not be tied to a specific phone given the short life cycles of cell phones.

[ChrisC]

I don't think we know.

We discussed this last week over in another thread:

http://gm-volt.com/forum/showthread....bile-App-Ideas

And in there, I posted:

I just want the app to work on my phone.

Dear GM: I have an Android phone that is less than a year old, with a 528 MHz CPU and running Android 2.1. Please make sure your Volt app works on 2.1 platforms and is at least minimally usable on a mid-range phone like mine (the Sprint HTC Hero). If you require a 600 MHz CPU or Android 2.2, you'll be locking out a lot of people.

Just a preemptive request, while there's still time to fix it if you were heading down the "Droid or newer" path.

GM has said that it's going to be available for iPhone, iPod Touch, and Motorola Droid. I'm assuming the latter mention of "Droid" will generalize to "Android", as I don't think they have any particular binding exclusivity agreements with Motorola. It would be a disappointment for me if they did. There's a whole world of Android devices out there beyond the Droid-branded products.

Assuming ANdroid not just Droid, I'm just requesting that they make the app work with Android 2.1, don't require 2.2. Thank you

[ChrisC]

aaaaaaand sgc posted the same question over at chevroletvoltage.com, and over there someone noted:

According to www.myvolt.com :

"The app will soon be available for Android™ mobile devices with WVGA or HVGA resolution running Android OS 2.1 or later."

... it's in the lower-left corner with the "OnStar MyLink" section.

Woohoo!