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Originally Posted by White340
Is it because they have to develop the software for it? Is the chip inferior in any way? I.e. slower, loses features, etc
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If the update can be done via OTA update, they likely had the new control hardware finished before they could validate the CarPlay/Android Auto software (which are likely "containerized", from a software perspective for security purposes).
As for your other question - there's no reason the replacement controller (chip) would be inferior to the original. They are both likely equally spec'ed Cortex-based processors, perhaps from different manufacturers - which would need a code re-compile and retargeting for the differences in perpipherals from vendor to vendor.