Tesla is developing support for Apple’s CarPlay system in its electric vehicles, Bloomberg News reported Thursday, marking a potential shift in the carmaker’s long-standing resistance to third-party software integration.

The company’s potential adoption of CarPlay, which allows users to control iPhone features such as navigation, music and messaging through a vehicle’s built-in display, would mark a major departure from its preference for its own ecosystem to maintain control over the in-car experience.

Tesla has discussed rolling out CarPlay in the coming months, but the plan is not yet finalized and the release could be delayed, the report said, citing people familiar with the matter.

The report also said Tesla plans to integrate CarPlay within a window inside its existing interface

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