Apple, Tesla, Spotify: The tech announcements that never happened in 2024 [Video]

2024 was a huge year for tech, with artificial intelligence fast becoming the most promising tech advancement since, well, perhaps the internet itself. We also saw a ton of incredible new gadgets, laptops, phones, tablets, electric vehicles, and yes, even a few cool new robots.

What we didn’t see, however, is a couple of services and products that were promised for 2024, but simply never saw the light of day, or were postponed into 2025 and beyond.

We waited and waited, and now that the year is done and 2025 is most definitely here, it’s time to do a recap of the stuff we didn’t get this year.

Apple’s next-gen CarPlay

This is perhaps the most straightforward omission. Apple has long been working on the next generation of CarPlay. In the company’s own words, it’s “the ultimate iPhone experience for the car,” as it basically takes over the car’s infotainment and instrument cluster and turns it …