You're calling it a workaround and delegation but having Apple or Google developing this integration seems quite beneficial for a bunch of reasons. The car makers wouldn't even need OTA patches to upgrade the UI functionality because that's all being done by Apple/Google over the internet and through the devices, which would then port through to the screens in the vehicle. CarPlay has already improved quite a bit since I first used it last year without any updates required in the vehicles themselves.
This is a great opportunity for the phone makers to capitalize on the fact that everyone connects their phone to their car and these cars have tons of screens nowadays.
What makes less sense and seems less efficient is OEMs putting a lot of energy into developing their own UIs and then phone manufacturers also doing their own thing for the interface tied to the devices that we all connect to our vehicles. If phone makers can take on more of that, with the added benefit of building it into the UI on the devices themselves and upgradability through cell/internet connections in those devices, I can see all kinds of benefits. And the world benefits from not having multiple companies doing overlapping work, focus can be put elsewhere.
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