In-car infotainment systems are at weird place right now. While automakers continue to improve performance, increase fuel economy, and revamp styling, a solid, intuitive, and robust infotainment system remains elusive.

Some automakers just want to get out of the way and create a seamless link to the smartphone already in your pocket, while others—like Cadillac's Cue system or Ford's maligned MyFordTouch—want to create an all-inclusive system the removes the mobile phone from the equation.

With a series of announcements today, GM seems to be taking a shotgun-approach to its infotainment overhaul—implementing a variety of approaches to, hopefully, fit just about everyone.

Up first: Siri. GM says the 2013 Chevrolet Spark and Sonic LTZ and RS will be integrated with Apple's voice-activated personal assistant. Owners with iOS 6-equipped phones can move the control of some features found in Chevy's MyLink infotainment system over to Siri via a Bluetooth connection. Press a button on the steering wheel and Apple's digital personal assistant handles basic tasks such as hands-free calling/texting, playing music in the phone's library, as well as some Siri-specific features such as answering basic questions—albeit with varying accuracy, as Siri is want to do. Based on Chevy's ad campaigns alone, it makes sense that Chevy is trying this setup in these millienal-targeted compacts.

Appearing later next spring in the 2014 Chevy Impala is a next-gen MyLink system. Featuring "natural voice recognition"—much like Siri—and a redesigned UI that swaps out the old menu-based interface for a familiar icon-grid layout, the new system closely resembles a tablet or smartphone embedded in center of the dashboard. Similarities aren't a coincidence. According to GM, the tablet-ification of MyLink sprang from a global survey of the system. ""We received a lot of good customer feedback and we used it to make enhancements to the system," explains Nina Mital, MyLink program manager, in today's release.

In addition to the new tech, GM is also adding the human element to its MyLink makeover. Yesterday, Reuters reported that the automaker has hired 25 specialists, mostly 20-somethings, to help educate new owners at more than 4400 U.S. GM dealerships. GM hopes that this system can act like Apple's Genius bar and stem the tide of frustrated users and negative reviews. "You see a lot of people get into the vehicle, and they can't figure out the damned system," Mark Harland, the manager of GM's connected customer team, told Reuters.

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