The Porsche Communication Management (PCM) system for 2026 will incorporate the Porsche App Center, which was first seen in the Macan Electric. This center allows quick access to numerous apps and services available on the touchscreen. According to Calvin Kim, a spokesperson for Porsche, these models will use the MIB3 architecture first introduced in 2022, instead of Google’s Android Automotive OS, which is used in the Macan Electric, as mentioned in an email to The Verge.

Porsche’s in-car applications may lessen the reliance on phone-mirroring technologies like Apple CarPlay and Android Auto. Numerous electric vehicle manufacturers like Tesla, Rivian, and GM do not offer device mirroring and necessitate subscriptions for in-car connectivity services.

Porsche will include 10 years of Porsche Connect service standard in each of these new vehicles to “optimize the digital user experience.” Part of that experience also includes Amazon Alexa, which in addition to Porsche’s Voice Pilot, can be used as the drivers’ digital voice assistant. Alexa can play music and podcasts, open your garage door, edit to-do and shopping lists and more. Porsche doesn’t say if this is the revamped AI-powered Alexa Plus that Amazon announced in February.

Porsche is also adding Dolby Atmos support with the new PCM system in models with premium audio equipment like Bose that can give occupants an immersive, spatial sound experience. 2026 Porsches can be ordered now and will arrive at US stores in “late summer 2025.”