Alexa skill for My Chevrolet no longer available

Well I really liked the convenience of starting my car with my voice. This decision has just saved me $16 a month for OnStar that I no longer need. 

This is a terrible decision and simply makes no sense. This was the best feature of the OnStar service. 

It's kind of funny what we're going through—it reminds me of that quote from The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy!

I did try to find a reference online about when we were notified of these changes, but I couldn’t find anything. Interestingly, I discovered that the Canada website still offers the Alexa skill. Guess what? I’m moving to Canada!

Sorry for the repetition. Not sure how that happened.

Yes of

course we all prefer the app over the Alexa skill. I live to get this in the morning. 

"Our goal is to provide our members access to OnStar, wherever they are. We found that our members prefer to use remote commands in their vehicle mobile apps. In response, we’ve decided to end the Alexa Skill for the MyChevrolet app. With this, the Alexa Built-in will not be sunsetting, and all in vehicle functionality will remain the same. Only commands from your home to your car will be sunsetting. That being said, Members can still use remote commands to perform the same functions that were available via Alexa, with an active eligible service plan. If you have any other questions at this time, we would be happy to help. "

"the Alexa Built-in will not be sunsetting, and all in vehicle functionality will remain the same." The cars has google assistant, Alexa is not required inside the car if doesnt have at least same features. I'm not able to use it to turn on my seat heater per example or power on the A/C. I'm not able to turn on the Alexa with my voice, I need to click on it to works so is not useful or even safe to use while driving.

"That being said, Members can still use remote commands to perform the same functions that were available via Alexa, with an active eligible service plan." - Members can still use remote command using keyfob so lets remove this too, or without remote we still able to enter the car and turn on the heater so why we need OnStar feature? Who will ensure GM will keep this enabled for subscribers? Dont sell the cars with features and remove them after. People will use the feature, people buy accessories, increment their infrastructure counting on that feature. I use Alexa in my home environment for any automation. I'll not get my smartphone do open a buggy app which take minutes to execute any action on the car(when it works). it doesnt support automation, it doesnt support integration with other apps and APIs. So why I'll use it? and if I doesnt use it and oneStar doesnt have the integration I use well...I dont need OnStar subscription anymore too... this was the only reason to me to keep OnStar subscription today...

I'm very disappointed that this is no longer available.  I love being able to start my Chevy hands-free from my home in the winter time.

Gm just can't stop hurting themselves.  Taking away paid features while raising prices, then lying about the rationale, then doubling down on the lies. Looks good on you General! 

4 cars all on onstar, all with paid plans. App seldom works and if it does, it takes so long to open the app, switch cars, deal with security, send a command, wait for incredible network delays, try again,  get mad, swear, think unspeakable things about the gm mgmt, etc that I could instead call onstar, wait on hold forever, be transferred 4 times, cancel 4 plans, find my keys, walk a half mile to the garage, grab a coffee, start the car and still be faster. Yes,  your customers surely prefer to use the pathetic app! Lmao!

Eliminating the alexa skill saved you (nothing?) But it sure is costing dearly in terms of credibility as a tech-enabled vehicle mfr. 

Sure wish this would work again.   It was so nice to get out of the shower and ask my Alexa to start my chevy on cold mornings.   Just enough time to finish getting dressed and head out to a nice warm Silverado truck.

I agree, this was just a dumb backwards move.  My Mom loved this option and honestly pretty pissed off.  What does it cost to have some young dumb college grad to update an app.

This shows how less than tech leading General Motors has become, especially on your overpriced vehicles.

I am proud to be a Mecedes owner,  as will my mother in the near future.