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I have to say, considering how Google half-asses things I’d have no confidence in this product. That said, a half-assed effort by Google is still probably better software than the full-ass software effort by carmakers.
My real dream is to get these things fully modular. Let my lift up the touchscreen to access a cavity where a little infotainment-SBC is wired into a couple of USB ports and a mini DisplayPort. What’s it got to run? Audio, touchscreen, GPS, phone-over-Bluetooth? That stuff is well-known. Basically the only place where I expect standard interfaces to fall on their face is climate control. As an API fallback, have the built-in car-computer run a private web-server for controlling the car’s non-standard hardware. Then just have the SBC use a browser for those screens. Only API needed is “what URIs do I show for what features like climate or trip-odometer or whatever screens can’t be standardized at the infotainment level”.
My worry is that google once obtaining the monopoly/duopoly, will do what they did with android, kill all of its “open” values in the name of security and push their own services
Car components talk via CAN bus. There are many aftermarket head units that includes CAN bus support and has presets to talk and retrieve information from multiple car models (climate control, lights, speed, engine status, etc). The problem is, most cars manufactured in the past several years don’t allow aftermarket head unit installation anymore, so you’re basically stuck with whatever entertainment system the car manufacturer put in the car for the rest of the car’s life.
Meanwhile GM is removing CarPlay and android auto so they can monetize the in-car experience
I swear to god I hope that move bites them in the ass hard
Don’t get excited. Android Auto and Android Automotive are not the same thing.
https://www.androidpolice.com/android-auto-vs-android-automotive-vs-google-automotive-services/
GM is using Automotive, too. Automotive is an opportunity for car manufacturers and Google to lock you down even more.
Ah fucking hell Fuck me
… By using android automotive and Google apps. The same thing Porsche just announced in this article.
I know Audi has been using Linux based infotainment systems for years now, so I can see VAG moving towards this as a way of reducing development costs. I just hope the implementation is better than what’s in Volvo cars because right now the customization sucks around it.
Just give me bluetooth audio.
Maybe this type of thing will keep Google from mothballing Android Auto, as they have been known to do with numerous other projects.
Android Automotive and Android Auto are different things. Google will ultimately abandon Auto in favor of Automotive because Google and car manufacturers will largely benefit from locking you down using Automotive.
Android Auto works like shit, that’s all i know
Android Automotive is different: Android Auto streams from your phone, and Android Automotive is the car’s actual OS. If it’s not the cars OS it’s the infotainment center’s OS.
Perhaps your car has poor Android Auto, but for me it works great. I bought an after market stereo which included wireless android auto. No more random disconnects when the usb-c cable is bumped. I turn my car on and within a few seconds my phone automatically connects. Its simple, does the job of giving me media control and maps from my phones, and at least on my 4 year old after market head unit runs real smooth.
Car manufacturers keep cheaping out in the wireless though. So dumb for what is probably $5 in additional costs.
