TL;DR
- Android Automotive already powers the dash UI of some vehicles.
- Google wants to make it easy for manufacturers to use software to control car systems with Android Automotive OS for Software Defined Vehicles.
- Renault Group and Qualcomm are early partners in the effort, with a source code release planned for later this year.
Modern automobiles are already computers on wheels, so it only makes sense that we’ve seen them begin to formally embrace mobile operating systems like Android. Right now, that basically takes one of two forms: You can use Android Auto to get content from your phone onto your car’s dash, or you can pick up an Android Automotive vehicle, which has its own Android experience baked right in. Now Google’s looking to double down on Android Automotive in a big way, as it introduces its Android Automotive OS for Software Defined Vehicles (AAOS SDV).
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