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Android Automotive

This article is about the operating system tailored for cars. For the application intended for using an Android device in a vehicle, see Android Auto.
Android Automotive
Android Automotive running on a Polestar 2
DeveloperGoogle
OS familyAndroid, Linux
Initial releaseMarch 2017 (March 2017)
Latest releaseAndroid Automotive 14[1] / 4 October 2023 (2023-10-04)[2]
Kernel typeMonolithic (Linux kernel)
Official websitehttps://built-in.google/cars/

Android Automotive (aka Android Automotive OS or AAOS) is a variation of Google's Android operating system, tailored for its use in vehicle dashboards. Introduced in March 2017,[3] the platform was developed by Google and Intel,[4] together with car manufacturers such as Volvo and Audi.[5] The project aims to provide an operating system codebase for vehicle manufacturers to develop their own version of the operating system. Besides infotainment tasks, such as messaging, navigation and music playback, the operating system aims to handle vehicle-specific functions such as controlling the air conditioning.[5]

In contrast to Android Auto, Android Automotive is a full operating system running on the vehicle's device, not relying on a smartphone to operate.[6] As such, it has access to a limited number of apps on the Google Play Store, with this list growing over time.

Android Automotive is an open source operating system and, as such, a car manufacturer can use it without the Google Automotive Services (GAS),[7][8] which are a collection of applications and services (Google Maps, Google Play, Google Assistant, etc.) that OEMs can license and integrate into their in-vehicle infotainment systems. Volvo, Renault, Ford and GM are using AAOS with GAS (advertised as "Cars with Google built-in" by Google[9]). In order to communicate with in-vehicle networks (IVI) such as the CAN bus, Android Automotive uses the Vehicle Hardware Abstraction Layer (VHAL), which serves as a bridge between the vehicle's hardware and software components. [10]

  1. ^ "Android Automotive OS Releases". source.android.com. Retrieved 29 October 2023.
  2. ^ "Android Automotive 14 Release Details". source.android.com. Retrieved 29 October 2023.
  3. ^ "Google opens Android Automotive to app developers". VentureBeat. May 2019.
  4. ^ "Developing Amazing Android Automotive In-vehicle Infotainment Experiences". Intel.
  5. ^ a b "No, Android Auto is not an Infotainment OS; Make Way for Android Automotive!". 2017-06-13. Retrieved 2020-09-19.
  6. ^ "What is Android Automotive?". youtube.
  7. ^ "Differentiating Android Automotive with AOSP & Google Services". 2020-07-29.
  8. ^ Sattelberg, Will (2022-09-16). "Android Auto vs. Android Automotive vs. Google Automotive Services (GAS)". Android Police. Retrieved 2023-01-15.
  9. ^ "Cars with Google built-in, A more connected, personal, and helpful drive". Google built-in. Retrieved 2023-02-27.
  10. ^ PRIDRIVE: An Advanced Privacy Analysis Tool for Android Automotive (PDF). Symposium on Vehicles Security and Privacy (VehicleSec) 2024. February 2024. Archived from the original on 26 February 2024.

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