Google understands this too, and that’s why, back in 2017, the company launched Android Automotive OS (AAOS) an Android-based open-source OS for in-vehicle infotainment. As with Android on ...

All modern cars need an intuitive infotainment system – a way to control the music you’re playing, open apps, and even change settings on the car. A recent survey revealed that mapping ...

You'll be required to update your phone to a more recent OS for either case. Android 9 is likely the cutoff because that's the point when Android Auto was automatically included in the OS.

The Android Automotive operating system is rapidly becoming the carmakers’ infotainment platform of choice, but Austrian ...

The replacement is Android Automotive, a standalone OS. Investors should buy shares of Qualcomm (QCOM) to take advantage. Auto companies are racing toward electric vehicles. EVs represent a ...

Instead, it plans to integrate Android Automotive with its upcoming BMW Operating System 8, and this will only happen with certain vehicles from March 2023 onwards. Other models will still use BMW ...

Android Auto is no longer working on older versions of Android. Users are noticing that the minimum OS requirement is now being enforced. Google recently changed the requirement to Android 9 or ...

A self-contained OS, Android Automotive does not use the software in the user's smartphone as does Android Auto. In 2018, Polestar, Volvo's electric performance car, was the first vehicle to ...

Here’s what you need to know about it. Google’s Android Auto platform isn’t its own operating system. Rather, it is an extension of a connected Android smartphone that can display some apps ...