Posted by Jennifer Tsau, Product Administration Lead and David Dandeneau, Engineering Lead
For greater than a decade, Google has been dedicated to bringing protected and seamless related experiences to automobiles. We’re persevering with to see robust momentum and adoption throughout Android for Vehicles. Android Auto is supported by almost each main automotive maker, and might be in almost 200 million automobiles by the top of this 12 months. And the variety of automobiles powered by Android Automotive OS with Google built-in — which incorporates high manufacturers like Chevrolet, Volvo, Polestar, Honda, Renault and extra — is anticipated to just about double by the top of this 12 months.
With automobiles changing into extra related and outfitted with immersive shows, there’s extra alternatives for builders to deliver app experiences to automobiles. We’re excited to share updates and new methods for builders to achieve extra customers within the automotive.
Apps designed for driving experiences
Serving to drivers whereas on the highway – whether or not they’re navigating, listening to music, or checking the climate – is a high precedence. We’re persevering with to spend money on instruments and sources, together with the Android for Vehicles App Library, to make it even simpler for builders to construct new apps or port present Android apps over to automobiles.
New capabilities for navigation apps
At the moment, we introduced Waze rolling out globally on the Google Play Retailer for all automobiles with Google built-in, increasing its availability past Android Auto. As part of this launch, we created extra templates in Android for Vehicles App Library to assist pace up growth time throughout a lot of app classes, together with navigation.
For navigation apps, it’s additionally now doable to combine with the instrument cluster, offering turn-by-turn instructions proper within the driver’s line of sight. And builders can even entry automotive sensor knowledge to floor useful data like vary, gas stage, and pace to supply extra contextual help to drivers.
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| The Waze app is coming to all automobiles with Google built-in, together with the first-ever Chevrolet Blazer EV launching this 12 months. |
Instruments to simply port your media apps throughout Android for Vehicles
Media apps proceed to be a high use case within the automotive, and it’s faster than ever to deliver your media apps to Android Auto and Android Automotive OS. Audible lately joined common streaming audio apps like Deezer, Soundcloud, and Spotify to supply their apps throughout each Android Auto and automobiles with Google built-in. You probably have a media app on cell, port it over to achieve new customers within the automotive.
New app classes for driving experiences
The Android for Vehicles App Library now permits builders to deliver new apps to automobiles together with web of issues (IoT) and climate apps to automobiles. The IoT class is offered for all builders, whereas climate is in an early entry program. Within the climate class, The Climate Channel app will be part of different climate apps like Climate & Radar later this 12 months.
We’re additionally working with messaging apps like Zoom, Microsoft Groups, and Webex by Cisco to can help you be part of conferences by audio out of your automotive show within the coming months.
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| Coming quickly, be part of conferences by audio out of your automotive show. |
Apps designed for parked and passenger experiences
With screens increasing in dimension and extra being added for passengers, there may be rising demand for parked and passenger experiences in automobiles.
Video, gaming, and searching in automobiles
Now, video and gaming app classes can be found within the automotive, with an early entry program for searching apps coming quickly. YouTube is now obtainable for automotive makers to supply in automobiles with Google built-in. And drivers of automobiles with Google built-in will quickly have entry to common titles like Seashore Buggy Racing 2, Solitaire FRVR, and My Speaking Tom Associates from publishers like Vector Unit, FRVR and Outfit7 Restricted. Builders can now port their giant display screen optimized apps to automobiles to make the most of this chance.
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| YouTube is coming to automobiles with Google built-in, just like the Polestar 2. |
Extra screens in automobiles permits for brand spanking new experiences between drivers and passengers, together with particular person and shared leisure experiences. We’re excited to announce multi-screen help is coming to Android Automotive OS 14 — keep tuned for extra updates.
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| Assist for a number of screens is coming to Android Automotive OS 14. |
Begin growing apps for automobiles right now
To learn to deliver your apps to automobiles, take a look at the technical session, codelab and documentation on the Android for Vehicles developer website. With all of the alternatives throughout automotive screens, there has by no means been a greater time to deliver your apps and experiences to automobiles. Thanks for all of the contributions to the Android ecosystem. See you on the highway!
