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Android M will control the operation of infotainment systems


According to источникам "Reiter» (this is two people who prefer not to publish their own names), then Google is now underway to adapt Android to work as OSes for infotainment systems in cars. In Google declined to comment on the leak.

It will be a big step regarding existing Android Auto. This feature allows you to connect version Lollipop phone to access the built-in screen dashboard to broadcasting music search queries, calls, text messages, voice dialing and navigation. The first cars with Android Auto will appear in the next year. They are expected to show on the Consumer Electronics Show next month in Las Vegas.

As CarPlay from the company Apple, Android Auto smartphone requires a connection to work and access to the last screen dashboard. This is not an independent operating system, so Android Auto CarPlay and can not access the low-level functions: radio, cameras, air conditioning.

Android Auto - so far the only Android-choice for the car, except for OSes that разрабатывает Harman International, it is also based on Android. In the Android M situation may change.

It connect the phone no longer required - Google services will be started immediately after the ignition key is turned. The operating system will collect data from the sensors, satellite navigation systems, fuel gauge and cameras and access to the Internet, if the corresponding module is in the vehicle. This will allow it to "remember" where a driver travels each day, as well as, for example, recommend a gas station when the car running out of fuel.

The name of a future version of the operating system is still unknown. According to tradition, it is the desserts, which are the first letters in alphabetical order, and the next - M. Because of the language design Material Design and the need to comply with the set standards worldwide new car interface system can be very similar to Android Auto.

Today, the choice for infotainment systems are often from QNX Blackberry, Windows CE or any special development based on Linux. Android, with its orientation to the touch input seems a natural choice for the role of such OSes.

Google, however, will have to work hard to make Android attractive for automakers - the operating system will be fairly deeply integrated into those parts of machines which automakers usually prefer to keep within its sphere of influence and responsibility. Brands want uniqueness, not uniformity software shells when the automobile from different manufacturers are almost indistinguishable.

"Reuters" and notes that the start time is necessary to improve Android, if it is really going to use in this area. Modern Android-smartphone loaded a few tens of seconds.

It is reported that Android M will be released in about a year. Prior to this, Google never told about the approximate time interval for Android exit infotainment systems for cars.

Manufacturers integrate their mobile solutions in more and more new devices - the latest innovation are "smart" watches. According to statistics, the average American spends nearly an hour a day - 50 minutes - behind the wheel, making the integration of software in cars very attractive niche market.

In March of this year, Apple talked about CarPlay . Google is, in turn, has entered into contracts for the use Android Auto with several auto companies, including Nissan Motor Co and General Motors.

Source: geektimes.ru/post/243307/