Google’s Android Automotive is moving from the dashboard to the ‘brain’ of the car

Android Automotive successful a Volvo EX90 | Image: Volvo

Google announced a caller mentation of its Android Automotive open-source operating strategy for software-defined vehicles. Whereas antecedently Android Automotive operated exclusively successful the car's infotainment system, Google is present expanding its "open infrastructure" to the non-safety parts of the car's interior machine system.

As cars person swiftly go "computers connected wheels," determination is inactive a batch of fragmentation successful the industry, with galore car manufacturers utilizing different, mismatched bundle modules from dozens of antithetic suppliers. Google wants to lick this fragmentation occupation by - what else? - becoming the de facto bundle supplier fo …

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