Posted by Eser Erdem, Senior Engineering Manager, Android AutomotiveAt Google we’re deeply committed to the automotive industry--not just as a technology provider, but as a partner in the industry's transformation. We believe that car makers and users should have choice and flexibility, and that open platforms are the best enablers. For over a decade, we have provided Android Automotive OS (AAOS) as an open platform for infotainment, enabling rich innovation and differentiation in the in-vehicle digital experience. However, as vehicles modernize, car makers face new hurdles: fragmented software across compute components, poor portability between architectures, and a lack of granular update capabilities. To address these problems, we are expanding AAOS beyond infotainment with Android Automotive OS for Software Defined Vehicles (AAOS SDV)--an open platform featuring a modular structure, a topology-agnostic communication layer, and the support for granular updates.The transition toward SDVs is an incredible industry transformation, and we are eager to contribute to the broader ecosystem making it happen. Later this year, AAOS SDV will be available in the Android Open Source Project (AOSP) for uses beyond infotainment. By bringing our SDV platform into the open-source domain, we empower the industry to develop or enhance features that lower costs, accelerate time to market, and provide significant advantages across the automotive landscape.A Foundation for the Software-Defined VehicleAAOS SDV is engineered to address the core challenges of modern vehicle development. This new AAOS expansion provides a compact, performant and scalable software foundation based on a headless Android native stack, extending much deeper into the vehicle architecture to power software componen...
Original source: https://android-developers.googleblog.com/2026/03/Beyond-Infotainment-Extending-Android-Automotive-OS-for-Software-defined-Vehicles.html
Publisher: Android Developers Blog
Beyond Infotainment: Extending Android Automotive OS for Software-defined Vehicles
Posted by Eser Erdem, Senior Engineering Manager, Android AutomotiveAt Google we’re deeply committed to the automotive industry--not just as a technology provider, but as a partner in the industry's transformation. We b...