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Why Are Cars Getting Rid Of Android Auto? (www.bgr.com)
submitted 10 months ago by to c/technology@lemmy.world
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https://www.cars.com/articles/gm-to-remove-apple-carplay-android-auto-from-future-vehicles-517813/

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[–] 94 points 10 months ago (9 children)

I wish I could develop my own apps on my own car. I mean I own the car.. why can't I "sideload" my own created apps? Their apps are sht anyways.

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  • [–] 12 points 10 months ago (1 child)

    You probably can, just nobody bothers to do it. My Subaru has installable apps. Hell older Hondas (and possibly current ones) just run android. You can even get to the regular android UI on them.

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  • [–] 3 points 10 months ago

    I'm pretty sure the sofware that is running on the information entertainment system from VW is fully proprietary without any way of flashing it with a custom rom or running Linux on it.

    I'm not taking about connecting other devices like apple or android phone to this system.

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  • [–] 10 points 10 months ago (4 children)

    You can, but it's a Google filled minefield. A good view of it is reading into all of the trouble of using Android Auto in GrapheneOS without destroying all the privacy protections. It's essentially impossible to get navigation going without doing so, but audio for music and phone calls can be done with some hoop jumping. You're still probably better off just using bluetooth though.

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  • [–] 5 points 10 months ago (2 children)

    There are open source navigation apps. No need for google.

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  • [–] 11 points 10 months ago (1 child)

    No, you misunderstand what I was trying to say, so I probably didn't communicate it well. You cannot use any of them, open source or not, without allowing the Google Play Services some rather invasive permissions. That's the Google I was referring to.

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  • [–] 2 points 10 months ago

    Best thing to do is remove google play services if at all possible. Installing microg will solve most issues. This of course means rooting the device. Which is admittedly not an easy task when dealing with head units.

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