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Toyota Will Reportedly Adopt Android Auto

posted by chromas on Tuesday September 25 2018, @03:33AM   Printer-friendly
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takyon writes:

Toyota reportedly ready to put Android Auto in its cars

Toyota may finally relent and allow Android Auto to work in its cars, according to Bloomberg. An official announcement reportedly could come as soon as next month.

The giant Japanese carmaker was one of the last major automakers to announce CarPlay compatibility. After holding out for years, Toyota announced this past January that Apple's own in-car infotainment service would show up in its cars starting with the 2019 Avalon. However, the company has continued to eschew Android Auto, with security concerns being cited as one of the reasons for the delayed adoption. In the meantime, Toyota has spent the last few years building its in-car infotainment experience around the Ford-born SmartDeviceLink platform, which allows some iOS and Android apps to be mirrored on a vehicle's screen.

[...] Android Auto is compatible with nearly 50 different car brands around the globe, which is slightly behind the 60 or so that Apple has made deals with. Google has been working hard to push automakers in a different direction, though — it will soon provide Volvo with an entire Android-powered infotainment operating system, and recently announced plans to do the same for the Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi alliance.

Also at Bloomberg and Engadget.

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  • (Score: 4, Informative) by pipedwho on Tuesday September 25 2018, @05:45AM (2 children)

    by pipedwho (2032) on Tuesday September 25 2018, @05:45AM (#739566)

    Pretty much all manual cars these days also have cruise control. They won't change gears for you, but they'll keep you at a designated speed. The ones with active cruise control will even break a little to keep you from speeding up on a downhill run, along with keeping the car moving in traffic. Again, they don't change gears for you, but as a manual driver you feel the engine labouring/revving and subconsciously clutch-in and change to the next appropriate gear.

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  • (Score: 2) by pipedwho on Tuesday September 25 2018, @05:48AM (1 child)

    by pipedwho (2032) on Tuesday September 25 2018, @05:48AM (#739567)

    Oops 'brake', not 'break'. Not so good if a car breaks automatically.

    • (Score: 2) by Fnord666 on Tuesday September 25 2018, @12:29PM

      by Fnord666 (652) on Tuesday September 25 2018, @12:29PM (#739634) Homepage

      Oops 'brake', not 'break'. Not so good if a car breaks automatically.

      They do that too. It happens right after the warranty runs out.