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: 2) by c0lo on Tuesday September 25 2018, @01:42PM (2 children)
WTF? Why would you need 200+HP without family and kids?
My Hyundai i30 diesel gets 4.8L/100km = almost 50MPG in combined 30%city/70%highway
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoFiw2jMy-0 https://soylentnews.org/~MichaelDavidCrawford
(Score: 3, Interesting) by mhajicek on Wednesday September 26 2018, @12:23AM (1 child)
Wife and three kids fit in the car fine. I got the sport model primarily for the dual clutch transmission, and it was in stock in the electric blue color I wanted. The color is actually a big deal; people don't notice grey-scale cars around here (black, grey, white, silver), especially in the rain, snow, or at night. We've had multiples rear-ended at red lights and stop signs. The economy and eco models were only available in grey-scale colors. Besides, it's nice to have that HP on tap when merging with clumsy clumps of traffic on the freeway.
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(Score: 2) by c0lo on Wednesday September 26 2018, @12:54AM
My apologies, I meant "Why would he need...".
Otherwise, the "people don't notice grey-scale" is quite an interesting bit.
My experience: considering the downunder sun, I went with a white one. The fact that I have to deal less frequent with congestion didn't raised the "be noticeable" problem to me.
True that. In the majority of my cases, 120HP in a lightish-weight car is more than enough for me.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoFiw2jMy-0 https://soylentnews.org/~MichaelDavidCrawford