So ever since Android Auto was announced earlier this year and even demoed on an A3 I was immediately eager to figure out whether or not this will come as a software update or require us to buy new cars all together. Ive been an Android developer working on everything from kernels to apps since 2008 so I would obviously love to have Android Auto running in my A3.
However, so far, I have yet to get any indications from neither dealers nor Audi directly. Everyone Ive talked to has told me that they simply do not know.
Having studied the MMI unit in the A3 quite extensively I can with a fair amount of confidence say that from a technical standpoint it seems to be perfectly capable of running Android auto in its current form. Both Android Auto and Apple Car can run on QNX systems and the Tegra 3 SoC in the A3 is more than good enough from a performance standpoint.
So it seems like its up to Audi to decide how they want to handle it. Anyone have any more information? Ill keep prodding around and report back once I have more.
However, so far, I have yet to get any indications from neither dealers nor Audi directly. Everyone Ive talked to has told me that they simply do not know.
Having studied the MMI unit in the A3 quite extensively I can with a fair amount of confidence say that from a technical standpoint it seems to be perfectly capable of running Android auto in its current form. Both Android Auto and Apple Car can run on QNX systems and the Tegra 3 SoC in the A3 is more than good enough from a performance standpoint.
So it seems like its up to Audi to decide how they want to handle it. Anyone have any more information? Ill keep prodding around and report back once I have more.