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Android Automotive 25Q4
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Android Automotive 24Q4
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Android Automotive 14 QPR1
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This page summarizes new major features provided in Android Automotive 14.
Features
Car framework
Display and Window Manager
Concurrent multi-user SysUI and Lock screen.
Rear-seat input lock.
Special input handling.
Support rear-seat input lock and the sharing of Special input key handling for
concurrent multi-users in single AAOS instances.
Display and task mirroring. Support Display and Task Mirroring for concurrent multi-users
in a single AAOS instance.
Multi-user IME. Support a multi-user IME for concurrent multi-users in a single AAOS
instance.
Enable TaskView on a secondary home or passenger display.
Audio
To learn more, see the new
Audio pages on source.android.com.
Dynamic volume. Support dynamic volume range configurability for each
audio stream or bus.
Dynamic audio zones. Support dynamic audio zones for concurrent
multi-users.
Audio sharing (casting). Allow for a passenger to share (cast) audio to the
main cabin.
Multi-display audio mirroring. Allow passengers using different audio
headsets to listen to the same audio at the same time.
Concurrent media sessions
Added support for per-user concurrent media sessions in a single AAOS instance.
Power
Custom power component in power policy. The current power policy supports
16 pre-defined power components. OEMs can exclude components when updating the power state of
OEM components.
Optimized suspend-to-disk with performance improvements.
Remote access. Enabled the ability for Android to be remotely awoken by
an external request and then shutdown when the remote request is completed. To learn more,
see Set Up Remote Access.
Performance
Lightweight system health profiling. Introduced a lightweight system health
tool whose output can be collected through a bugreport to provide a better snapshot
of system performance.
CarPropertyManager improvements
Added improvements to the CarPropertyManager and CarPropertyService
stacks. Added new APIs to the CarPropertyManager to support fake VHAL mode in
Car Service, added an async get/set property in CarPropertyManager, as well as a
custom vendor error code.
Camera
EVS frame buffer metadata. CarEvsBufferDescriptor makes
frame metadata available to Android clients.
Sensors, location, and VHAL properties
To learn more about VHAL properties, see
Supported system properties.
Added these non-ADAS vehicle properties to the VHAL:
Exterior properties. Added Window properties, Mirror properties, and Door
properties.
Interior properties. Added properties for Steering Wheel, Glove Box, and
Seats.
Electric vehicle properties. Added EV properties for Braking,
Acceleration, and Battery.
Other properties. Added a property for Engine Idle.
Updated version of broken vehicle property. Updated or fixed this
VHAL property:
Property
Description
SEAT_HEADREST_HEIGHT_POS_V2
Added this new area type for seat.
Added new ADAS-related vehicle properties to enable OEMs to represent activation status and
the system state. To learn more, see
ADAS vehicle properties.
Property
Description
Automatic emergency braking (AEB)
Properties provide OEMs a standardized interface to share the AEB system activation and
system state with the IVI, such as when the vehicle detects a potential collision and
responds by autonomously activating the brakes to avoid a collision.
Forward collision warning (FCW)
Properties provide OEMs a standardized interface to share the FCW system activation and
system state with the IVI, such as when the FCW system generates a visual, auditory, or
haptic alert when it detects a potential collision with an object ahead.
Blind spot warning (BSW).
Properties provide OEMs a standardized interface to share the BSW system activation and
system state with the IVI, such as when the BSW system generates a visual or auditory
warning that it's unsafe to merge or change lanes when an object is detected in the
driver's blind spot.
Lane departure warning (LDW)
Properties provide OEMs a standardized interface to share the LDW system activation and
system state with the IVI, such as when the LDW system generates a visual, auditory, or
haptic warning as the vehicle approaches or crosses a lane line.
Lane keep assist (LKA)
Properties provide OEMs a standardized interface to share the LKA system activation and
system state with the IVI, such as when the LKA system autonomously initiates a steering
correction to prevent the vehicle from unintentionally drifting out of its lane.
Lane centering assist (LCA)
Properties provide OEMs a standardized interface to share the LCA system activation and
system state with the IVI, such as when a driver activates the LCA system which
autonomously controls steering to keep the vehicle centered in its lane.
Emergency lane keep assist (E-LKA)
Properties provide OEMs a standardized interface to share the E-LKA system activation
and system state with the IVI, such as when the E-LKA system autonomously applies a
steering adjustment to keep the vehicle in the current lane during an overtake or lane
change to avoid a potential collision in the driver's blind spot or to avoid oncoming
traffic.
Adaptive cruise control (ACC)
Properties provide OEMs a standardized interface to share ACC system activation and
system state with the IVI, such as when a driver activates the ACC system to autonomously
adjust the vehicle's speed to maintain a safe distance from a vehicle ahead.
Hand on detection (HOD)
Properties provide OEMs a standardized interface to share HOD system activation and
system state with the IVI, such as when the HOD system generates a visual, auditory, or
haptic warning when it detects no hands on the steering wheel.
Location for concurrent multi-users:
Allows users of each display to independently control access to their location.
Driver Assistance switch is limited to the driver only.
Concurrent multi-user system reference
To learn more, see
Android Automotive
multi-user on multiple displays.
Passenger reference launcher and recent apps.
System UI and core apps improvements
Updated System UI:
Heads-up notifications (HUN) throttling and suppression. Developed an
OEM-configurable mechanism to prevent the overlapping on HUNs and the sending of HUNs to
drivers at inopportune times.
Quick action. Added the ability for apps to display quick actions.
Stop app. Added the affordance to stop an app from a quick
action.
Updated core system apps:
App launcher personalization. Added the ability for a user to reorder
the location of apps within the Launcher.
Unresponsive app management.
IVI reset. Added the ability for a user to restart the infotainment
system from Settings
Added a privacy chip with Immersive mode.
Provided a reference design for an automotive infotainment system.
AAOS baseline
Defined the common denominator for the major partitions (system,
system_ext, and product) in the Android Automotive OS.
Compliance tests
Android compliance tests were executed on the internal reference hardware. The test suites run
for this release include CTS, STS, VTS, and CTS-on-GSI. Android UDC fully passed the compliance test
suites with no fixes needed on the Android platform.
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