Smartphones play a vital role in people’s life these days and as such, there is no wonder more and more automakers are trying to integrate their car infotainment system with the world’s most popular mobile platforms. Normally, car owners can connect their smartphone to the infotainment system on their car by using USB or Bluetooth connection. Yet, it seems that this will no longer be necessary in the future as Google, the top search engine company, is planning to release the Android Auto, a platform specially designed from scratch for use in automobiles.
As reported by Reuters, a Google insider that this is in fact a new version of the company’s highly popular Android OS, designed in such a way that the system can be embedded right onto a car’s built-in infotainment system. The search engine company itself is keeping its lips tight regarding this news. However, details may well emerge when the company eventually launches its next iteration of the Android platform, namely the Android M. The latter is expected to come in a year’s time.
The Android Auto will seemingly feature an interface that is intuitive to use. In addition to that, the system will reportedly depend a lot on the Google Now feature. This will make it possible for drivers to do things like streaming songs, navigating points of interest and addresses, sending messages and making phone calls simply by speaking the corresponding commands into their car’s infotainment system.
When Google finally rolls out this new all-in-one platform for automobiles, car owners will no longer have to learn about how to use a particular vehicle system on each different car available out there. The new platform from Google will be universal across all vehicles and it is likely to require internet connection. However, it seems that Google is not alone here. Apple has been trying to do the very same thing as well with its plug-in system dubbed the CarPlay.
