We are also pleased to announce that we are expanding support to all Points of Interest apps. We are working with Lyft and Kakao Mobility to bring their driver app experiences into the car in the coming months. You can begin developing your charging, parking and navigation apps for Android Automotive OS today, and we are working to enable you to publish your apps to the Google Play store in the coming months (stay tuned!).īeyond navigation, rideshare drivers spend a lot of time in their vehicles and will benefit from safer interactions if those apps can be brought to the car’s screen. Volvo settings with sliding switches for PlugShareĮxample of app customization on Android Automotive OSĮxperience for yourself how your app will look within the different systems, by accessing the OEM emulator system images downloadable in Android Studio. Polestar 2 setting with labeled On / Off switches for PlugShare To start building your app for the car, check out our updated developer documentation, car quality guidelines, and design guidelines.Īs announced earlier, drivers of Polestar 2 and Volvo cars can now download charging ( ChargePoint, PlugShare), parking ( Spothero, Parkwhiz), and navigation ( Flitsmeister, Sygic) apps developed with the Car App Library by joining the Google Group and opting-in to each app's beta on the Google Play store, with your Gmail account.Ĭar App Library apps on Android Automotive OS are automatically rendered to be consistent with the rest of the experience within each car, without additional work needed from developers. For the entire list of changes in v1.2 beta, please see the release notes. Now, developers can begin building and testing apps for these categories using the Automotive OS emulator across both Android Automotive OS and Android Auto.

Today we’re announcing the availability of version 1.2 beta of the Car App Library, enabling app developers to start building their navigation, parking, and charging apps for Android Automotive OS. Posted by Madan Ankapura, Product Manager

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