GM's Android-Powered Infotainment System Is Reportedly Coming In 2016
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Ugh. Why not iOS based? CarPlay isn't coming?
Car play is still coming. All carplay is, is an app or an inferface. The core OS will be Android. Nobody want's to deal w/ Apple and thier BS.
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I don't want to deal with Android. Android OS blows!
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With my luck with Apple and iOS, my car's infotainment system would become a paperweight after a year.
Thank God for Android.
Thank God for Android.
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Apparently you have bad luck then, lol.
Apple OS X and iOS doesn't slow down over time, or crash as much as Windows and Android do.
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I beg to differ. My MacBook Pro is my mom's Facebook machine now because after three years, it's slowed to the point that Facebook is all it's good for. Same deal with my iPod touch and my iPod nano never worked well.
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Really? What OS X version is it using? That's not normal.
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Mountain Lion.
Like I said, Apple products are like Fords to me. The minute I touch them things start going wrong.
Far from it. iOS is just now getting features Android has had for year.
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Have her upgrade to Yosemite. It's new enough to be eligible for the upgrade. Mountain Lion is old.
...but manages to integrate them into a much faster, more responsive, more attractive OS...
Market share
iOS 15-20%
Android 65-70%
Code
iOS "Walled garden"
Android open source
iOS 7 since Oct 13 90% adoption
Android Kit Kat (4.4) since Oct 13 20% adoption
Malicious actors
iOS <10% target
Android >75% target
Sheer quantity and exploitation access = Android
iOS 15-20%
Android 65-70%
Code
iOS "Walled garden"
Android open source
iOS 7 since Oct 13 90% adoption
Android Kit Kat (4.4) since Oct 13 20% adoption
Malicious actors
iOS <10% target
Android >75% target
Sheer quantity and exploitation access = Android
Regardless of your opinion. Android is the far better choice for a manufacture, because they can customize the OS w/o having to deal w/ Apple's BS. It's open source just like their current platform.
For manufacturers, QNX is probably the best choice.
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Yup. The next best OS/platform for automotive IVI systems would be some variant embedded Linux, including Android. Fortunately, GM already has experience with Linux based IVI systems (it's used for CUE and the latest iteration of MyLink), and the company is a member of Open Automotive Alliance . It was also a founding member of GENIVI Alliance, but GM doesn't currently appear in that organization's membership list.
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Working with Apple is great for Apple however for any company trying to work with them it really is a big limiting factor. Working with Google they can do whatever they want to do, which is why it really is the easy choice to make in these kind of applications.
That and along with features and functionality Apple very often lags behind every once in a while doing something to catch up. Though their products seem to be really good for those who are not at all tech savvy so from that perspective there may be an edge.
That and along with features and functionality Apple very often lags behind every once in a while doing something to catch up. Though their products seem to be really good for those who are not at all tech savvy so from that perspective there may be an edge.
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