Rising interest in Android auto...

[Jeffrey Peacock]

Android Wear and other Android platforms, like Auto, are gaining traction.

The newly redesigned Honda Pilot has an Android console, but not Android
Wear. The homepage for Android auto list a number of manufactures
intending to implement in the 2016+ model year.

I don't want a Sonata but this is what's out there.

http://www.androidpolice.com/2015/06/30/android-auto-a-second-take-on-googles-in-car-efforts/

/J

[Wolf Paulus]

Instead of buying a Sonata, you could also spend $700 for this 

http://www.pioneerelectronics.com/PUSA/Car/NEX/AVH-4100NEX

AVH-4100NEX

Multimedia DVD Receiver with 7" Touchscreen Display

Apple CarPlay / Android Auto / AppRadio Mode for iPhone & Android

MirrorLink Compatible as well

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[Jeffrey Peacock]

Someone told me they got one of these, updated the firmware, and it's been nothing but trouble ever since ;-)

If only I wasn't so old and could remember where/who I hear these things from.

/J

[Wolf Paulus]

Still, better dealing with some firmware problems that will almost certainly be resolved, than considering a Sonata just for Android-Auto/CarPlay.

I have never driven a Sonata, which might be a fine car.

WRT the Pioneer 4100, updates should be provided here: http://www.pioneerelectronics.com/PUSA/Car/NEX/AVH-4100NEX until then I’d not recommend to install 1.03

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[Jeffrey Peacock]

I'm not suggesting one buys a Sonata.  I am not going to buy a Sonata.  I am disappointed the new Honda Pilot's used Android and not Android Wear.  I have not yet discovered what phone integration and updates are possible. 

I am a big fan of retro fitting an existing car, especially my own, and especially when it is paid off.  However, having my phone reboot each time I use the unit is not attractive.  And after market devices don't provide me the same confidence factor.  I can see buying a car with Android Auto and in the event of a glitch there will be a timely update -- there is a whole model line at risk of bad press and lost sales.  But another software update to year-old after market hardware seems a bit risky.  Like Lollipop for my Samsung Note II (which isn't going to happen), the decision to provide an update can be eclipsed by new hardware in the pipeline or a lack of funds for a dwindling market for old hardware.

When it is installed in a car, or as I have discovered in my day job: a plane, there is an incentive to maximize the original hardware purchase and deployment investment and update the software to keep the user experience fresh and reliable.  Given many car models are only redesigned every 3 years, I expect this will hold true for at least 3 years for cars.

As I indicated, I like/want after market devices but I am hesitant and unsure about 1st generation devices because I don't think it will get the long term support needed to keep them current.  I think the marketing kids want early adopters with disposable income to pay for it, assuming they also have disposable income to waste on the 2nd and 3rd iteration, when the manufacturer really gets it right.

And, of course, I could be completely wrong.

/J

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