The Android in your car

I wonder if this means the end to R30k navigation system optional extras. I'm looking at you, AUDI!
 
efitol said:
I wonder if this means the end to R30k navigation system optional extras. I'm looking at you, AUDI!
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+1

but you have an option to exclude the SatNav option right?
Thinking of getting an Audi next year.
 
CamiKaze said:
+1

but you have an option to exclude the SatNav option right?
Thinking of getting an Audi next year.
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Yep you can exclude it. I'm hoping that it becomes the norm though, seeing how GPS is an integral feature of Android.

TJ99 said:
Yeah, now they'll charge R35k because it has more features. :p
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This is probably what will happen. The options list will have "Audi Satellite Navigation System Plus - R30k", and just below that will be "Open Automotive Alliance System Including Android OS With Voice Command (requires Audi Satellite Navigation System Plus option) - R50k".
 
Can be good.

Read this yesterday > 5 Tech Products That Will Be Dead in 5 Years

Stand-alone in-car GPS units

In a little over six years, over 1.3 billion iPhone and Android smartphones have been sold around the world, and all of those devices have access to mapping software. Combine that with the propagation of in-car GPS systems, and it spells a swift demise for the stand-alone GPS units for vehicle dashboards, which saw widespread success in the early and mid-2000s. Since smartphones started offering GPS capabilities in 2008, sales of stand-alone GPS units for vehicles have seen a 15-20 percent decline per year.

Costing between $75 and $350, standalone GPS units built for vehicles from companies like Garmin and TomTom are already losing their viability (although these companies are still finding success with GPS units for boating and other outdoor activities), and will likely be completely removed from the market in five years. As battery technology allows for more usage time in smartphones and more people move into newer cars with built-in GPS systems, opting for a standalone GPS unit will cease be an option in the near future.
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Just as long as they keep these systems separate from the ones controlling the car though.

Hackers find weaknesses in car computer systems
As cars become more like PCs on wheels, what's to stop a hacker from taking over yours?

In recent demonstrations, hackers have shown they can slam a car's brakes at freeway speeds, jerk the steering wheel and even shut down the engine — all from their laptop computers.

The hackers are publicizing their work to reveal vulnerabilities present in a growing number of car computers. All cars and trucks contain anywhere from 20 to 70 computers. They control everything from the brakes to acceleration to the windows, and are connected to an internal network. A few hackers have recently managed to find their way into these intricate networks.

In one case, a pair of hackers manipulated two cars by plugging a laptop into a port beneath the dashboard where mechanics connect their computers to search for problems. Scarier yet, another group took control of a car's computers through cellular telephone and Bluetooth connections, the compact disc player and even the tire pressure monitoring system.
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Can just see it now.

Audi A3 2015 2.0T (Kit Kat) :D
 
dualmeister said:
Just as long as they keep these systems separate from the ones controlling the car though.
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I sincerely hope they do. Imagine if you have the auto boot closing system in your new Benz and an app crashes while you're busy unpacking your shopping. Gives a new meaning to "Force Close"
 
TJ99 said:
I sincerely hope they do. Imagine if you have the auto boot closing system in your new Benz and an app crashes while you're busy unpacking your shopping. Gives a new meaning to "Force Close"
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Shouldn't interfere with the car controls, sounds like they're doing what Apple announced with iOS for the car.
 
R13... said:
Shouldn't interfere with the car controls, sounds like they're doing what Apple announced with iOS for the car.
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Of coooourse... Apple did everything first, right.

Also, I was joking. Of course this isn't connected to the car's control systems in that way. It's just like the entertainment/navigation systems they've had for decades, only they're being standardised now instead of each manufacturer designing their own.
 
Audi Smart Display is a 10.2-inch Android tablet that lives in your car

Nice :D

audi-android-tablet.jpg

German car manufacturer Audi just pulled the curtains back on its Audi Smart Display, a 10.2-inch Android tablet wrapped in brushed aluminum that lives in your auto. The slate is powered by an NVIDIA Tegra 4 chip, boasts crash resistance and the chops to survive temperatures as high as 80 degrees Celsius (176 degrees Fahrenheit). Of course, drivers aren't the target users for the device; passengers are. The hardware hooks up to vehicles over in-car WiFi and provides folks along for the ride with access to the web, media and navigation systems, and control over the radio, to boot. It's not clear what version of Google's OS it runs or if and when it'll find its way into autos on the road, but expect more details -- and a hands-on -- as CES continues.
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Source
 
OrbitalDawn said:
Wonder how long it'll be till lower end cars also come with harddrives and shizz...
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Depends how you define lower end. Some (relatively) cheap American cars, I believe Chevrolets, have had hard drives for several years, allowing you to store digital music etc. on it.
 
TJ99 said:
Depends how you define lower end. Some (relatively) cheap American cars, I believe Chevrolets, have had hard drives for several years, allowing you to store digital music etc. on it.
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That's cool. Well, let's say Polo-league. Would be a cool drawing card for younger drivers, I think. It would certainly be something I'd be interested in. Only they'll likely make it part of some BS 'multimedia package' that costs R25k. :rolleyes:
 
Fulcrum29 said:
This whole thing with Google / Android… tomorrow it is back to privacy issues…
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Is it tomorrow yet?

"A government report finds that major automakers are keeping information about where drivers have been — collected from onboard navigation systems — for varying lengths of time. Owners of those cars can't demand that the information be destroyed"

http://yro.slashdot.org/story/14/01...-on-drivers-locations-from-navigation-systems

It's called "convergence", and it's converging on you!
 
While I agree the data should not be kept, it can be very useful.
Automakers collect location data in order to provide drivers with real-time traffic information, to help find the nearest gas station or restaurant, and to provide emergency roadside assistance and stolen vehicle tracking.
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Speaking of on-board systems. Interesting video with regards to the electronics that control the on-board systems.

[video=youtube;8iMtgK8_N_4]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8iMtgK8_N_4[/video]
 
dualmeister said:
While I agree the data should not be kept, it can be very useful.
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Real-time traffic information, and location-based-services, COULD be implemented ANONYMOUSLY, without your personal location being streamed 24/7 to PRISM-compromised servers. Instead. the governments and companies who build these systems CHOOSE NOT TO:

Here's a paper from the (real) EFF, "On Location Privacy, and how to avoid losing it forever":
https://www.eff.org/wp/locational-privacy
 
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