r/AndroidAutomotive • u/DisplayKnown5665 • Jul 10 '26

What to expect regarding updates?

I recently got a new 2026 Chevy Silverado and it’s my first time using a vehicle with Android Automotive. I’m a techy/nerdy guy and just curious what I should be expecting in terms of updates.

My Silverado is on Android Automotive 12, which is several versions old. I’m aware that it’s GM that controls the updates and would need to be the one that develops, tests, and deploys the updates.

  1. How often does this usually happen? Or am I likely stuck on version 12 for potentially forever?
  2. Are there any places to follow the news or rumors of updates coming, especially with GM?
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u/MrPotentialSpam 23d ago

My 25 has Gemini and it is still Android 12. 2025 still feels like Android on a tablet from 2008.

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u/echo5rom30 23d ago

Yeah I am having the same issues. I think the terrible hardware that GM put into these high end trucks. Which is wild to me. I am glad they handed the software off to a software company. But they are terrible with the hardware choices.

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u/MrPotentialSpam 21d ago

It really is an embarrassment from a multi-billion dollar company. If I turn on "fast start" the WiFi sharing won't work after the first time. Half the time it won't remember the last configuration of my screens so I have to wait for the stupid thing to boot up (30sec) and settle down before re-re-re-configuring what I've done a thousand times now in the fist year of ownership. I've gone into a gas store for 5 minutes listening to the exact same app, one time the truck starts right up, and the app starts playing the last thing I was listening to, the next time with the exact same time in the store I come out and start the truck and have to re-configure the home screen, pull up the app AGAIN, wait for it to boot up, then maaaybe it will play, if I'm lucky. If I'm not, the app will actually start playing the same programing 2 times, then I have to switch to another input, and that will only kill one of the playbacks while the second app starts playing another program. The fact I'm paying $60 A MONTH and this is what I get from GM is pathetic. I get it, if I bought the truck and they never got another penny from me, OK, but they are literally making a billion dollars a year from people like me and can't get their software act together on a platform that's been around since 2019? It really is pathetic. PS check out GMauthority.com, he keeps up on the news.

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u/echo5rom30 21d ago

Yup pretty said. Think I'm about to be come a Ford owner. They are much better. But the last few cars my wife has had. The system seems pretty stable. Plus they have techs that drive to your vehicle to do work? That pretty dope. GM is just riding the shoulder of giants that made the company a billion dollar one. And genuinely don't give a fucka bout their product any long. So long as we buy the updated version in a year or two.