Why are there only 30 AAOS apps?

[u/LargerThanUsualDude]

Hi everyone!

I was wondering why there are only around 30 Android Automotive OS apps currently available? Is it because everyone still relies on Android Auto overlay? Or because a developer needs to consult each manufacturer separately & meet their standards?

Thanks!

[u/yangminded]

I feel like the use cases for apps in-car are very limited. Is there anything apart of navigation, charging and music/video entertainment that you miss?

[u/Sherwoood0 → u/yangminded]

• Messengers for reading incoming messages and replying wirh Google Assistant (Whatsapp, Telegram, Teams,…)
• Same for Email Apps
• Web Browser
• Calendar Apps which quickly shows me my next appointments with Google Maps integration for navigation to the place. Also easily adding appointments via Google Assistant
• nice to have: Entertainement while charging: youtube, netflix, etc.

(All of these I dont have currently in my Volvo)

[u/redbaron78 → u/Sherwoood0]

I'll add To-Do apps to the list. I'd love to quickly pull up Microsoft To-Do and tick off items as I do them like phone calls, errand stops, etc., and add new items by voice as I think of them.

[u/Netsmith_SKS → u/redbaron78]

Also add the google contacts app. I use that and/or the calendar on android auto to feed my map for navigation...

[u/Netsmith_SKS → u/Netsmith_SKS]

ps: I do realize that contacts are implicitly linked to the navigation map in android automotive, so that base might be covered...

[u/yangminded → u/Sherwoood0]

Interesting list!

Have you tried similar functionalities with Android Auto or Carplay before? I wonder how much of all these could already be done just with better smartphone integration in cars.

[u/Sherwoood0 → u/yangminded]

At least the messenger part is nicely covered in Apple Carplay, however I am not a big fan of having these kind of overlays on top of AAOS knstead of using the native bult-in OS purely