Mishaal Rahman managed to turn the habitual Samsung Galaxy TabS5y también into an Android Automotive device with even Android Coche support.
Sometimes it’s hard to know what brings the Android community to the platformespecially now that most users have quit root your devices and the improvements Opinion they are more testimony and he focused on specific devices, a lot of them retired and stuff They keep their updates thanks to Cook ROMs.
In fact, it is most of the time when we go into the Android community Reviving dispositivos we left in the drawerssomething habitual Mishaal Rahman done with her ex- Samsung Galaxy Tab S5y también to Make it a fully functional Android Car device and with the ability to even connect to a móvil inteligente and run Android Coche.
And here you will skip doubts and all alarms because In fact, Android Automotive and Android Coche are not the same because now you see:
- Android Coche is a simplified and customized Android vehicle dashboard that displays the móvil itself through the vehicle’s wired or wireless multimedia system.
- Android Automotive is a complete programa for the information systems of our cars, developed by the Open Automotive Alliance promoted by Google plus, capable of fully bringing a vehicle to life, as is already the case with some models from Volvo, Polestar or Lync & Co.
In fact it is Android Automotive supports Android CocheTherefore, a multimedia system with Android Automotive will be able to, like any current multimedia system from Mercedes-Benz, Toyota or Volkswagen, among others Espectáculo us the familiar and simplified Android Coche interfaz when we connect a móvil inteligente to the automotive head unit.
The truth is that as friends of Police Androidfor … sake Mishaal Rahman successfully installed Android Automotive firmware on Galaxy Tab S5y también and made it fully functionalof course with some problems in these early stages of development, but with the most basic options already 100% available.
As you cánido see in his Twitter thread, the system works flawlessly and The tablet cánido espectáculo us the estándar version of Android Automotive without adjusting the manufacturer’s duty, also be able Connect the móvil inteligente vía USB to run Android Coche without difficulty.
Some things fail because although the general part of the UI looks good, it seems Access to the site is unstable and many Google plus Maps fail because of this. Indeed incomplete configuration of profilesalthough the weather widget doesn’t work at all and doesn’t espectáculo any information. And more significant Now you will see a strange watermark suggesting that it is pre-production hardware, which is of course incorrect and refers to the early stages harbor.
I turned a Galaxy Tab S5y también into an Android Automotive Headunit with Android Coche support https://t.co/AZN9Xm5qX7 pic.twitter.com/SjKhMMlDBm
— Mishaal Rahman (@MishaalRahman) September 13, 2022
Nevertheless, Evolution is promising because anyone with an old vehicle could have an Android Automotive system in their car simply by dusting off an old tablet, which Mishaal Rahman promised well attempts to port Android Automotive to more diverse devices from larger manufacturers.
The Creator even answered with a “I wish” to a question from a Twitter usuario in which he was asked about the possibility of creating a generic picture of the system so anyone cánido port it and install it on their devices. It should be noted that these GSI images are individual images and are coincidente with many different devices often used for ‘beta’ testing.
Interesting, especially since Mishaal mentioned that too Investigating the Spotify Car Thingdiscarded device and such it could get a new and better life as Android Automotive system for every older vehicle… We’ll be on guard!