page.title=Android Auto page.viewport_width=970 fullpage=true no_footer_links=true page.type=about page.image=/images/cards/android-auto_2x.png nonavpage=true @jd:body <style> .fullpage>#footer, #body-content>.content-footer.wrap { display:none; } .img-logo { margin:0 auto; display:block; margin-bottom:-28px !important; } .img-logo-thin { margin:0 auto; display:block; margin-bottom:-55px !important; } .col-5 { width:170px; } .auto-img-container-cols { position:relative; margin-bottom:25px; margin-top:25px; } .auto-img-frame-cols { z-index:2; position:relative; width:460px; } .auto-img-shot-cols { width:447px; position:absolute; top:8px; left:7px; z-index:1; } .sdk-link { font-size:16px; padding-left:5px; padding-right:15px; } .sdk-link-title { font-size:18px; padding-left:5px; padding-right:15px; } .sdk-link-desc { font-size:14px; padding-left:5px; padding-right:15px; } .cols-leftp { padding-left:95px; } </style> <div class="landing-body-content"> <div class="landing-hero-container"> <div id="hero-height" class="landing-section auto-hero"> <div class="landing-hero-scrim"></div> <div class="landing-hero-wrap"> <div class="vertical-center-outer"> <div class="vertical-center-inner"> <div class="col-10"> <div class="landing-section-header"> <div class="landing-h1 hero">Android Auto</div> <div class="landing-subhead hero">Audio entertainment and messaging services in the car.</div> <div class="landing-hero-description"> <p style="width:450px">Let drivers listen to and control content in your music and other audio apps. Allow drivers to hear and respond to your messaging service via the car's controls and screen.</p> </div> <div class="landing-body" style="margin-top:40px;"> <a href="{@docRoot}training/auto/index.html" class="landing-button landing-primary"> Get Started </a> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ctiaVxgclsg" class="video-shadowbox-button white" style="margin-left:40px"> Watch the Intro Video </a> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <!-- end .wrap --> <div class="landing-scroll-down-affordance"> <a class="landing-down-arrow" href="#android-in-car"> <img src="{@docRoot}wear/images/carrot.png" alt="Scroll down to read more"> </a> </div> </div> <!-- end .landing-section .landing-hero --> </div> <!-- end .landing-hero-container --> <div class="landing-rest-of-page"> <div class="landing-section landing-gray-background" id="android-in-car"> <div class="wrap"> <div class="landing-section-header"> <div class="landing-h1">Extending Android to Cars</div> <div class="landing-subhead">Android Auto brings the Android platform into the car with a user interface that's optimized for driving.</div> </div> <div class="landing-body"> <div class="cols"> <div class="col-8"> <div class="auto-img-container-cols"> <img class="auto-img-frame-cols" src="/auto/images/assets/landing/FrameA.png" /> <img class="auto-img-shot-cols" src="/auto/images/assets/landing/01.gif" /> </div> </div> <div class="col-8"> <div class="auto-img-container-cols"> <img class="auto-img-frame-cols" src="/auto/images/assets/landing/FrameA.png" /> <img class="auto-img-shot-cols" src="/auto/images/assets/landing/02.gif" /> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <!-- end .wrap --> </div> <!-- end .landing-section --> <div class="landing-section"> <div class="wrap"> <div class="landing-section-header"> <div class="landing-h1">Build for One Platform</div> <div class="landing-subhead">Create apps with the Android APIs you’re familiar with and extend them to cars. </div> </div> <div class="landing-body"> <div class="cols"> <div class="col-8"> <div class="auto-img-container-cols"> <img class="auto-img-frame-cols" src="/auto/images/assets/landing/FrameA.png" /> <img class="auto-img-shot-cols" src="/auto/images/assets/landing/05.png" /> </div> </div> <div class="col-8"> <div class="auto-img-container-cols"> <img class="auto-img-frame-cols" src="/auto/images/assets/landing/FrameA.png" /> <img class="auto-img-shot-cols" src="/auto/images/assets/landing/06.png" /> </div> </div> </div> <p>Write your apps without having to worry about vehicle-specific hardware differences like screen resolution, software interfaces, knobs, and touch controls. Your users get the same experience on any compatible vehicle such as a consistent app launcher and system events such as notifications.</p> </div> </div> <!-- end .wrap --> </div> <!-- end .landing-section --> <div class="landing-section" style="background-color:#f5f5f5" id="developing-for-auto"> <div class="wrap"> <div class="landing-section-header"> <div class="landing-pre-h1">Now Available</div> <div class="landing-h1">Developing for Android Auto</div> <div class="landing-subhead">The APIs for building Auto-enabled apps are available now! When connected to compatible vehicles, apps on handheld devices running Android 5.0 or higher can communicate with Android Auto.</div> </div> <div class="landing-body"> <div class="cols"> <div class="col-8"> <div class="auto-img-container-cols"> <img class="auto-img-frame-cols" src="/auto/images/assets/landing/FrameA.png" /> <img class="auto-img-shot-cols" src="/auto/images/assets/landing/03.gif" /> </div> <div class="landing-h3">Play Music on the Road from Your App</div> <p class="landing-small" style="padding-left:0px; padding-top:15px;"> Extend audio apps such as music, radio, and audiobook players into the car. Build apps that let users browse and play their music in the car.<br><a href="{@docRoot}training/auto/audio/index.html">Learn how to build audio apps</a> </p> </div> <div class="col-8"> <div class="auto-img-container-cols"> <img class="auto-img-frame-cols" src="/auto/images/assets/landing/FrameA.png" /> <img class="auto-img-shot-cols" src="/auto/images/assets/landing/04.png" /> </div> <div class="landing-h3">Keep Users Connected with In-Vehicle Messaging</div> <p class="landing-small" style="padding-left:0px; padding-top:15px;"> Create messaging apps that receive incoming notifications, read messages via text-to-speech, and let users reply by voice input in the car.<br><a href="{@docRoot}training/auto/messaging/index.html">Learn how to build messaging apps</a> </p> </div> </div> </div> </div> <!-- end .wrap --> </div> <!-- end .landing-section --> <div class="landing-section landing-gray-background" > <div class="wrap"> <div class="landing-section-header"> <div class="landing-h1">See What Others Have Done</div> <div class="landing-subhead">We're working with developers to bring many popular apps to Android Auto</div> </div> <div class="landing-body"> <div class="cols"> <div class="col-4"> <img src="{@docRoot}auto/images/logos/apps/iheartradio.png" width="160" height="160" class="img-logo" /> </div> <div class="col-4"> <img src="{@docRoot}auto/images/logos/apps/joyride.png" width="160" height="160" class="img-logo" /> </div> <div class="col-4"> <img src="{@docRoot}auto/images/logos/apps/kik.png" width="120" height="120" class="img-logo" style="margin-top:30px" /> </div> <div class="col-4"> <img src="{@docRoot}auto/images/logos/apps/tunein.png" width="160" height="160" class="img-logo" /> </div> </div> <div class="cols"> <div class="col-4"> <img src="{@docRoot}auto/images/logos/apps/talkray.png" width="120" height="44" class="img-logo" style="margin-top:40px" /> </div> <div class="col-4"> <img src="{@docRoot}auto/images/logos/apps/icq.png" width="150" height="53" class="img-logo" style="margin-top:40px" /> </div> <div class="col-4"> <img src="{@docRoot}auto/images/logos/apps/stitcher.png" width="160" height="160" class="img-logo" style="margin-top:-20px" /> </div> <div class="col-4"> <img src="/auto/images/logos/apps/pocketcasts.png" width="160" height="160" class="img-logo" style="margin-top:-10px" /> </div> </div> <div class="cols"> <div class="col-4"> <img src="/auto/images/logos/apps/threema.png" width="100" height="91" class="img-logo" style="margin-top:30px" /> </div> <div class="col-4"> <img src="{@docRoot}auto/images/logos/apps/skype.png" width="160" height="70" class="img-logo" style="margin-top:40px" /> </div> <div class="col-4"> <img src="/auto/images/logos/apps/spotify.png" width="160" height="160" class="img-logo" /> </div> <div class="col-4"> <img src="/auto/images/logos/apps/textplus.png" width="120" height="24" class="img-logo" style="margin-top:60px" /> </div> </div> <div class="cols"> <div class="col-4"> <img src="{@docRoot}auto/images/logos/apps/contacts.png" width="160" height="160" class="img-logo" style="margin-left:140px" /> </div> <div class="col-4"> <img src="{@docRoot}auto/images/logos/apps/textme.png" width="80" height="80" class="img-logo" style="margin-top:30px;margin-left:200px" /> </div> <div class="col-4"> <img src="{@docRoot}auto/images/logos/apps/whatsapp.png" width="120" height="120" class="img-logo" style="margin-top:10px;margin-left:180px" /> </div> </div> <div class="cols" style="margin-top:60px"> <div class="col-4"> <img src="/auto/images/logos/apps/npr.png" width="100" height="128" class="img-logo" /> </div> <div class="col-8"><p style="margin-top:0px"><em> "Android Auto connects NPR One listeners to a personalized stream of public radio news and stories to catch up on in the car. It's an engaging and driver-safe user experience that was developed using the media APIs provided in Android 5.0. The available development tools made the integration and testing process simple for launching in a short period of time."</em></p> </div> </div> </div> </div> <!-- end .wrap --> </div> <!-- end .landing-section --> <div class="landing-section landing-white-background"> <div class="wrap"> <div class="landing-section-header"> <div class="landing-h1">Building an Ecosystem</div> </div> <div class="landing-body landing-align-center"> <div class="landing-subhead"> We've partnered with manufacturers around the world to bring the Android platform to cars. </div> </div> <div class="cols cols-leftp"> <div class="col-5"> <a href="http://www.abarth.com/"> <img src="{@docRoot}auto/images/logos/auto/abarth.png" width="120" height="120" class="img-logo" /> </a> </div> <div class="col-5"> <a href="http://www.acura.com/"> <img src="{@docRoot}auto/images/logos/auto/acura.png" width="120" height="120" class="img-logo" /> </a> </div> <div class="col-5"> <a href="http://www.alfaromeo.com/"> <img src="{@docRoot}auto/images/logos/auto/alpharomeo.png" width="120" height="120" class="img-logo" /> </a> </div> <div class="col-5"> <a href="http://www.audi.com/"> <img src="{@docRoot}auto/images/logos/auto/audi.png" width="120" height="120" class="img-logo" /> </a> </div> </div> <div class="cols cols-leftp"> <div class="col-5"> <a href="http://www.bentleymotors.com/"> <img src="{@docRoot}auto/images/logos/auto/bentley.png" width="120" height="120" class="img-logo" /> </a> </div> <div class="col-5"> <a href="http://www.borgward.com/en/"> <img src="{@docRoot}auto/images/logos/auto/borgward.png" width="120" height="120" class="img-logo" /> </a> </div> <div class="col-5"> <a href="http://www.buick.com/"> <img src="{@docRoot}auto/images/logos/auto/buick.png" width="120" height="120" class="img-logo" /> </a> </div> <div class="col-5"> <a href="http://www.cadillac.com/"> <img src="{@docRoot}auto/images/logos/auto/cadillac.png" width="120" height="120" class="img-logo" /> </a> </div> </div> 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