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Hijacking this somewhat related topic:
There needs to be a standardised set of APIs that automakers comply to for smartphone-powered infotainment.
Right now you have zero choice. iPhone: you can use carplay and nothing else. Android: you can use Android Auto and nothing else.
There can't be any competition because it's locked down.
Car infotainment systems need an open protocol for display, sending touch/control knob information back to the phone, sending other info back from the car, like mic audio for voice assistants/calls, whether the headlights are on to switch between light/dark mode, whether the car is LHD/RHD to reorganise the on-display controls, etc.
That would be awesome, but who's going to push for it?
It's easy for the opponents to use safety as a case for why users shouldn't have control of the software in their car.
The manufacturers already want to get rid of ODB because they'd rather control that data themselves.
At least android auto has been reverse engineered, and doesn't currently require any sort of difficult-to-bypass hardware attestation.
Yep , auto manufacturers needs incentive to develop a open protocol such as this. Its not a easy task as this would need to be complaint with many regulations and safety standards. I have some hope for the SDV (software defined vehicle) future like COVESA where the industry is moving towards an opensource architecture but for user softwares you're right its totally with the manufacturer to allow such open api to users.