Judging by the article and the code snippets found, it’s more about updating your phone rather than the car infotainment hub. Nougat is getting the axe, have to be on Oreo or later.
It would have been better if the headline said “phones” and not “devices”, but that’s not as panic inducing :P
Yeah, but the problem is Android Auto is a closed system. There’s no reason my phone can’t display an app or play plex music while providing directions.
It’s the same kind of deprecation you get with apps requiring a newer Android version. If Google adds new features to Android Auto that Android Nougat (7.x) can’t handle, then your apps won’t have any better time either. Likewise, if Google updates Android Auto but an app stops supporting 7.x and earlier, then that app will certainly break down the road.
Ok so how do I replace the system in my car? Mitsubishi Outlander 2015 Sport.
Perhaps I misunderstand, but isn’t this talking about the Android version of the phone that you’re using connected to use Android Auto?
Yes.
It’s deprecating old phone OS versions.
It’s hardly new territory.
It is, but Android Auto sucks anyway. I want to replace it with something that isn’t a walled garden that can be bricked by an OS update.
Judging by the article and the code snippets found, it’s more about updating your phone rather than the car infotainment hub. Nougat is getting the axe, have to be on Oreo or later.
It would have been better if the headline said “phones” and not “devices”, but that’s not as panic inducing :P
Yeah, but the problem is Android Auto is a closed system. There’s no reason my phone can’t display an app or play plex music while providing directions.
It’s the same kind of deprecation you get with apps requiring a newer Android version. If Google adds new features to Android Auto that Android Nougat (7.x) can’t handle, then your apps won’t have any better time either. Likewise, if Google updates Android Auto but an app stops supporting 7.x and earlier, then that app will certainly break down the road.
That’s the neat part, you don’t. That’s a feature not a bug.