Cupra Born 2026 from £35995

[jezyg]

The 2026 Born is now live on the Cupra website https://www.cupraofficial.co.uk/new-cars/born before the ECG is £35995 and is now V1, V2 and VZ some colour changes as well. I will assume solid white will be the standard colour and Timanfaya Grey replaces Greyser Silver.

I think switching to Android is a good way forward as does give access to the Play Store. Unsure though if the maps is now Goggle?

 

[CosmicBlue]

Oh dear - Audi have switched to Android Automotive for the new models - I'm a Mod on the Q3 Owners Club UK forum - all the owners of the 2025 onwards Q3 are beset with software bugs, some serious.

Prior to buying the Terramar I seriously toyed with a Polestar 3 - gorgeous looking thing but also running Android Automotive - the owner forums are depressing reading at best. The Terramar has MIB4 and is super-solid stable - but reguarly patched too.

I'm not anti Android - long time Samsung Galaxy user and very happy with the Android phone OS.

 

[jezyg]

Oh dear - Audi have switched to Android Automotive for the new models - I'm a Mod on the Q3 Owners Club UK forum - all the owners of the 2025 onwards Q3 are beset with software bugs, some serious.

Prior to buying the Terramar I seriously toyed with a Polestar 3 - gorgeous looking thing but also running Android Automotive - the owner forums are depressing reading at best. The Terramar has MIB4 and is super-solid stable - but reguarly patched too.

I'm not anti Android - long time Samsung Galaxy user and very happy with the Android phone OS.

Not a great advert for it as Raval will also be Android - hopefully Cupra version has better bug fixes, Renault version seems pretty good, we had a Polestar 2 hire car last year and that worked well running Android auto. Car manufacturers are still playing catchup software development wise they don't really do DevSecOps either and modern cars are mobile devices with wheels in essence...

 

[Syphon]

Android built in on my wife's volvo is shockingly buggy with Spotify randomly crashing out and Waze refusing to work. Yes hopefully sorted on the CUPRAs!

 

[jezyg]

Android built in on my wife's volvo is shockingly buggy with Spotify randomly crashing out and Waze refusing to work. Yes hopefully sorted on the CUPRAs!

Shows you how far behind vehicle manufactures are dev wise, thinking how stable it is on most devices theses days... I guarantee it will be the integration piece with the cars systems and the interface overlay.

 

[SkysTheLimit]

I really would rather car makers DON'T integrate Android directly into the car (Android Auto is fine as it's just a projection from your phone which will likely be up to date as much as possible).

That said, it's bad enough trying to get phone manufacturers to stay up to date on security patches, I don't expect car makers will continue to apply security updates and version upgrades for the entire life of the car, which will leave a lot of cars driving around with critical security or functionality bugs in a few years after they drop out of scope for the manufacturers.

 

[jezyg]

I really would rather car makers DON'T integrate Android directly into the car (Android Auto is fine as it's just a projection from your phone which will likely be up to date as much as possible).

That said, it's bad enough trying to get phone manufacturers to stay up to date on security patches, I don't expect car makers will continue to apply security updates and version upgrades for the entire life of the car, which will leave a lot of cars driving around with critical security or functionality bugs in a few years after they drop out of scope for the manufacturers.

Security on cars as in cybersecurity has been poor for years, only have to look at the pull the bumper away attach probes to the wires of the headlight unit in a Rav 4 and you can pop the locks then drive it away... UNECE WP.29 R155, require manufacturers to protect vehicles from cyber threats throughout their lifecycle, including design, production and post-production. How that is enforced in practice will be interesting, cars are more OT than IT therefore have another layer for consideration which is safety. That slows down updates considerably as quite rightly has to be a rigorous process.