Is the new head unit Android based?

[NervEasy]

Since the 2025 model the headunits have been upgraded, the UI is new and smoother.

It looks very close to the ones in the new ID3 neo and the Cupra Raval. They say these units are fully android based.
The Cupra Raval even has a Spotify and Youtube app.

I asked my dealer if these apps will be made available for my 2026 model since I though that the internals of these headunits are the same (just some slight UI tweaks). But he said (in an e-mail) that the currnet headunits of seat are not the same as the Raval, they are not android based so these apps will not be made available for the Seat models.

This however is exactly what ChatGPT said (almost word for word) when I asked it this question. But it did give wrong sources for this "conclusion" so I am now doubting that my dealer gave me correct information.

Does anyone know if these nes Seat headunits are actually android based just like the new VW's and Cupra's? It would be madness for Seat to keep another software base alive if all the new models are transfered?

 

[East Yorkshire Retrofits]

MEB and MQBevo infotainment units are completely different

Different platforms. Different hardware. Different software

 

[NervEasy]

MEB and MQBevo infotainment units are completely different

Different platforms. Different hardware. Different software

The seat leon 2026 is mqbevo?

 

[serdar_18fr]

The seat leon 2026 is mqbevo?

Yes, Leon Mk4 (2020-present) is built on MQB Evo platform.

 

[NervEasy]

Would VAG develop 2 different headunits for 2 platforms?

 

[East Yorkshire Retrofits]

Would VAG develop 2 different headunits for 2 platforms?

Yes.. As they're 2 different platforms

They have different components for each platform, including infotainment systems. There are multiple platforms currently in production

 

[Tell]

Since the 2025 model the headunits have been upgraded, the UI is new and smoother.

It looks very close to the ones in the new ID3 neo and the Cupra Raval. They say these units are fully android based.
The Cupra Raval even has a Spotify and Youtube app.

I asked my dealer if these apps will be made available for my 2026 model since I though that the internals of these headunits are the same (just some slight UI tweaks). But he said (in an e-mail) that the currnet headunits of seat are not the same as the Raval, they are not android based so these apps will not be made available for the Seat models.

This however is exactly what ChatGPT said (almost word for word) when I asked it this question. But it did give wrong sources for this "conclusion" so I am now doubting that my dealer gave me correct information.

Does anyone know if these nes Seat headunits are actually android based just like the new VW's and Cupra's? It would be madness for Seat to keep another software base alive if all the new models are transfered?

I'm building a thread here on the 2026 models:

So what's the native cartography in the AAOS ID associated cars ? (Raval etc + new breed 2026 models with AAOS) > result it's AAOS without GAS

Its all about "GAS" more of this at the end if you get there... but to summarise your new infotainment system is Android Automotive OS (AAOS) without Google Automotive Services (GAS) called One.Infotainment and it's in the Raval, Tavascan and Born 2026. Attempting in the thread to determine what...

www.seatcupra.net

Everything you wished or didn't wish to know about what's coming .

I'll edit in on this process of discovery. It's "AAOS non GAS" is what the new head is. Basically Android Automotive OS less Google Services. It's the same route that BMW took.

Pictures of their test bed in post 2.

Post 3 the BMW implementation. That's the one to look at in a taxonomical approach. Shares the same branch.

What you have is the old Linux programmed systems not AAOS. Mib3 had a difficult birth. I use to say I'm skipping mib4 and going for mib5... now it's AAOS without GAS. VAG call it One.Infotainment although that might by a working title. We'll see.