Thought I'd better do a bit of research. Well according to Google AI scraping the Cupra sites it's coming to all as the title goes and certainly on the Raval.
www.seat-cupra-mediacenter.com
I did say on @Syphon review of the Raval I'd better look at some YouTube videos. Well you can peak over the wall and see it's implementation in the US to get a measure of that you are getting. Basically Android OS in the car with apps in a walled garden.
Probably a good starter overview by one of the development companies that services the industry:
So no more trailing cables and WiFi connecting and power pad thingies to give you Android Auto it's built in the car for starters. You can get Car Play on it thou.
This is four years ago so car manufacturers and software developers have been able to sort out the bumps:
Well that was a video by 9 to 5 Google.
Technical Jeff has something on the developers menu but I would not get too excited about that, it will probably be out of bounds but any one familiar with the developers menu in Android knows about it. The video above he never got in it, below he stumbled in. Wasn't locked down.
There is more recent stuff by Technical Joe on American cars on YouTube. The use of the PlayStore library. YouTube in it but only accessible if stationary etc.
This one covers a "major software update" so Cupra owners can expect something similar when the time arises, not too dissimilar to the current:
Not sure what the relationship will be to Here Maps now that was used in mib2 high / mib3 / 4 but you could use Android maps instead or Car Play. The car used Here Maps for regenerative predictive braking knowing the cartography of the road. Whether that will be the case for the Cupra / Seat pass - obviously regenerative breaking but where the cartography comes from in it's use ?. Whether that relationship is over or not pass on that between Here Maps being the defacto internal car data. Have to have a look at a Raval to see whether there is any sign of Here Maps cartography in it. May be it runs both. Who knows. Poor dealer will have me looking
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So yes a movement to more industry standards so something to look forwards to in the refreshed Cupras and new models. Pass on whether the Seat side will see this, something to check.
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I did say on @Syphon review of the Raval I'd better look at some YouTube videos. Well you can peak over the wall and see it's implementation in the US to get a measure of that you are getting. Basically Android OS in the car with apps in a walled garden.
Probably a good starter overview by one of the development companies that services the industry:
So no more trailing cables and WiFi connecting and power pad thingies to give you Android Auto it's built in the car for starters. You can get Car Play on it thou.
This is four years ago so car manufacturers and software developers have been able to sort out the bumps:
Well that was a video by 9 to 5 Google.
Technical Jeff has something on the developers menu but I would not get too excited about that, it will probably be out of bounds but any one familiar with the developers menu in Android knows about it. The video above he never got in it, below he stumbled in. Wasn't locked down.
There is more recent stuff by Technical Joe on American cars on YouTube. The use of the PlayStore library. YouTube in it but only accessible if stationary etc.
This one covers a "major software update" so Cupra owners can expect something similar when the time arises, not too dissimilar to the current:
Not sure what the relationship will be to Here Maps now that was used in mib2 high / mib3 / 4 but you could use Android maps instead or Car Play. The car used Here Maps for regenerative predictive braking knowing the cartography of the road. Whether that will be the case for the Cupra / Seat pass - obviously regenerative breaking but where the cartography comes from in it's use ?. Whether that relationship is over or not pass on that between Here Maps being the defacto internal car data. Have to have a look at a Raval to see whether there is any sign of Here Maps cartography in it. May be it runs both. Who knows. Poor dealer will have me looking
.So yes a movement to more industry standards so something to look forwards to in the refreshed Cupras and new models. Pass on whether the Seat side will see this, something to check.
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