Ask HN: Why hasn't Google put Android in cars yet?

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Post by dglassan » Tue, Dec 04, 2012, 11:33 PM UTC

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Re: Ask HN: Why hasn't Google put Android in cars yet?

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Post by bmelton » Wed, Dec 05, 2012, 12:55 AM UTC

They have? New Chevrolet cars are getting an Android-based stereo. There were also some car-audio enthusiasts that were working on an Android based car computer.

Re: Ask HN: Why hasn't Google put Android in cars yet?

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Post by creativeone » Wed, Dec 05, 2012, 8:07 AM UTC

I have seen a new Toyota Prius running Anroid myself. You can plug in a sim card and use Waze. Just awesome. I hope the trend keeps growing.

Re: Ask HN: Why hasn't Google put Android in cars yet?

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Post by creativeone » Wed, Dec 05, 2012, 8:08 AM UTC

creativeone wrote: post #3

I have seen a new Toyota Prius running Anroid myself. You can plug in a sim card and use Waze. Just awesome. I hope the trend keeps growing.

And the sim card was just a duplicate of the person's regular line, of course only one could be used for calls at a given time.

Re: Ask HN: Why hasn't Google put Android in cars yet?

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Post by GFischer » Wed, Dec 05, 2012, 6:25 PM UTC

bmelton wrote: post #2

They have? New Chevrolet cars are getting an Android-based stereo. There were also some car-audio enthusiasts that were working on an Android based car computer.

Android-enabled car radios sound like a nice idea :) .

The chinese MP3 car radio I used to have was pretty limited, I'm hoping for something like that for the masses.

Maybe I just need a pod/connection for my smartphone, not really a radio.