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Mishaal Rahman at Esper.io spotted the release notes for Android Auto 13 this morning. Unlike Android 12L for cars \u2014 which included, among other things, a new quick controls feature for quickly toggling various options \u2014 Android 13 is focused on technical, behind-the-scenes changes. If you’re an Android Automotive user hoping for a slate of new features, you’ll likely be disappointed. That said, considering Google’s platform is built for automakers to customize specifically for each model, user-facing features will always be few and far between.<\/p>\n
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Although there aren’t a ton of changes here to write home about, there are a few worth highlighting. Several connectivity changes \u2014 including support for ultra-wideband and Gabeldorsche, a new version of Android’s Bluetooth stack that is active up to the scanning level \u2014 made the cut. Android 12’s Privacy Dashboard has made its way to cars with this release, delivering a list of sensors used by the vehicle. Google also added some new vehicle properties, including fog lights, EV charging, and more. Here’s the complete list of changes:<\/p>\n
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camera<\/h3>\n\n- Android camera2 API.<\/strong> Allows third party consumer apps to access one or more vehicle cameras concurrently without affecting the performance and behavior of the Extended View System (EVS). <\/li>\n
- Enumerate camera devices by relative locations.<\/strong> Allows clients to enumerate and open camera devices (or video streams) according to relative locations, along with hardware details (for example, device node name) hidden from clients. <\/li>\n
- EVS hotplug events.<\/strong> Adds notification and handling of hotplug cameras. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Car Framework<\/h3>\n\n- Car framework mainline.<\/strong> Added a new car framework module that includes car APIs and car services. This enables the updating of the car stack independent of Android platform versions. <\/li>\n
- Driving safety region support.<\/strong> Allows apps to specify regions for driving safety and allows the system to specify a region and to provide a temporary waiver. <\/li>\n
- Migrate the vehicle HAL from HIDL to AIDL.<\/strong> The HIDL HAL remains supported but new properties should only<\/strong> be added to new AIDL vehicle HAL. <\/li>\n
- Support larger payload and batch calls in VHAL.<\/strong> VHAL can now pass larger payloads through shared memory. Batching calls allows for the more efficient sending of multiple requests. <\/li>\n
- Navigation metadata filling for cluster.<\/strong> This feature extends the Navigation State Protocol Buffer in the Navigation State API with additional fields to describe navigation metadata. <\/li>\n
- touch mode.<\/strong> Notifications are now detached from focus events in Android 13. In Android 12 and earlier, focus and touch mode are represented by the same C++ native FocusEvent. Touch mode changes are now represented in a new event,
TouchModeEvent<\/code>. This new native event is dispatched against all existing windows, whether focused or not. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n