Android Auto and Carplay: Everything you need to know to make a mobile application

Introduction

The automotive industry has adapted to the modern times we live in: already in your car, you can use the same applications with which you interact daily on your cell phone or computer, without diverting your attention from the road.

Android and Apple, with their iOS operating system, created Android Auto and Carplay respectively, technologies that allow music, messaging, multimedia and other applications to be integrated into the automobile operating system.

In this whitepaper, we review how a mobile application can be developed for Android Auto and Carplay, as well as provide information on the type of applications that are allowed in each operating system.