TIMOTHY JORDAN: And now it's time
to talk about Android Auto.
Doesn't it feel like old times?
SPEAKER 1: I know it feels like we're
in an introduction to Android Auto reunion.
TIMOTHY JORDAN: Dylan, tell us about what we're sitting in?
Actually, before we get to that, tell me
about what the latest is with Android Auto.
SPEAKER 2: Well, I think, the latest we're showing here today
is that Android is now embeddable in the car.
So unlike, I think, we've seen in the past,
you guys were showing on the phone
or even connected over USB to the car that's Android Auto,
now we're showing Android as the actual embedded operating
system in the car.
So our goal is always to have safe, seamless, integrated,
connected services.
And now, I think, we're seeing the seamless part of that.
There's no phone involved here.
TIMOTHY JORDAN: Yeah.
And It's beautiful.
SPEAKER 2: Yeah.
So this is an Audi Q8 concept car.
It's absolutely gorgeous, it's got a really nice set
of screens we can look at here.
And Audi actually just announced plans to ship, in the future,
with Android in the car.
So that's what we're showing here today.
TIMOTHY JORDAN: Very cool.
Well, let's get to, I don't know, play with some features.
And then we'll get back to Android Auto, in general.
SPEAKER 2: Cool, all right.
Well, let me show you a few different things here.
So first of all, we've obviously got a home screen,
doesn't really look like a phone, doesn't look a wearable,
or TV.
So this is nice automotive, integrated experience.
We've got the kind of information
a driver is used to seeing here.
But the key aspect to this is that Audi did the integration
and it's Audi's UI concept.
It's not just another phone or even just another car.
So, for example, they like to have music front and center.
They've got a great sound system,
so there's interactive tiles here.
We can turn these on and off.
They have the ability to look at vehicle information.
Unfortunately, we're not driving right now,
so it's a little static.
But they have this and it's an Android app.
That's the important part, it's just an Android app.
We can also go to the home screen and see on the launcher,
they've got their important stuff
that they feel is front and center here.
So for example, we can switch between apps,
there's an Audi navigation app.
And we can start running it, does
what you might expect in a car.
We're driving somewhere , so that's good.
SPEAKER 1: [INAUDIBLE] good.
SPEAKER 2: Yeah.
Oh, let's not.
TIMOTHY JORDAN: We should, right through those doors there.
SPEAKER 2: Actually, yeah, we should do.
Not.
They won't be happy.
Yes.
So this is happening, but what I want to draw your attention to,
actually, is the integrated aspect of--
what's important here is over in the cluster display
now which actually isn't running Android,
this is a real-time operating system
for the driver information.
But we do have information coming
from the app, from the APK, through the vehicle network,
and it's being integrated into their cluster over here.
The same with, actually, the Android notifications as well.
And if I switch to what they call
their Big Stage, their different view,
we can also now push through a cluster API.
We can push real graphics from an app as well.
So this is a pretty automotive specific,
this is not something you would necessarily
want to do on a watch or what have you.
But this is the kind of integration
we're looking to do with the partners.
TIMOTHY JORDAN: That's awesome how it's all well integrated.
And you still get the real-time OS for the instrumentation.
That I imagine is critical in the automotive industry.
SPEAKER 2: Yeah, absolutely.
So we're really focusing on what they call infotainment.
The music, the maps, the media, the car information.
But what we're not going into is the critical information that--
we're not touching the brakes, for example.
We're not controlling the brakes, yet.
I shouldn't say yet, we're not controlling the brakes.
Or things like the speed limit which
really has to be accurate and present all the time.
But, I think, the key, as we're saying,
is we still want to show integration as appropriate.
So the driver has all the information
they need to see right in front of their eyes.
And the passenger, for example, can still work with the system
as well.
So let's switch to Google Maps, for example.
Like this.
And the passenger can work with the app, like so,
or they can even use the Google services like the assistant.
Navigate to San Francisco.
GOOGLE ASSISTANT: San Francisco, all right.
SPEAKER 2: That's more like it, we're on the way.
We can also show how here we've got third party apps as well.
So we were just talking about how
on the phone side of things, the app developers
have enabled their apps to work seamlessly in a car.
And the same applies here.
So it just extends right across the ecosystem
as just another screen to an app developer
implementing a couple of APIs.
But of course we can switch to different apps.
And, I think, the really cool thing here
is that it still looks and feels like an Audi.
It feels like a premium experience,
but it also feels like Pocket Casts.
And it also feels like Spotify.
So, I think, those are the key things
we're trying to call out with this concept demo
with Audi is number one, Android is a good operating system
for the car.
Number two, the developer ecosystem can come with it
and tie really nicely with a good vehicle
integration as well.
So there's--
SPEAKER 1: It sounds like it uses the standard Android Auto
media and messaging API so that just--
SPEAKER 2: Yeah.
SPEAKER 1: --integrates right in here.
So yeah, that's cool.
SPEAKER 2: Yep, absolutely.
Like Media Browse, Media Session--
as long as the apps work there then
Audi can assure that it's going to work in there car, as can
any other OEMs as well.
So that's the key, the standard APIs.
SPEAKER 1: Nice.
TIMOTHY JORDAN: Awesome.
Well, before we get going, I'd like
to ask what else is going on in the world of Android Auto?
One of the things that I noticed recently,
and people are still asking about,
is that you can get Android Auto on your phone
even if your car doesn't have the integration built in.
SPEAKER 2: Yeah, yeah.
So one of the things we talk about
is safe and seamless connected experience in any car.
So obviously in this car we have it here,
it's seamless, connected.
But actually just if I have a phone when
I'm driving my crummy, old--
I shouldn't say crummy.
My Mazda 5.
I love it.
I love it, it moves my kids around.
I can stick this on the dashboard,
I have Bluetooth connection, and I have everything that I want.
So if I'm driving with my old car that
doesn't have Android Auto into it,
I can still use my phone, as is, and look at the media apps
that I already use today--
my contacts and my map in a safe seamless way.
So, yeah, I think, that's the exciting part
is on the phone connected from the phone to the car.
Or just the car.
TIMOTHY JORDAN: Very cool.
SPEAKER 2: There you go.
TIMOTHY JORDAN: Well, I think, that's
all the time that we have.
So, I guess, we'll get going.
Anything else you want to say?
SPEAKER 2: If we're going to get going we should just drive.
TIMOTHY JORDAN: Yeah, let's do that.
SPEAKER 1: Let's do it.