Whenever you consider Android Automotive, you in all probability consider vehicles, EVs to be particular. However that’s not the one place the OS can be utilized, as KTM is now utilizing Android Automotive OS on bikes.

Alongside the announcement of recent touchscreen dashboards for bikes, KTM can also be now utilizing Android Automotive OS on this up to date {hardware}. This enables for extra superior performance together with offline navigation, in addition to extra apps and over-the-air updates.

KTM says:

Staying related to the world exterior of your helmet can also be made even simpler, due to an upgraded CCU3.0 connectivity unit with 32 GB of storage and three GB of RAM which finally runs the Android Automotive working system. This enables for IoT connectivity with eSim, a GPS Antenna, Bluetooth, and Wi-Fi.

Android Auto, the platform that’s projected out of your smartphone, has been out there on some bikes for years now, however utilizing Android Automotive OS could also be a greater, safer possibility. Android Auto, even when working wired, is susceptible to occasional connection points, and it’d be very harmful to troubleshoot that on a motorcycle.

Notably, this seemingly isn’t the identical Android Automotive you’ll discover in lots of vehicles, as there’s no point out of the Play Retailer or Google apps & providers. Presumably, which may merely boil all the way down to Google’s give attention to vehicles – as Mishaal Rahman factors out, Google and its companions typically confer with Android Automotive as “Vehicles with Google built-in.”

KTM’s new Android Automotive dashboards for bikes are available in vertical and horizontal layouts and can begin to present up within the firm’s premium bikes.

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