May 26, 2015 06:00 pm
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Hyundai Now Offers an Android Car, Even For Current Owners
An anonymous reader writes: Looking more like a computer company than a car company, Hyundai ships Android Auto on 2015 Sonatas and unlocks it for owners of the 2015 Sonata with a software update. Says the article: To enable Android Auto, existing 2015 Hyundai Sonata owners outfitted with the Navigation feature can download an update to a USB drive, plug it into the car's USB port, and rewrite the software installed in the factory on the head-unit. When the smartphone is plugged into the head-unit with a USB cable, the user is prompted to download Android Auto along with mobile apps. Android Auto requires Android 5.0 or above.That sounds like a good description of how I'd like my car's head unit to work -- and for that matter, I'd like access to all of the software.Read more of this story at Slashdot.
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