Services

Android Automotive Services

Seamlessly integrate and extend Android Automotive OS in your In-Vehicle experience systems.
Android Automotive Services

The Android Automotive Operating System (AAOS) is the most pervasive and scalable platform for in-vehicle experience solutions on the market today. It provides the most comprehensive platform for deployment of a wide selection of apps reflecting its preeminence in the smartphone ecosystem.

Android Automotive OS (AAOS) is the most pervasive platform for in-vehicle experience systems on the market today, with standardized frameworks, APIs, guidelines, platform requirements, test suites, etc., which greatly contributed to its huge industry adoption. With a comprehensive feature set encompassing aspects of multimedia, communication, navigation, telephony, connectivity, productivity and gaming, it provides a platform for a wide variety of applications that can be deployed from Google’s or 3rd party the app store.


With a workforce of more than 230 Android Engineers, HARMAN Automotive Engineering Services is a leading Services Provider in the Android Automotive ecosystem, working on key Automotive SoP programs with our global customers. As a Google #1 3PL Partner, we have certified 300+ head units on Android Auto Projection for OEMs and Tier 1s. HARMAN Automotive Engineering Services has delivered Android Automotive programs which encompass platform and framework development, customized HMI designs for various OEMs, projection features, advanced multimedia features, virtualized cockpits and more.


Leveraging a multitude of in-house SW assets and services HARMAN brings differentiating features and achieves faster time-to-market for customer Android Automotive programs. These in-house assets and services encompass a wide range of features like CarPlay Projection, OTA, Multi user, multi-display, suspend to RAM, App Store, virtualization technologies and more, which can be integrated on the customer Android platform.

Key Service Offerings
01

Concept Development

  • Android Automotive feasibility assessment, Android Automotive gap assessment, total cost of ownership assessment, Regionalization assessment and more.

02

Platform Development

  • Platform architecture development and cluster integration, framework extensions, UI/UX development (2D, 3D) through dedicated HARMAN design studio, Custom HMI development and more.

03

Automotive OEM Application Development

  • Full Application lifecycle support from concept, to publishing in the App Store, component and system testing, product regionalization and more.​​​
04

Security Updates

  • ​Continuous security updates post-cessation of patch releases from Google, regular penetration testing to ensure product security, and monitoring Google’s security bulletins to implement security updates for eventual integration and release.
05

Long-term Maintenance and Support

  • Migration of core platform to a newer version of Android, application migration, bug fixes and new feature introduction.


06

Managed Services

  • Application deployment and monitoring, Over-the-Air software update deployment and connected services integration​.


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