New Android Automotive coming to 2024 models

[invertedspear]

Meanwhile our "older" technology get abandoned, and we get stuck with bugs and lack of updates.

The last update every tech project should deliver is to open up the platform for owners and the open source community to take over. Maybe we have to sign ten different waivers absolving the manufacturer of responsibility, but just let us own it once you abandon it.

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[Shawnson]

You're probably right. But some of the images from the article are showing Sync4 hardware... there's a slim chance they back fill it to us, but Ford would rather see us buy a new T3 than make us happy with the LT we already have.

thats 100 percent true. I swear they want us all to rebuy instead of support us. Makes me not want to rebuy for that exact reason.

 

[SmoothJ]

You're probably right. But some of the images from the article are showing Sync4 hardware... there's a slim chance they back fill it to us, but Ford would rather see us buy a new T3 than make us happy with the LT we already have.

The hardware on the outside may look the same, but the guts - CPU, memory, storage, interfaces - will be redone to support the newer OS. In some ways, that may benefit those that want to retrofit the newer APIM module. Just keep in mind that it will be pricey, and updates may never come.

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