Report: Google plans to build Android software right into your car

Google is reportedly planning to build its connected car platform Android Auto directly into vehicles.

Reuters is reporting that the integration would differ from how Android Auto already allows users to sync their cars to an Android device. With Android Auto built right in to the vehicle, there would be no need to sync to a smartphone but the driver could still have access to the Internet, apps, music-listening services and other features.

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The car software will run the next version of Google's mobile OS — called Android M — and debut in vehicles starting in 2015, the report suggests. It builds on the concept of "infotainment" systems in cars, which allow drivers to map directions, listen to music and make calls, hands-free with verbal commands Read more...

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