2025-05-06
What’s new?
- The release adds baseband emulation to the Android Automotive virtual device.
- The release adds network emulation to the Android Automotive virtual device.
- Network widget: Test how applications behave under different network conditions (e.g., LTE, 5G, signal strength variations, no data).
- Baseband widget: Emulate different carrier profiles and test SIM-based features.
- Android Automotive – Network settings are included.
- Genymotion Cloud Car (Android Automotive OS 14.0) is available on AWS Marketplace and Azure Marketplace, each offering a free trial option.
- Note: If there are specific feature requirements or a tailored solution for Automotive OS, the Genymotion team can collaborate to deliver the solution for your project.
Genymotion Android Automotive – Navigation (caption)
Genymotion Android Automotive – Network settings (caption)
What is Android Automotive?
- Android Automotive (AAOS) is a specialized version of Android designed for In-Vehicle Infotainment (IVI) systems.
- AAOS requires developers to follow automotive UI guidelines.
- Our emulator bridges the gap for developers who lack access to real vehicle hardware.
- The emulator integrates a customizable Vehicle Hardware Abstraction Layer (VHAL) over gRPC protocol.
- The Vehicle Hardware Abstraction Layer (VHAL) allows reading and writing vehicle properties programmatically.
- This enables testing applications in a fully virtualized automotive environment.
- You can simulate GPS location changes and vehicle movement.
- These simulations help test route-based applications, navigation features, and geofencing scenarios.
- In a real vehicle, the Vehicle HAL communicates with various vehicle sensors and ECUs to retrieve and expose the values of these parameters.
- Developers may not have access to real hardware.
- Genymotion allows dynamic adjustment of vehicle parameters such as speed, fuel level, and engine state to test responses under various driving conditions.
- This is the tip of the iceberg. For more details and examples, refer to our tutorial.
What’s next?
- The latest version is available on AWS Marketplace and Azure Marketplace.
- See the latest release note for details.
- If there are specific requirements or a tailored solution needed, the Genymotion team can collaborate to discuss.