It was in January 2021 when Google accepted the Samsung SmartThings app on its Android Auto / Automotive operating system for cars.
This allowed Samsung smart devices to be controlled and turned on or off remotely from the car.
This type of control allows access to smart doors, lights and other sensors from your car. It can be very useful if you have a home automation system to enter the garage of your house, for example.
Android Auto supports three categories of apps: Half (such as YouTube Music or Spotify), Messenger service (like WhatsApp) and Navigation (for example Waze).
The next update of the App will allow Android Auto to install IoT applicationsthe internet of things and home automation systems.
Next update will allow you to control your home from the car
Developers will be able to use different templates to develop their applications in Android for Cars App Library that adapt usability and aesthetics to Android Auto.
He testing of these applications can be done, for now, in the official Android emulator, Automotive OS emulator for Android Automotive OS, and also in the DHU for Android Auto.
Given that we are already in the application testing period, it is possible that sooner or later we can start installing IoT applications in the car. Android Auto 9.3 is currently available now, and we don’t see that category, but it will come.
we would have control of our entire ecosystem and we could access, for example, the notice of movement at home from our camera or turn on the air conditioning before arriving to have our home at a good temperature when we enter.
The layout of these applications and their templates will have a easy access and activation aspect that avoids having to pay attention to the screen with large tactile buttons in grid format as well as being able to be controlled by voice.
As we can see, one more integration that reaches smart cars that every day look more like a mobile with wheels.
