timothy jordan: hello. i am timothy jordan, andthis is an introduction to android auto. commuters in the us spendan average of one hour a day in their car, and a personchecks their smartphone
Android auto head unit, an average of 125 times per day. now, cars get uswhere we're going, while our phoneskeep us connected. but using your phone whiledriving can be distracting.
in fact, 25% ofaccidents in the us are caused by peoplefumbling with their phones. what if you could stayconnected using your phone, but in a safer andmore convenient way that's integratedwith your car? and better yet,what if developing for this new platformwas easy and familiar? welcome to android auto,bringing android to the car. it's the sameplatform you already
use for phones, tablets,televisions, watches, and more. in fact, all these experienceswill often be in the same apk. but now, your appcan also extend to the car in a waythat's safer and more efficient for the driver,so they can stay connected, but with theirhands on the wheel and their eyes on the road. now, using android auto is easy. users go to the google playstore and download apps
onto their phone thatsupport android auto. they then connecttheir phone to the car. the phone goes into car modeand casts the android auto experience to the car's screen. now, this means that althoughall the apps and services are actually running onthe phone, they're displayed in the car's dash. and you can interact with themusing the vehicle's controls, such as a built-intouchscreen and microphone.
you know what? let me show you how this works. so i'm here in theandroid auto building, where the team'sgetting some developer tools ready for all of us. now, let's see if i can finddaniel and borrow his car. hey, daniel. daniel: hey, timothy. timothy jordan: how's it going?
daniel: good times forandroid auto developers. getting ready for the launch. timothy jordan: yeah,it's going to be awesome. hey, the jet pack's working! ok. so i'm sitting in abrand new kia soul. and some people like this carfor the panoramic sunroof. i like it for android auto. i'm going to connectmy phone to the car.
and you'll see itgoes into car mode. i'll touch here, and androidauto starts up in the car. cool, huh? now, this is theoverview screen. it's where you start, andit contains contextual cards based on the location,the time of day, and more. it's also the place where ican find my notifications. the activity bar ishere at the bottom, and it contains a setof common actions--
navigation, communication,audio, and car-related stuff. you'll also noticethe microphone up here in the corner. i'll get back tothat in a moment. but first, let'splay some music. let's tap here andplay this song. [music the mowgli's, "san francisco"] you'll notice that even thoughi'm in someone else's car, everything isrunning on my phone.
so it's all my stuff,from my notifications to my play music account. anyhow, right nowwe're in the app view. now, this is one of the mostinteresting things for you as a developer, because thisis where your app lives. for user interfaceconsistency and to ensure that all apps adhere tothe same safety guidelines, the android auto frameworkwill display your app in the standard ui template.
now, this is alsowhat makes it so easy to extend your app for auto. you don't need to worry aboutthe wide variety of display configurations,resolutions, different input controls, or even that muchabout driver distraction. you just provide resources, suchas image assets, strings, color palette, and supportedplayback controls to customize yourapp without having to define the entireuser interface yourself.
[bing] oh, hey, look, a textmessage from wayne. i'll just tap it to play. android: hey, timothy. i hear you liftedan android auto car. wanna ghost-ride it? timothy jordan: now, this is theother really interesting thing for you as a developer rightnow-- message notifications. you can take advantage ofthese by using the car extender
in the same way you usethe wearable extender for android wear. now, the last thingi want to show you is the voice interface,which is where i can reply to textmessages or search. i just need totap the microphone in the top right of the screen. define "joy riding." android: joy riding--the action or practice
of driving fast and dangerouslyin a stolen car for enjoyment. timothy jordan: [laughs]this thing is awesome. all right. let's head back to thestudio and wrap this up. just a few last things. android auto works byprojecting apps and services running on the user's phoneonto the car's screen. now, this means you just needto extend your existing android apps to work on the car.
and there's two great usecases for that today-- audio and messaging. audio apps, such as music,radio, and audio book players-- which are an awesome way tostay entertained while you're driving-- can now beextended to the car. apis are available to exposecontent, receive playback control, and customize the ui. messaging applications,which are a great way to stay connectedwhile you're driving,
can now be extendedto the car, as well. now, apis are available toshow notifications, play back the message, andreply with speech. android auto brings theandroid platform to the car. you can simply extendyour existing app to work in the car,allowing drivers to be connected totheir virtual worlds while staying focusedon the road ahead. please check out thesegreat developer resources
at this url. i'm timothy jordan, andi'll see you on the road.
daniel: where are my keys? [dance music playing] timothy jordan:whoo hoo hoo hoo! yee-haw!
