Open source and Android Automotive OS

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Android Automotive OS sits on AOSP but major pieces are closed: BSPs, VHALs, proprietary codecs and vendor drivers force OEMs to choose between licensing Google Automotive Services (GAS) with extra certifications and update commitments or assembling third‑party stacks that cause API fragmentation. Open efforts include DRM HW composer and Mesa GPU drivers, COVESA work on a VSS vehicle signal standard and unified push, and a community that already has over 1,000 ASPdev members.

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1. 0:00Open source and Android Automotive
2. 1:05Why open source matters
3. 4:34Open vs closed parts
4. 7:05Closed-source BSP challenges
5. 10:20Building from AOSP
6. 11:22Google Automotive Services limits
7. 15:55GAS licensing hurdles
8. 17:22Fragmentation in non-GAS
9. 20:37Kavisa standardizing apps
10. 23:24Open source communities
11. 27:18Android open source history
12. 30:33Google’s open source shift
13. 33:20Support open source in Android
14. 34:28ASP Devs community

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