GrapheneOSAndroid Auto support for our sandboxed Google Play compatibility layer has been merged into GrapheneOS and should be available in the next release. It's currently going through final review and internal testing leading up to being able to make a public Alpha channel release.
The implementation uses the compatibility layer to eliminate most of the special privileges that are usually required. It provides 4 permission toggles for enabling different access for wired Android Auto, wireless Android Auto, audio routing control and phone call control.
No special access is granted by default. We've made subsets of the standard privileged permissions for these toggles for granting only minimal required access. Wired Android Auto is close to working with 0 special access required but not quite so it still needs a toggle.
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ChainFire@GrapheneOS
This is fantastic and unexpected. Great work GrapheneOS team!
This is fantastic and unexpected. Great work GrapheneOS team!
Kai Bagley@GrapheneOS Great work as usual! However what made you change your mind about allowing apps with special privileges? Yeah I need to check a slider to allow it, but I thought the philosophy here was that all apps were equally privileged on GOS
@beppi We're not granting any special privileges, the user is choosing to do it. We're only providing the option to do it. You already have the option to use the stock Pixel OS where those apps have far more special privileges. This isn't part of the baseline sandboxed Google Play but rather a dedicated Android Auto specific feature without any special access enabled by default. Our long term plan is an alternate implementation of Android Auto. We already had a similar eSIM activation toggle.
Linus Kardell@GrapheneOS @beppi Could something like that be possible for Device Policy, to allow using work Google accounts on GrapheneOS?
Brayd 
@GrapheneOS ohhhhh yes! That was the only thing in GrapheneOS that bugged me. Thank you so much for your work!
Skyr@GrapheneOS whoooot! 😍
jirsch@GrapheneOS good work guys!
werost@GrapheneOS wonderful to hear and read! 🚗📲 Though, not tech savvy at all, the absence of Android Auto was a big question mark for me. Thanks to the great team and happy new year!
#GrapheneOS #privacy #security #AndroidAuto
#GrapheneOS #privacy #security #AndroidAuto
Christoph Schmees@rowest @GrapheneOS
If you are #privacy conscious you should refrain from #AndroidAuto (and Apple CarPlay).
https://www.theregister.com/2023/11/09/car_text_harvesting
https://www.motortrend.com/news/general-motors-removing-apple-carplay-android-auto-for-safety-tim-babbitt/
If you are #privacy conscious you should refrain from #AndroidAuto (and Apple CarPlay).
https://www.theregister.com/2023/11/09/car_text_harvesting
https://www.motortrend.com/news/general-motors-removing-apple-carplay-android-auto-for-safety-tim-babbitt/
@PC_Fluesterer @GrapheneOS
Thanks for the latest information. However, I would just wait and see how GrapheneOS has implemented and secured Android Auto, and only then decide whether I will use it.
Thanks for the latest information. However, I would just wait and see how GrapheneOS has implemented and secured Android Auto, and only then decide whether I will use it.
@GrapheneOS Great work👌👌👌
@GrapheneOS The next big thing form me would be a working screen cast to tv like that on pixels
President Dwayne Elizondo Mountain Dew Camacho
Jan Korbel 🐧@GrapheneOS wow, thanks!
PhanomThat's great news! Thank you for your work.
Will it work without logging in to Google?
Katharta@GrapheneOS Oh hell yeah, let's go
0x33@GrapheneOS Great job! I'm excited to try it out.
Samson@GrapheneOS Great!!! 🥳 
Andrea Pappacoda@GrapheneOS not going to use it anytime soon, but I'm glad that this has been solved, as it was one of the few "downsides" of using GrapheneOS. Good job!
Mr. Sujano@GrapheneOS Awesome news! Great work!!!
@GrapheneOS
This is amazing. I switched to GrapheneOS this year and love it. The lack of Android Auto support at the time was disappointing, but I got over it.
What an unexpected and exciting announcement. Thank you for your hard work!
pmurphs@GrapheneOS awesome!
these machines will destroy US.@GrapheneOS if I could boost this 10x I would!!!
z3rOR0ne 
@GrapheneOS How exciting. Heard about this over on lemmy.ml
While I have no plans to use this feature, I have been absolutely loving GrapheneOS on my Pixel 7, and hopefully this feature will attract more to use this fantastic security focused OS. Cheers!
lina@GrapheneOS absolute legends