I’m a designer with a passion for the mobility industry. You can often find me blog or talk about transportation design. I like to dip my toes into code and I believe bringing designers and developers closer together leads to better products.
Casper Kessels
Design Lead at Snapp Automotive
The Future of 3rd Party App Ecosystems in Cars
● What do you see as the role of 3rd party apps in cars?
● What do you see as the biggest blocker for creating a strong ecosystem of 3rd party app developers for cars at the moment?
○ The elephant in the room: Google Play.
● Do cars need 3rd party apps?
● For app store providers - how do developers deploy apps into your stores? How do they know what cars they will end up in and how do they know that apps will work fine in the car?
● Number of cars, compared to mobile devices, is low. What is the incentive for app developers to spend time developing for cars?
○ How do you see monetisation in cars working?
○ How do you make sure users won’t have to double pay for the same app they’ve already purchased on their mobile devices?
○ List of past failures in creating an ecosystem is long: Microsoft, Amazon, etc. What are we doing differently?
● Can I enable ADB in my car in the future?