Gabriel Gautron

Covesa co-chair

Gabriel Gautron is an Innovation Manager at Forvia focusing on Android Automotive products and applications. With a deep passion for automotive, web and mobile application development, he previously worked in the automotive, web, and mobile application industries.

It's time to develop apps for Android cars

* The automotive world is going Android Automotive OS (AAOS) across leading brands like Volvo, Ford, GM, BMW, Honda, Nissan and more, the in-car app ecosystem is growing fast. In this session, we’ll kick off with a snapshot of the Android Automotive market: who's using it, how it varies across OEMs, and why now is the perfect time to start building for it. * We’ll dive into how to build AAOS apps using official templates, walk through the distribution options, and discuss one of the platform’s biggest challenges — fragmentation. * You'll also get a look at how COVESA, the leading open alliance in the automotive software space, is tackling fragmentation with the Automotive AOSP initiative. * Finally, we’ll show a real-world developer demo: implementing push notifications in Android Automotive — yes, notifications for cars! See how this works under the hood, and how you can bring similar innovations into your apps.