Sabine Hofschen

Research Project Manager, BMW. Co-Chair COVESA AOSP App Framework Standardization Expert Group

COVESA Co-Chair of the Automotive AOSP App Framework Standardization Expert Group since 2025. Research Project Manager with a strong product and project background in the Automotive industry (since 2013) and CE industry (since 1994). Computer scientist (TU Munich) with a PhD (RWTH Aachen). Passionate to contribute to innovative premium product offerings, with experience mainly in the early stages of product development.

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.