Developers
Let drivers listen to and control content in your music and other audio apps. Allow drivers to hear and respond to your messaging service via the car's controls and screen.
Write your apps without having to worry about vehicle-specific hardware differences like screen resolution, software interfaces, knobs, and touch controls. Your users get the same experience on any compatible vehicle such as a consistent app launcher and system events such as notifications.
Extend audio apps such as music, radio, and audiobook players
into the car. Build apps that let users browse and play their
music in the car.
Learn how to build audio apps
Create messaging apps that receive incoming notifications,
read messages via text-to-speech, and let users reply by voice
input in the car.
Learn how to build messaging apps
"Android Auto connects NPR One listeners to a personalized stream of public radio news and stories to catch up on in the car. It's an engaging and driver-safe user experience that was developed using the media APIs provided in Android 5.0. The available development tools made the integration and testing process simple for launching in a short period of time."
Set up your development environment and start working with the APIs. We’re excited about the experiences you'll create and can't wait to see what you do next.