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Volvo’s new Android-powered Polestar 2 hands-on
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Android Automotive, a native version of Google’s in-car software, has been years in the making. Now, it’s close to prime time on Volvo’s Polestar 2, an all-electric Tesla competitor coming next year. We went hands on with the newest version of Google’s software in a prototype Polestar 2, and it’s shaping up to be quite amazing.
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Due to Trump’s executive order I don’t see this coming to fruition. Android can’t be working with those communist in China anymore.
Gears in an all electric vehicle yes?
I’m afraid of a car with android 😅
Joke aside, I want this infotainment system to be mainstream and maybe other Car Manufacturers could use the software running their own skin.
How does a channel like this not understand you can’t say the words “OK google” in videos these days?
Kmon guys, even channels with a few hundred thousand subs have been keeping the keywords (hi alexa, ok google, whatever activates siri) out of their videos for some time.
Hope polestar used no Huawei Hardware 😜
This is it, all future cars will eventually have this and a large touch screen, min 10 inch. Most manufacturers so slow to catch on.
4:38 Some black mirror stuff right there. HEELL NOOO
So ill have to worry about my cars data overages now
“It tells you what gear you’re in” — It’s electric! It has no gears!
this is great and all, but i don’t think we should refer this brand as part of volvo anymore. sure they do use the same platform for the cars, but it’s the same as huawei and honor, they are separated brands with separated teams, etc.
What if some day trump bans on some technology. Countries should stop using US tech
Andriod auto goes CarPlay
Pretty cool.
Not sure I want google to be deep integrated in my car. This will be a privacy issue in future.
Why would you want to give Google of all companies control over your car?
Cool that at least Volvo is admitting tech companies are better at UX/UI. Volvo’s isn’t as bad as a lot of companies (eg FCA, Ford, BMW) but this is better. That said, they need to use better hardware. There were obvious lags in this implementation vs the latter part where guy is using Android Auto (prob with a flagship Android Phone). It’s kind of sad if they aren’t putting in hardware that matches a Pixel in a $60k car. It may be that this is pre-production and not optimized. If not, they should benchmark off of Tesla Model 3. It’s seamless, with no UI slowdown.
Will the boot loader be unlocked?
There is no gear in electric car
Finally.….
Please stop saying “OK Google” in your videos — you’re triggering all our devices!!!!
More like OK google, do everything 10 times faster so you are actually useful…
Nah I dont need my car kidnapping me. Too much damn technology
Any chance there will be a manual version ? 😬
Looking forward to this coning to the standard range Volvo’s. Maybe an update for current year models?
in stead of manually tapping the ‘temp -’ 2 times, he used 15 seconds to make google do it…
Going for android is a total failure. SLow, unreliable system,no security, laggy. Otherwise, great car.
So there’s no display of adaptive cruise control in the instrument panel of Polestar 2, to let you see/change distances from the car in front of you?
Volvo was doing the big screen thing before tesla
stop playing the music i cant hear him talk
So can you use Apple CarPlay in this car?
Does it support waze :d
Volvo XC40 electric will use this software when they start selling XC40 winter of thus year…
Watching this in 2020 and still no car released with Android Automotive (although P*2 is on it’s way ro delivery)
Free Hongkong! Democracy now. No labor camps. Free Uyghurs. So no Polestar
Maybe read the book “Data & Goliath” by Bruce Schneier. Truly educational
Ask google why German cars are better.. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
How exactly is Android Automotive OS different from Android Auto?
Please use a term such as “Ok G” so all our devices do not go off while watching the video. Or we can ask youtube to bleep them out, though that maybe a bit janky.. Great video though 🙂
It’s all good but why my G Home reacts to ‘Hey G’ from the video.
1:10-1:20 I literally died waiting for it to change a temperature, and will surely do it in the real life
the next feature to appear is a keyboard in the steering wheel I’m telling you