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Originally Posted by stugray
But this is not an app but a new OS so the fact that the HU has lollipop means nothing.
This OS could be installed on any device that currently runs Android.
My point was that some of the phone specific Andoroid OS images have a dependency on the 'Radio' module in the phone's hardware and if it does not detect a SIM card at boot, the OS will halt and give you an error message. Other Android OSs are configured to NOT need the sim card (like a dumb tablet) and will boot without starting the Radio module.
I guess I could try it on an older tablet (or a phone with the SIM card removed) to see...
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Android Auto is not an OS. Android Auto is an application that runs on an OS. The head unit component of Android Auto will run on Android (like our units, or the unit Parrot announced) or QNX, which is owned by Blackberry and powers a lot of head units out there (I think Pioneer might run QNX since CarPlay and Android Auto both run on Pioneer's units and both of those systems run on QNX, and it's clearly not Android). As I and others have already pointed out, the Android Auto app that's on the app store is a companion app for your Lollipop-only phone.