The next generation of Bentley ultraluxury vehicles will be available with Android inside, courtesy of Audiovox.
(Credit: Antuan Goodwin/CNET)Some say that rear-seat entertainment (RSE) systems will go the way of the dodo with the proliferation of cheap tablets. Audiovox, supplier of aftermarket and OEM car electronics, appears to be hedging its bets in the belief that tablets and RSE will somehow merge, with the announcement that it will be shipping an Android-based RSE to Bentley.
custom-skinned interface unique to Bentley vehicles.We got our first look at what Audiovox's Android-based RSE might look like at CES 2011. The model we saw lacked polish, basically stretching Google's Android 2.1 interface onto a 7-inch touch screen. Time will tell whether the OEM units Audiovox will supply to Bentley will be based on the newer Android 3.x OS (Honeycomb) or run a
custom-skinned interface unique to Bentley vehicles.
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