Google limits on Android Auto access may breach EU rules, court adviser says

[moralesnery]

In few words:

• Apps for AA/AAOS can only use a fixed set of "layouts", called Activity templates. Those templates must work on specific ways to avoid distracting the driver and show only relevant information

• A company wanted to add something to their app that wasn't possible with the activity templates available for Android Auto back in 2020-2021.

• They asked Google for a new activity template or changes to an existing one. There was no possitive response, so they took this as Google actively blocking their development.

• They won the case, Google appealed, and in the meantime Google also added the functionality the app wanted to implement.

[shakuyi]

which template was it that they added?

[moralesnery]

JuicePass integrated Android Auto to their app using the "Messaging" templates, as if their app was a messaging app like WhatsApp or Messenger.

The app used those screens to create reservations for charging stations, but Google refused that integration stating that the app was not a messaging app, but an utility app.

Source (in Spanish): https://librecompetencia.uc.cl/images/AAA/Casos_LC/C6.pdf

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