Monday, June 13, 2016

Why are all headunits KitKat?

Why are virtually all android head units 4.4.x? I was looking at several options for my Evo and up until recently 95% I found was 4.4.4 pretty much. Joying recently came out with a 5.1 2DIN unit which I may end up with. I am also looking for some sort of dual/piggy back system (need to retain full functionality of the stock unit) in my 2016 Jeep Cherokee and came across this guy : http://ift.tt/1U6lt3V . I've emailed back and forth with the sweedish guy that does it, responses are obviously not the best translated but it also uses 4.4.4 and he said it will not be updated in the future. Considering this is 2-3 years old I'm confused why it's still so heavily used in new devices. Is there some benefit it offers, is there wider hardware compatibility, or what? I really like the carperformance product, price is high, but on par for that of a new phone. However, I can't see dishing out money for a 2-3 year old OS that will never be updated, and then in 1-2 years stop getting app updates because its no longer supported. I'd consider getting the unit and digging into it to see what can be done, but I have to imagine there's a reason/limitation that he can't update it so it may be a waste of money. If I could find a way to duplicate what he's done with the touch screen switching board I'm sure I could come up with an android box running a more recent OS, but that may be another thread.


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