• As a new automotive software product, enables rapid integration of diverse Android features including rich multimedia experience
• Wind River Android software series shortens Android-based IVI product development time and reduces costs and development burden

May 2, 2012 ----- Wind River (Korean office manager Lee Chang-pyo, www.windriver.co.kr), a leading company in embedded and mobile software, announced that it has unveiled software specialized in the automotive embedded market and further expanded its Android product portfolio.

Manufacturers of IVI (In-Vehicle Infotainment) devices, which refers to automotive infotainment systems, can now dramatically reduce development time for high-quality Android-based IVI systems through Wind River's newly launched "Wind River Solution Accelerator for Android," a vehicle-oriented acceleration solution.

As the convergence of consumer electronics and automotive devices continues to increase, the role and importance of software are being emphasized more strongly. In particular, the automotive industry is taking rapid steps to provide advanced IVI functionality, but most companies have yet to secure expertise in embedded device software, and as with the current Android market, they require assistance from domain specialists. Furthermore, properly integrating cutting-edge software into complex automotive environments and sophisticated IVI systems has emerged as a new challenge.

Lee Chang-pyo, branch manager of Wind River Korea, said "The Android platform is becoming the mainstream in many industries including automotive due to its capability to enable rapid innovation," and explained that "recent customers expect connectivity and rich user experience regardless of location while inside vehicles."

"As a company that has led the embedded field for several decades, Wind River possesses accumulated capabilities in Android technology and rich experience across various industrial sectors and customer environments. Through this product launch, Wind River will support overcoming difficulties when applying Android to automotive environments and provide technology that enables rapid development of devices offering rich internet usage experience," he added.

The key features of Wind River's Android-based automotive acceleration solution include rich multimedia functionality through iPod, iPhone, and iPad docking, customizable user interfaces, and wireless FM functionality.

Wind River additionally provides a broad range of automotive-related features and technologies including hyper boot functionality that shortens IVI system boot time, firmware management functionality that provides updates to Android devices supporting both online and offline update methods, and Bluetooth IVI expansion services that enable control of mobile phones through the vehicle center console.

In particular, Wind River's Solution Accelerator for Android software provides developers with verified applications and middleware components, enabling developers to immediately integrate complex and differentiated features.

When using Wind River's Solution Accelerator for Android together with Wind River support services and customized professional engineering services, developers can achieve advanced flexibility, broad selection options, and commercial Android expertise when developing Android-based products optimized for each market environment.
Wind River's Android-based automotive acceleration solution was developed based on the existing Wind River automotive software portfolio, including a GENIVI-compatible infotainment IVI platform.
Detailed information about Wind River's Android-based automotive Solution Accelerator is available at http://www.windriver.com/products/mobile/solution-accelerator-automotive/ .