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by jazzyjackson 90 days ago
Thing is Android Auto only interacts with google blessed devices, iirc device manufacturer has to pay license fee to support android auto. Android auto is not FOSS, I don’t think any automaker would allow their smartphone mirroring to work with rooted hardware that may not comply with safety regulations.
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I don't think this is true, AFAIK Android Auto works on Graphene. Google Play isn't FOSS either and also works in a sandboxed mode.
I haven't tried anything advanced with profiles/private spaces yet. But I did successfully get Android Auto to work with sandboxed Play Services and Google Maps just this last week on my "new" GrapheneOS Pixel 9 Pro XL.