This Head Unit Is the Best $100 I’ve Ever Spent The Android head unit added pretty much every major tech feature that was missing from my aging car.

Touch screen head units are pretty much the norm these days. Many compromise with annoying on-screen volume controls or tiny buttons. If you find yourself with such a unit, you might like to hack … ...

Google is updating the minimum Android version requirements for its other navigation app, Waze, and will no longer support older versions.

Android Auto would be the same, you need a head unit that can run AA. This forum seems to be talking about options for AA/CarPlay in a 2018.

In plain English, Samsung might be working on an Android Auto for phones successor rather than on building something that would compete against Android Auto directly.