The German carmaker may well be a founding member of Google's Open Automotive Alliance but it clearly doesn't want to alienate a huge number of its existing and potential customers based purely on their smartphone preferences. When Google formally unveiled its Android Auto in-car system at is developers conference on June 25, it did so with an Audi. The company has been very vocal of its support for Google's initiative and already integrates a host of the search giant's technologies and services into its infotainment systems, such as Google Earth and Google Maps. Both Google and Apple now offer this functionality and there had been concern that a car company that offered support for one type of handset would be unable to offer functionality for the other.



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