Delivering secure advanced infotainment experiences on Android. 

Android Automotive is now a main-stream platform for delivering advanced IVI experiences. Designed to be regularly updated, Android Automotive supports the delivery of advanced user experiences that will evolve throughout a vehicle’s life-time, as well as support completely new experiences that will be deployed in the future.  

The importance Rear Seat Entertainment (RSE) is rising. Rideshare and 4G & 5G streaming services have experienced massive growth to allow high quality content services to passengers.  

Likewise, rideshare companies want to take advantage of the rear screens as a platform for delivering value added and transaction-based services within the vehicle.  However, these services now require advanced content and payment protection solutions.   

For example, HD content streaming services require the highest level of security provided by different DRM schemes, in order to protect the high value assets being streamed into the vehicle.  

As the range of content and services delivered to rear seat entertainment systems increases so will the requirement for robust security capabilities that can support and protect multiple users and their personal date and information. 

Trustonic’s TEE can be used to support the advanced DRM schemes required for High Definition (HD) content streaming. 

Multimedia capabilities of in-vehicle infotainment systems continue to evolve, and they are capable of supporting the HD content services that consumers have become accustomed to. However, HD services require more advanced security capabilities to be implemented within the vehicle.  

Kinibi  is a commercial grade security solution that meets the requirements of Content Service Providers (CSP) to support their HD streaming services such as Microsoft PlayReady, Widevine and regional solutions such as China DRM.   

We are integrated with SVP on the silicon where available and can support HDCP transmission protocol standards on schemes we support:

Over the last few years Voice Assistants such as Amazon Alexa, Google Assistant and Apple’s Siri, have started to play an important role in the automotive industry.  

OEMs can now add their own custom extensions, which enable deeper and richer integration into the vehicle systems with our compliant TEE.   

In addition to the services available through your PC, Smart Speaker or phone, voice assistants play an important role in simplifying the in-vehicle experience. They support the discovery of new features within the vehicle as well as safety, since the driver does not need to take their eyes off the road. 

As voice assistants become more widespread and have access to vehicle data, so does the need to ensure that they are fully protected – which must include the core platforms that they are integrated into.   

Features such as secure boot, advanced protection and hardware-backed roots of trust are becoming standard requirements.  These help to protect the instance running inside the vehicle and the communication with the cloud platforms.   

The concept of enabling an intelligent vehicle to directly transact with the world around it has been gaining momentum.  Although the Automotive and Financial Services industries operate in very different ways, there have already been multiple trials of different payment systems that have proven both the technology and the benefits that it can deliver for drivers and passengers alike.  

There is a strong opportunity for in-vehicle payments to create new digital revenue streams for OEMs through a wide range of use cases.  Juniper Research estimates that by 2025 the value of payments generated in-vehicle will exceed $85Bn.  Whilst the US and Western Europe are expected to lead this trend it is anticipated that it will have a positive impact in all geographic markets. The key use cases for in-vehicle payments include: 

• Automated toll collection
• Smart parking
• Pay-at-the-pump
• Voice commerce