Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. and Google have announced an expansion of their long-standing automotive collaboration, building on more than a decade of joint work in the sector. The strengthened partnership is aimed at accelerating innovation, reducing time-to-market, and unlocking new capabilities as the automotive industry transitions towards agentic AI and software-defined vehicles.
The collaboration brings together Qualcomm Technologies’ Snapdragon Digital Chassis™ solutions with Google’s automotive software to deliver end-to-end automotive technology platforms. The combined offering is designed to help automakers develop next-generation vehicles that can better anticipate, respond to, and adapt to driver needs through secure and scalable AI-powered experiences.
The partnership traces its origins to early work on Snapdragon-powered Android infotainment, which played a key role in the adoption of Android Automotive OS (AAOS) and the industry’s first vehicles with Google built-in. The two companies continue to collaborate on simplifying the deployment of advanced AI agents through Gemini Enterprise for Automotive, building on the evolution of Automotive AI Agent capabilities.
As part of the expanded relationship, Qualcomm Technologies and Google are establishing a unified reference platform aligned with Snapdragon Cockpit Platforms and Google’s AAOS roadmap, beginning with Android 17. This initiative is intended to accelerate development cycles, strengthen quality assurance, and streamline production for automakers developing software-defined vehicles and in-vehicle infotainment systems.
The collaboration also includes efforts to scale AAOS for software-defined vehicles through a combination of on-device software and cloud-based development environments. Qualcomm Technologies will act as the lead scaling partner, delivering pre-integrated and optimised AAOS SDV software on Snapdragon Digital Chassis platforms to support faster deployment and consistent software experiences across vehicle generations.
In addition, Qualcomm Technologies is introducing Snapdragon vSoC virtual platforms on Google Cloud, enabling automakers to design, test, and validate automotive software entirely in the cloud using Arm-based Axion bare metal instances. This approach allows development teams to collaborate globally and accelerate software delivery without reliance on physical vehicle hardware.
The partnership further extends to lifecycle management through the introduction of Project Treble for Android Automotive OS on Snapdragon Cockpit Platforms. Project Treble is designed to simplify Android upgrades, reduce fragmentation, enhance security, and support predictable software updates across multiple platform generations over a long-term lifecycle.
Executives from both companies highlighted that the expanded collaboration combines Qualcomm Technologies’ hardware platforms with Google’s software and AI capabilities to support the automotive industry’s shift towards AI-powered, software-defined mobility.
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