General Information

Welcome to the COVESA Automotive AOSP App Framework Standardization Expert Group Meeting!

Weekly Meeting: Monday, 5-6pm CEST (Zoom Link) (Subscribe to Community Calendar to stay up to date)

Slack: https://covesacommunity.slack.com/archives/C05EB6A6J5R

GitHub: https://github.com/COVESA/aosp-app-framework-standardizatiion

Chairs:

• Melina Mascolo, BMW

• @Richard Fernandes , General Motors

• @gabriel.gautron , FORVIA

Compliance statement:

Antitrust
Before we begin, we would like to make clear that COVESA is committed to compliance with the antitrust laws in all of its activities, and that it expects all participants to similarly comply with the antitrust laws.  We will not engage in--and members must refrain from--any discussion of, or understandings regarding competitively sensitive topics. If you have any doubts regarding whether a matter is appropriate for discussion, please consult with your antitrust counsel.

Open and Royalty-Free
Further, COVESA aspires to be an open and royalty-free organization. The discussions and contributions made during this session are governed by the COVESA Intellectual Property policy. If you are unfamiliar with that policy, please review it in detail prior to making any contribution that reads upon a patent.

Meeting Notes 2024

16th December 2024 - Agenda

• Covesa @ CES => Reach out to Paul to get an invite, Jan 7th 6PM Bellagio

• Feedback from Session from Florian

• Data workstream update

• Round table discussion

• Last 2024 meeting, next meeting on January 13th.

9th December 2024 - Agenda

• Update on emulator workstream

• Update on push notifications

• Releasing an app to Forvia and Harman stores

  • Publish empty app in the Harman-Ignite store and Faurecia-Aptoide store

  • Led by Florian from BMW, meeting will happen at 

    • Location: Walter-Gropius-Straße 17, Munich

    • Starting Time: 9:00

• Discuss Data collection workstream

  • Feedback on OEM engagement

  • 30min discuss

• Round table topic discussion.

2nd December 2024 - Agenda

• Review feedback from members on Push Notification work.

• Review Charter project by Jose Freitas for AOSP Emulator.

• Continue pre-Meeting discussion on Vehicle Data Collection topic.

• Round table topic discussion.

25th November 2024 - Meeting Cancelled due to Thanksgiving break in the US.

18th November 2024 - Agenda

• Review feedback from members on Push Notification work.

• Review feedback from BMW, Ford, Cariad and MB to see if they are willing support the new data collection work stream.

• Round table topic discussion.

• Pre-Meeting on Interoperability topic.

11th November 2024 - Agenda

• Review feedback from members on Push Notification work.

• Round table topic discussion.

• Pre-Meeting on Vehicle Data Collection topic.

4th November 2024 - Agenda

• Review COVESA - AOSP expert Group Survey results and discuss next steps.

  • Based on the survey, these topics will have a pre-meeting to discuss the scope of work for these groups:

    • AOSP Emulator  (Pre-meeting - TBD)

    • Interoperability (Pre-meeting - TBD)

    • Vehicle Data collection (Pre-meeting- November 11th, after the weekly meeting discussion)

• Discuss Meeting schedule for the remainder of the year.

  • Meeting will be cancelled for November 25th, December 24th 2024 and January 7th, 2025.

• Round table topic discussion.

  • Looking for feedback from members on Push Notification current work - https://codeberg.org/UnifiedPush/specifications

14th October 2024 - Meeting Notes

• Push notifications

  • Specs v4 approved this week : The group is ok with latest changes proposed by Simon and Maximilian link

  • Specs v1/v2 approved last week: link

  • Proposal from Forvia to add a "uses-feature" tag to manifest file in 3PA using the PN solution, but there already an action tag => not needed

  • 1st Payment can be sent as per SoW

• Next Covesa topic

  • Poll will be sent tonight to every person invited to the group's meeting

    • In case you did not get the Google Survey link via email, please use the following link to complete your polling → https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScSoiEKHVlO_319wkVpKIEpLN7JEocJALvbC9G8R-C0UzeGzQ/viewform

  • José Freitas presented slides about standardizing Navigation and Apps market interface for voice assistant and other apps

    • => posted in the group's slack

• Mapping VSS to AOSP

  • Meeting added to the agenda on Thursday 3PM CET

    • attendance at least from BMW and data expert group

30th September 2024 - Agenda

• Participants: BMW, GM, Mercedes, Ford, Geotab, Red Hat, Unified Push, ParadoxCat, Remotive Labs, Forvia / Faurecia Aptoide, Harman, Allianz, COVESA, DMI Inc.

• Feedback from COVESA AMM Novi (September 25th & 26th)

• Review feedback from this group on Push notifications specifications → https://codeberg.org/UnifiedPush/specifications/pulls/1

• Discuss - What's next for this working group?

  • AOSP App Framework Standardization Expert Group - Vehicle Data Workstream meeting (Invite can also be found in the Community Calendar):

    •  October 1st, 2024 9-10AM EST. Zoom Link → https://us06web.zoom.us/j/82357071744?pwd=CxJHuCzoZygtPBgRxP8JbbmaYerukR.1

  • Action Item:

    • Co-Chairs to setup a poll, to see what topics the group would like to starting working on next. This will be reviewed in the next weekly meeting. 

• Round table topic discussion.

23rd September 2024 - Meeting cancelled due to AMM

• AMM Presentation:

9th September 2024 - Agenda

• Participants: BMW, GM, Mercedes, Bosch, ParadoxCat, Remotive Labs, Forvia / Faurecia Aptoide, Harman, Allianz, Endava, Profilence

• Push notification status update:

  • Simon has published a first draft of modifications

  • The group members must provide feedback for Sept 16th

    • Link to pull request: link

• IBC announcement

  • Link to see the live stream

  • Link to event detail on Covesa website

• Round table topic discussion

  • Proposed topic by Stefan Sellschopp: Consent management and vehicle signals

  • Call for new projects

  • AMM: A link will be shared to follow the live group sessions (likely the weekly one)

5th August - 2nd September 2024 - Meetings Cancelled

• The working group meetings are cancelled for the month of August as many members in the group are on vacation. We will reconvene the meetings on September 9th (US is on Holiday on September 2nd due to Labor Day). If you have any questions, concerns or topics of discussion, please use the Slack channel or email the Co-Chairs. Have a restful and safe summer break!

29th July 2024 - Agenda

• Participants: BMW, GM, Mercedes, Ford, ParadoxCat, Harman, Allianz, Geotab, Mavi.io

• Round table topic discussion.

22nd July 2024 - Agenda

• Participants: BMW, GM, Mercedes, Ford, Cariad ParadoxCat, Bosch, Forvia, L&T, Harman, UnifiedPush, Geotab, Allianz, Mavi.io

• Review feedback from group on Push notifications SoW that was shared July15th.

• Round table topic discussion.

15th July 2024 - Agenda

• Participants: BMW, GM, Ford, Hyundai Mobis, Bosch, RemotiveLabs, Forvia, Harman, ParadoxCat, Morey Corporation, Abalta Technologies

• Update on Push notifications SoW

  • Push Notification SoW for group review:

• Round table topics

8th July 2024 - Agenda

• Participants: BMW, GM, Cariad, LTTS, RemotiveLabs, Forvia, Harman, Endava, UnifiedPush, Allianz, Geotab, Profilence

• Update on Push notifications

  • MoU / SoW

• Feedback on Droidcon in Berlin previous week

• Entertainment stream

  • Update

  • Next meeting on Thur. July 11th

• Covesa @ IBC Amsterdam (13th-15th Sept.) 

24th June 2024 -  Agenda

• Participants: BMW, GM, Volvo, Cariad, HyundaiMobis, Snapp, LTTS, RemotiveLabs, Forvia, TietoEvery, Harman, Mavi.io, Morey Corporation

• COVESA SDK presentation by Snapp OS

  • Link to the recorded presentation - 

    https://us06web.zoom.us/rec/share/d6LMWOlBFmmd0eOZhLEG8lnKsWZubRLN2c8Lv5m9sJhTX90eDVkdWE0AknUcq5NT.FrQzhTMxewRKTNGG

• Information of the group presentation at the Berlin Droidcon on July 4th

• Follow-up on Push notifications / Unified Push

• Round table topics

10th June 2024 -  Agenda (Short round)

• Participants: BMW, GM, MHP, Appsfactory, Harman, UnifiedPush, Profilence

• Feedback about COVESA AOSP SDK?
  → Group needs 2-3 weeks more time for review

• Round table topics

3rd June 2024 -  Agenda

• Participants: BMW, GM, Zoom, RemotiveLabs, Forvia, 2net, Harman, Profilence, Morey Corporation

• Zoom to attend and discuss UnifiedPush solution with the expert group.

• For questions please reach out to elaine.ku@zoom.us

• GitHub for COVESA-AOSP SDK has been generated.

  • Call to action: Please review the content in the GitHub and provide your feedback.
    https://github.com/COVESA/covesa-aosp-sdk

• Round table discussions

27th May 2024 -  Agenda

• New Entertainment workstream starting June 6th

  • Update on focus areas next to geolocalization?

• Zoom will attend meeting on June 3rd to discuss UnifiedPush solution

  • Call to action: Please attend this meeting to give feedback to Zoom, especially from OEM side

• GitHub for COVESA-AOSP SDK has been generated

  • Snapp uploading code today

  • After chair review, repo will be put public→ current assupmtion: this friday

• Round table discussions

20th May 2024 -  Agenda

• Review status on UnifiedPush offering and discuss group's feedback.

• Review feedback from group on schedule for Entertainment working stream meeting. 

• Round table discussion.

13th May 2024 -  Agenda

• Participants: BMW, GM, Ford, RemotiveLabs, UnifiedPush, Forvia, 3SS, Geotab, Endava, mavi.ioy, The Linux Foundation, Abalta Technologies

• COVESA @ Droidcon in Berlin: 3th - 5th July

• New working stream: Entertainment

  • Initial focus on geolocalization?

  • Gathering insights about current issues from group with geolocalization

• Status update UnifiedPush offering

  • COVESA about to create process to jointly finance 3rd Party

• Status COVESA SDK

6th May 2024 - Meeting cancelled

29th April 2024 - Meeting cancelled

22nd April 2024 - Agenda

• Participants: BMW, GM, Mercedes, Ford, Hyundai Mobis, Bosch, 2net, Harman, Appsfactory, Forvia, Elektrobit, UnifiedPush, mavi.io, Abalta Technologies

• No weekly meeting today, as discussed on April 8th, the group will use this time for the Push Notification Workshop.

  • Presentation:

    • • Please contact one of the Chairs if you have any question or concerns.

8th April 2024 - Agenda

• Participants: BMW, GM, Mercedes, MHP, GrapeUp, LTTS, Forvia, RemotiveLabs, Harman, Elektrobit, Profilence, 3SS, mavi.io

• New AMM Agenda

  • 9:30-10: Status Update
    10-10:15: Snapp Ambient Light Initiative
    10:15-10:45: 3SS Entertainment topics Working Session
    10:45-11:15: European Broadcasting Union Working Session
    11:15-12: Push Notifications Working Session
    4:55-5:35: Panel discussion App Stores

• Push Notification Workshop

  • Date: 22nd April

  • Needed participants

  • Goal

• Grape up: Camera API working stream

• 3SS : Survey on challenges faced when integrating video streaming apps

  • => https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/23DHNJ7

  • @companies Please answer share your experience with video streaming apps

1st April 2024 - Meeting cancelled

25th March 2024 - Agenda

• Participants: BMW, GM, Mercedes, Ford, Forvia/Faurecia Aptoide, Harman, Abalta Technologies, RemotiveLabs, HAAS Alert, Snapp Automotive, Elektrobit, Profilence, 3S, Mavi.io

• AMM agenda update - Richard/Co-Chair

• Push Notification: Unified Push update - Gabriel/Co-Chair

• Round table discussion

18th March 2024 - Agenda

• Push Notification: Unified Push discussion -  Co-Chairs and group members

  • Agreement to invite Unified Push members to April AMM for the Push Notification discussion meeting.

• Entertainment - Video Streaming discussion - Tomek/3SS

  • 3SS will provide more information based on group members feedback by April AMM or maybe sooner.

• Round table discussion - Migrating Android code CR#334 <https://github.com/COVESA/vss-tools/pull/334> - Richard/Co-Chair

  • Group members in agreement to close CR.

11th March 2024 - Meeting cancelled

26th February 2024 - Agenda

• In-Vehicle Payments BOF discussion - Vamsi Putrevu/Mavi.io

• Discuss AMM agenda sessions and Panel topics for this group (April 16-18th, Sweden).

19th February 2024 - Agenda

• Participants: BMW, GM, Ford, Mercedes, Cariad, MHP, Remotive Labs, Faurecia Aptoide, Harman, Mavi.io, Profilence, 3SS, Elektrobit, L&T Technology Services

• Follow up on 3SS presented topic from February 5th.

• Discuss Next Steps on UnifiedPush for Push Notification.

• Discuss AMM agenda sessions for this group (April 16-18th, Sweden).

  • Proposal:

    "Quo vadis white label app stores  - how to evolve the automotive app ecosystem"

    • Where are we today (How many apps are available, which apps are available, do we see further growth)? What learnings do we already have?

    • What can we learn from other emerging/emerged ecosystems? What are potential reasons for failure?

    • What can be done to prevent failure and facilitate additional growth?

    • ...

12th February 2024 - Meeting cancelled

5th February 2024 - Agenda

• Participants: BMW, Ford, GM, Cariad, Mercedes, 3SS, Forvia/Faurecia Aptoide, Harman, RemotiveLabs, Hyundai Mobis, mavi.io, Elektrobit, Bosch

• Intro from 3SS about Entertainment topics needing standardization (including an OEM and App Store Provider survey)

  • • Please contact Felix Walter (felix.walter@3ss.tv ) and Tomasz Dzikowski (tomasz.dzikowski@3ss.tv) if you would like to get involved in this topic or if you have any questions.

• Next steps UnifiedPush / Push Notifications

• AMM Session (April in Sweden)

29th January 2024 - Push Notification Workshop (No Weekly meeting)

• Participants: BMW, Ford, GM, Cariad, Mercedes, Forvia/ Faurecia Apotide, Harman, Hyundai Mobis, mavi.io, Elektrobit, LTTS

• Push Notification Protocol Presentation:

  •  

• Video Recording of the workshop:

  • Link - https://us06web.zoom.us/rec/share/6DNS8KdaGcizDDLj64Klj8twB1iqnwaZaUch9OWlbuCBCgtLQG9CYrUwkVGFqzFk.N4MKJDETVVCgC8aD
    --Passcode: jw2K2F%Q

22nd January 2024 - Agenda

• Participants: BMW, GM, Ford, Mercedes, Cariad, Hyundai Mobis, Forvia/ Faurecia Aptoide, Harman, Profilence, UCF, mavi.io

• Shorter round: 30min only

• Quick recap for push notifications workshop (29th January) for participants who could not make it last week

• Round table discussions

15th January 2024 - Agenda

• Participants: BMW, Mercedes, GM, mavi.io, RemotiveLabs, L&T Technologies, Profilence

• Happy new year!

• Reminder about push notifications workshop January 29th → Extended invite will follow

• Short overview goal & agenda push notifications workshop

• Round table discussions

Charter 

Open