GrapheneOS version 2023123000 released (Supports Android Auto) (grapheneos.org)

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Pixel 4a (5G) and Pixel 5 are end-of-life and shouldn't be used anymore due to lack of security patches for firmware and drivers. We provide extended support for harm reduction.

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2023123000-redfin (Pixel 4a (5G), Pixel 5)
2023123000 (Pixel 5a, Pixel 6, Pixel 6 Pro, Pixel 6a, Pixel 7, Pixel 7 Pro, Pixel 7a, Pixel Tablet, Pixel Fold, emulator, generic, other targets

Changes since the 2023121200 release:

Keyboard: add new implementation of multi-locale spell checking support to fix crashes and other issues
Sandboxed Google Play compatibility layer: add Android Auto support with the compatibility layer eliminating the need for most of the permissions and a permission menu with 4 toggles for granting the minimal special access required for wired Android Auto, wireless Android Auto, audio routing and phone calls
Settings: remove confusing mention of Android Auto from Connected devices screen
exempt non-app system processes from Sensors permission enforcement (fixes some issues including gpsd crashes)
fix Bluetooth auto-turn-off race condition to avoid crashes
work around upstream race condition bug in biometric service
disable support for pre-approving PackageInstaller sessions due to incompatibility with Network permission toggle
fix several upstream bugs in handling crash reports mainly to improve our user-facing crash reporting system
use GrapheneOS Widevine provisioning proxy by default
add settings for changing Widevine provisioning server
add configuration for setupdesign and setupcompat libraries to improve system UI theme
kernel (Pixel 6, Pixel 6 Pro, Pixel 6a, Pixel 7, Pixel 7 Pro, Pixel 7a, Pixel Tablet, Pixel Fold, Generic 5.10): update to latest GKI LTS branch revision including update to 5.10.204
kernel (Pixel 8, Pixel 8 Pro, Generic 5.15): update to latest GKI LTS branch revision including update to 5.15.142
kernel (Generic 6.1): initial port of GrapheneOS changes for use with emulator builds
force disable network ADB in early boot to improve verified boot security (no user-facing change since it's currently disabled by default later in the boot process, but not robustly)
Vanadium: update to version 120.0.6099.115.0
Vanadium: update to version 120.0.6099.144.0
AppCompatConfig: update to version 2
GmsCompatConfig: update to version 88
GmsCompatConfig: update to version 89
GmsCompatConfig: update to version 90
Auditor: update to version 78

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[-] fart_pickle 13 points 4 months ago

Woohoo! Android auto!

[-] [email protected] 9 points 4 months ago

Yissss... Now it finally is time to give graphene another go as daily driver (pun intended)

[-] Yoz 3 points 4 months ago

Its a shame that other custom Roms cant isolate gsf and gps. May be devs can use some help from graphene os

[-] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago

Sandboxed Google Play could be ported to other OSes.

I would like to let you know that a ROM is Read Only Memory, which means unchangeable permanent storage. The area the Operating System is stored, is in fact a writeable drive, unlike a ROM. This means referring to GOS as a ROM makes no sense and as such should be called an aftermarket OS or alternative OS.

[-] FutileRecipe 1 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Its a shame that other custom Roms cant isolate gsf and gps. May be devs can use some help from graphene os

Can't or won't...or haven't tried? Do you know that others have tried and failed? Also, GrapheneOS is open source, so they're free to use it

[-] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

So is there Android auto support now? If so, is there a documentation that lists what data is and is not protected when using Android Auto with GrapheneOS as opposed to stock Pixel

[-] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

Yes, it does support Android Auto on the latest release. The implementation works with four separate toggles allowing different kinds of access. A list of what the toggles give access to appear when you try to toggle them on. Documentation on Sandboxed Google Play's Android Auto implementation will also be added to the website in the future.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

That's great to hear. Do you need the Android Auto app for that? I'm only asking because GrapheneOS is my first Android in a while and I have never used Android Auto before

[-] [email protected] 0 points 4 months ago

Yes, to use Android Auto, the Android Auto app has to be installed. It should be installed from the GrapheneOS Apps repository (app).

[-] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

Amazing. Just waiting for the documentation now to see what data is collected with it. Granted I do not have a car with Android auto but probably will in the future

[-] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

Damn , I have a 3a and a 4a I would like to make to permanent dedicated car phones. Would be great if android auto could be ported to the old ones to get some use of them.

I know , not supported and updated , but would make more sense to use an old GOS phone separate from the main phone rather than using the same for everything.

[-] robotdna 0 points 4 months ago

Based Graphene devs, holy cow. These guys rock

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