HaleyTek AB and BlackBerry have launched HaleyTek’s Generic Automotive Platform (GAP), a cockpit software platform. GAP provides access to an agile Android Automotive development environment designed to accelerate the time-to-market for infotainment systems.

BlackBerry QNX is providing the QNX Hypervisor for Safety and QNX Sound platform for GAP, which will offer OEMs access to Software Defined Audio (SDA) and VirtIO. SDA delivers a software-based acoustic experience for consumers while enabling Bill-of-Material (BOM) savings and the ability to generate new subscription revenue through personalised audio software features after the sale of the vehicle. It will also extend the lifecycle of these systems, offering over-the-air (OTA) Android and security updates to enable a safe, connected future.

“Bringing GAP to market in collaboration with BlackBerry QNX and its industry-leading technologies not only empowers us to advance our infotainment systems, but also amplifies our reach in creating an automotive ecosystem that thrives on innovation and efficiency. Embracing open systems like VirtIO enables true hardware software separation, opens up all the benefits of cloud-first development and reduces the custom integration efforts for our entire ecosystem across OEMs,” said Jan-Erik Larsson, CEO, HaleyTek AB.

“Together with HaleyTek, we are forging a path to redefine the next generation of automotive infotainment based on a more open and collaborative development environment,” said John Wall, SVP and Head of BlackBerry QNX. “Our customers want to manage software lifecycles across multiple SOC vendors and the cloud. VirtIO simplifies these efforts and is endorsed by large software providers in the automotive industry. Through our SDA platform, we have already helped automakers achieve hundreds of millions of dollars in savings while creating new revenue opportunities, and we look forward to passing these benefits on to HaleyTek’s customers too.”