You can hack Apple CarPlay into a Tesla using — what else — Android

Thanks to web standards. | Image: Micha Gapiski

While Tesla's operating system is known for having tons of built-in features (including the ability to play AAA video games), there's one capability that's notably missing: support for Apple CarPlay or Android Auto. Micha Gapiski, however, has figured out a way to hack support for both into Teslas, using a web browser, two Raspberry Pis, a handful of add-ons and cables, and Android.

Gapiski calls it the Android Tesla Project (h/t to MacRumors for bringing it to our attention), and it does what its name implies: provides an Android Auto interface that you can access through the car's built-in web browser. (Shout out to open web standards, putting in the work as always.) While this isn't the first time we've seen a project like this -...

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