VW says their android-based infotainment will be updated for at least a "lifetime" of 15 years: https://arstechnica.com/cars/2023/03/android-infotainment-will-b

VW says their android-based infotainment will be updated for at least a "lifetime" of 15 years: https://arstechnica.com/cars/2023/03/android-infotainment-will-be-supported-for-at-least-15-years-vw-says/ https://arstechnica.com/cars/2023/03/android-infotainment-wi... I expect at some point that stops being feature updates because new features rely on different hardware, but at minimum it means 15 years of security updates... in which case 15 years isn't enough. My last two cars were both on the road longer than 15 years. Thankfully they weren't connected to the internet. And the other thing they don't commit to is that they'll have 15 years of updates where the maps app runs at more than 2 frames per second. So this had better not be anything like phone updates, where a 5 year old phone is sometimes allowed to run the modern OS update, but it doesn't run well. Will they maintain multiple branches based on different hardware requirements so they can keep shipping performant OS updates on old hardware? It's a big reason I won't buy a car without CarPlay, I need the escape hatch of being able to run the new maps app from my phone manufacturer, on eventually 10+ years newer phone hardware. Even if the car's infotainment is amazing today, there's no guarantee it will be any good in 10 years and I'd rather have a backup plan.