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The turnkey Android Automotive infotainment platform. Appstore, FOTA, navigation — out of the box. Built so OEMs can launch faster, customize deeper, monetize smarter.
OEMs need to launch infotainment that differentiates them — without rebuilding the operating system. The era of bespoke head-unit code is over. The era of Android Automotive plus carmaker customization is here.
SPARQ OS is P3’s turnkey IVI platform built on Android Automotive OS. Appstore, OTA updates, navigation, voice assistant — pre-integrated and ready for OEM customization. We don’t reinvent the AAOS wheel; we deliver the customizable layers on top so OEMs reach market faster, stay in control of UX, and unlock new monetization.
Built for the SDV era — and proven.
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Apps and services available in the SPARQ Store — and growing — from navigation to entertainment to in-vehicle services.
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Vehicle categories supported — passenger cars, commercial vehicles, motorbikes. One platform across mobility.
2016
Year P3 began Android Automotive development with global OEMs — almost a decade of AAOS engineering experience.
2026
Biggest-ever P3 booth at CES — West Hall LVCC #6719, January 6–9, with the full SPARQ ecosystem live.
What SPARQ OS delivers, out of the box.
Turnkey Android Automotive Platform
Shorter development time, lower investment cost — that’s the SPARQ OS proposition for OEMs. Appstore, FOTA, and navigation come pre-integrated, with HMI, service layer, and Vehicle Hardware Abstraction Layer (VHAL) ready for custom branding. The platform is production-grade from day one.
Turnkey
Out-of-the-box readiness — appstore, FOTA, navigation, voice assistant. OEMs ship faster, with lower risk.
AAOS as the base
Built on Android Automotive OS — the fastest-growing in-vehicle infotainment OS globally.
Pre-integrated essentials
Appstore, FOTA, navigation, voice assistant — ready, not roadmap items.
OEM-customizable layers
HMI, service layer, and VHAL integration designed for top-to-bottom branding by the carmaker.
Faster time-to-launch
Lower investment cost than ground-up IVI development; faster from concept to vehicle.
SPARQ Store — Customizable Appstore
Vehicle OEMs have complete control over what apps and services are available — by region, market, vehicle brand, and vehicle type. The SPARQ Store is white-labeled to the OEM brand, with curation and merchandising fully in OEM hands. New monetization streams, OEM-controlled.
200+
Apps and services in the store — and the OEM decides which ones are visible to which customer segment.
White-label storefront
Branded as the OEM’s own — drivers see the carmaker’s identity, not a third-party storefront.
Region & market segmentation
Curate availability by region, market, brand, or model — granular control over the catalog.
Monetization layer
Revenue-share frameworks open new income streams aligned with SDV business models.
Curated developer ecosystem
Validated third-party developers extend the store with entertainment, parking, games, charging, more.
SPARQ OTA — Firmware Over-the-Air
Vehicles deserve the same continuous-updates expectation as smartphones. SPARQ OTA delivers safe, signed, remote firmware updates to vehicles in the field — closing security gaps, deploying new features, and keeping the fleet on a current state without service-bay visits.
OTA
Firmware updates — delivered over the air, signed, safe, and managed centrally by the OEM.
Continuous security
Critical patches reach vehicles in days, not at the next service interval.
Feature deployment
New capabilities reach existing fleets — extending vehicle value after sale.
Centralized control
OEM decides what rolls out to which vehicles when — staged or simultaneous.
Cost reduction
Field updates without service visits cut warranty and maintenance overhead.
Integrated ElectricRoutes Navigation
The in-vehicle navigation in SPARQ OS is ElectricRoutes — P3’s purpose-built EV trip planner — feeding directly off the vehicle’s State-of-Charge. Routes calculate ideal charging stops based on live battery state, the OEM’s preferred charging-network partnerships, and driver preferences.
SOC
State-of-Charge–aware routing — the car’s real battery state, not the driver’s estimate.
Native integration
ElectricRoutes is built into SPARQ OS — no app-store retrofit, no phone mirroring.
OEM charging partnerships
Routes can prefer the OEM’s partner networks — strategic charging-deal alignment built in.
Pre-trip continuity
Trips planned on phone or web (ElectricRoutes app / web planner) seamlessly continue in-car.
EV-first UX
Designed for EV reality — not a combustion-era nav UI with chargers retrofitted.
Smartphone Connectivity — CarPlay + AA
Launched commercially at CES 2026: full Apple CarPlay and Android Auto integration inside SPARQ OS, powered by VNC Automotive’s Cobalt Link+. The driver gets familiar phone projection alongside the OEM’s branded SPARQ experience — no compromise between native and projected.
2026
CES launch with VNC Automotive — Apple CarPlay and Android Auto fully pre-integrated into SPARQ OS.
Apple CarPlay
First-time CarPlay support in SPARQ OS — drivers’ iPhone projects natively.
Android Auto
Full Android Auto functionality alongside the SPARQ HMI.
VNC Cobalt Link+
Powered by VNC Automotive’s mirroring technology — a Cambridge-based connectivity specialist.
Pre-integrated, not bolt-on
OEMs adopting SPARQ get the connectivity solution pre-validated — faster certification, fewer surprises.
Partner Ecosystem
SPARQ OS is built around an open, validated partner ecosystem. Audiokinetic for spatial audio. FPT for Smart Cabin AI. RemotiveLabs for virtualized vehicle development. VNC Automotive for phone projection. P3 curates the integrations so OEMs don’t have to manage them one by one.
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Lead ecosystem partners — Audiokinetic, FPT, RemotiveLabs, VNC Automotive — and a growing community.
Audiokinetic Wwise Automotive
Spatial audio for warnings and branded sound — synthetic engine sound, immersive UX.
FPT FACE Smart Cabin AI
Smart-cabin platform with AI voice assistant, ADAS-assisted comfort, seamless connectivity.
RemotiveLabs
Fully virtualized vehicle development environment — CES 2026 demo partner.
Open to OEM partners
Validated Android Automotive solutions across entertainment, games, parking, charging.
What OEMs gain with SPARQ OS.
Four outcomes our automotive customers measure before, during, and after launch.
Faster to launch
Turnkey AAOS-based platform with pre-integrated appstore, FOTA, navigation, voice — months saved versus building from raw AOSP.
OEM stays in control
SPARQ Store branding, app curation, monetization — fully OEM-owned. The carmaker’s brand is the storefront, not a third party’s.
New revenue streams
Software-defined-vehicle economics start with monetizable infotainment — SPARQ provides the rails for OEMs to capture them.
Ecosystem-validated
Audiokinetic, FPT, RemotiveLabs, VNC Automotive — pre-integrated partners reduce certification risk and accelerate launches.
