MeeGo: Selected by Genivi Alliance

The GENIVI Alliance, an automotive and consumer electronics industry association motivating the development and adoption of an open In-vehicle Infotainment (IVI) reference platform, has selected the open source operating system (OS) MeeGo as the basis of its next reference release for IVI.

GENIVI is a non-profit industry alliance with founding members Delphi, BMW Group, GM, Hyundai, Peugeot Citroen, Intel, Magneti-Marelli, PSA, Visteon and Wind River. MeeGo has been selected to provide the base for the upcoming GENIVI Apollo release that will be used by members to lessen time to market and the cost of IVI development. IVI is a fast growing and evolving field that cover automotive infotainment products and services including music, news, Internet and multimedia, navigation and location, and telephony.

MeeGo’s platform has a Linux base, middleware, and an interface layer that powers these rich applications. It is designed to enable rich Internet and multimedia consumer experiences for vehicles. “We selected MeeGo as the open source basis for our platform because it is technically innovative and can provide the cross architecture build support we require for our references,” said Graham Smethurst, president, GENIVI.

"Access to a thriving ecosystem and engaging applications for an in-vehicle infotainment system is vital to our customers," said Gerulf Kinkelin, director, GENIVI and innovation area manager for electronics and telematics, PSA Peugeot Citroen. "PSA supports GENIVI's decision and believes the rapid innovation associated with open source and a rich network of contributors available with MeeGo can enable us to define and deliver a faster time-to-market, outstanding IVI experience in our upcoming products."

MeeGo is an open source, Linux project which brings together the Moblin project, which is headed by Intel, and Maemo, by Nokia, into a single open source activity. It is hosted by the Linux Foundation. Nokia has confirmed its plans to use the Linux MeeGo software in its N-series product line-up, in place of Symbian.