A bunch of us were hacking on Mazda infotainment systems a while back trying to get some more features.
The biggest limitation was that it looked like it used an older version of presto (operas old engine) as the main UI engine, and it was pretty locked down.
But even then we got some cool features worked into it and disabled some annoying ones (like the "hit okay to agree to be safe" on every start of the car).
I actually wonder if they every got Android screen mirroring working, which was the "holy grail" of what most of us wanted.
Android Auto is working, but looks like mazda locked down the USB ports so there’s some disassembly required if you’re past a certain firmware version.
Android Auto and CarPlay are supposed to be coming to recent mazda models but apparently it’s been promised a while. I’m gonna wait a year and then see what the state of that + the hack scene is but seems like interesting stuff!
The biggest limitation was that it looked like it used an older version of presto (operas old engine) as the main UI engine, and it was pretty locked down.
But even then we got some cool features worked into it and disabled some annoying ones (like the "hit okay to agree to be safe" on every start of the car).
I actually wonder if they every got Android screen mirroring working, which was the "holy grail" of what most of us wanted.