The Lincoln Nautilus is Ford’s first Android Automotive-based vehicle with Digital Experience. Google software and Apple CarPlay live in harmony on the panoramic display.
I’m seeing double as I cruise down the highway in a 2024 Lincoln Nautilus, a hybrid-powered SUV under Ford’s luxury brand. I have Apple Maps running on the center touchscreen, projecting from my iPhone via Apple CarPlay. I’m also seeing the same map mirrored right above, taking up about a quarter of a massive display that spans the length of the dashboard. That screen is the 48-inch Panoramic Display, which runs on Android Automotive OS, Google’s native vehicle platform .
Lincoln is including a new “pano mode” in the 2025 Navigator where games and video can work on either side of the big screen, but this function isn’t available in the Nautilus. And not all Google Play Store apps are there; I can’t download Netflix during my testing, but Amazon’s Prime Video is available, and I watched some Shah Rukh Khan Bollywood classics. I played some music from Sirius XM radio and from my phone, and the 28-speaker Revel Ultima 3D audio system sounds great.
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