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Android Auto is supported. Payments are the only thing holding me back currently. But that’s not something the developers of GrapheneOS can change unfortunately.

Which ones? Haven’t experienced any app that doesn’t work with GrapheneOS. Even my banking apps work. Only thing that doesn’t work is Google Pay.

Take something like GrapheneOS if security is important for you:

1. No bloatware
2. 7 years of updates on the new pixel phones with it
3. Much more secure than an iPhone
4. An iPhone isn’t really privacy respecting or similar even though Apple always claims it to be
5. An iPhone locks you in. Heck you can’t even let Nextcloud or Immich sync files in the background on iOS just because Apple says “no background sync only works good with our own services so you give us your money and use iCloud Photos and Drive”.

I fully agree. GrapheneOS also just received an update which allows to use Android Auto. The only thing I know of that’s not working under GrapheneOS is therefore Google Pay which is okay for me. This software combined with the Hardware is awesome.

I answered on another comment regarding ads in this thread to clarify what I define as an ad with that comment.

The files app has built in ads to push OneDrive to the users. And yes it can be declared as advertising because you can’t remove that ad and because MS pays Samsung for it (or gives Samsung benefits for it inside Windows on Samsungs computers).

Besides that there are the same kind of ads in the settings app.

And there’s also many components of the OS that push the user into paying money like for fonts or for Always on Displays or lockscreens or whatever else. Those are not direct ads but you could declare them as auch because of the fact that a user gets pushed into micro payments for basic customization of their phone which for me personally is a no go, especially if you pay money for a flagship phone.

Any idea how long it will take (estimated) until you can install GrapheneOS on the upcoming devices after they’re released?

And adds literally built into basic system components…

Awesome, thank you! That sounds promising.