Russia Builds Its Own Android Automotive—Meet Aurora Auto

Move over, Android Automotive—Russia is rolling out its homegrown rival. At this year’s Digital Industry of Industrial Russia (CIPR) conference in Nizhny Novgorod, local developers unveiled Aurora Auto, a native operating system designed specifically for in-car infotainment systems.

Built on the foundation of Russia’s Aurora OS, the project was introduced by the Open Mobile Platform company and is already backed by AvtoVAZ and the Ministry of Industry and Trade. Talks are underway with other domestic automakers including Solaris, UAZ, and GAZ.

Think of Aurora Auto as a fully integrated cockpit environment: it ships with a custom UI, a core service suite, and its own app store. The platform enables car manufacturers to tightly fuse their vehicle systems with software features, unlocking new layers of multimedia and telematics functionality—all without relying on Western ecosystems.

What’s under the hood? Expect navigation via 2GIS, streaming media from Wink, offline voice assistance powered by Enbisys, and more. It’s a vertical stack designed for digital sovereignty—where every function, from maps to music, runs on Russian tech.

As global supply chains fracture and software independence becomes a strategic asset, Aurora Auto isn’t just another infotainment OS. It’s Russia’s declaration of intent: we’re building our own road.