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Overview

Documentation and SDK version

This API reference is written for the publicly released Pleos Connect SDK. The documentation may not match the SDK and emulator versions you are currently using. For the SDK and emulator versions that correspond to this documentation, see Development environment requirements.

The Pleos Connect SDK is an integrated development toolkit for building infotainment applications that run in the Pleos Connect environment. Built on Google Android Automotive OS (AAOS), it provides standardized interfaces so you can develop vehicle-related apps efficiently without complex hardware integration. Using the SDK’s APIs and emulators, you can implement core features such as:

  • Vehicle control and monitoring: vehicle control, status inquiry, driving assistance
  • Intelligence services: speech recognition/synthesis, navigation, LLM-based AI integration

Modules​

Pleos Connect SDK consists of Vehicle SDK, NaviHelper SDK, ADAS SDK, Gleo AI SDK (SpeechToText SDK, TextToSpeech SDK, LLM SDK), and Fused Location SDK.

  • Vehicle SDK: Provides APIs for vehicle status inquiry and control functions.
  • NaviHelper SDK: Provides APIs to control navigation or request navigation information.
  • ADAS SDK: Provides information that can assist driving through the ADAS API.
  • SpeechToText SDK: Provides speech recognition (SpeechToText) APIs.
  • TextToSpeech SDK: Provides speech synthesis (TextToSpeech) APIs.
  • LLM SDK: Provides large language model (LLM) APIs.
  • Fused Location SDK: Provides APIs for vehicle location information.

API policy​

The API policy of Pleos Connect SDK is to align with Android Automotive when an API with the same or similar functionality exists there, in order to minimize platform fragmentation. Also, if features that were previously provided through the Pleos Connect Vehicle SDK are adopted in Android Automotive, the default policy is to provide backward compatibility for at least 2 major versions.

Vehicle SDK API usage and app review

In Vehicle SDK, you can check whether APIs are supported for each domain using the checkXXXCapabilities API of the corresponding interface. When using APIs, you must declare the required permissions in the app. Permissions may be used only within the scope pre-negotiated and approved with Pleos App Market. Declaring an unapproved permission or calling the corresponding API causes the app to fail app review.