Automotive Grade Linux Releases UCB 14 Platform with Additional Support for App Development with Flutter

Automotive Grade Linux (AGL), a collaborative cross-industry effort developing an open source platform for all connected car technologies, has announced the latest code release of the AGL platform, UCB 14, also known under the codename “Nifty Needlefish.”

Developed through a joint effort by AGL member companies, the Unified Code Base (UCB) is an open source software platform that can serve as the de facto industry standard for infotainment, telematics and instrument cluster applications.

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“We are very excited to incorporate support for new technologies like Flutter, which will make it easier to develop apps for AGL,” said Dan Cauchy, Executive Director of Automotive Grade Linux at the Linux Foundation. “We look forward to demonstrating some of the new platform features at Automotive Linux Summit in Yokohama in December and at CES 2023 Las Vegas in January.”

UCB 14/Nifty Needlefish includes an operating system, board support package, middleware, application framework and application APIs. Notable updates to the AGL platform include:

• Updated to the new Yocto Long Term Support release 4.0.x (Kirkstone)
• App Framework updates including templates for HTML5 and Flutter apps
• Multi-application support and reference apps now available in Flutter
• Web Application Manager (WAM) updates to support WebOS OSE version 2.15 and Chromium 91
• VirtIO updates for virtualization
• Board Support Package updates

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