This interactive comparison table provides an in-depth overview of leading automotive operating systems (OS) used in modern vehicles. Explore key aspects such as scope (e.g., body control, automated driving, infotainment), supported chip cores (ARM, x86, RISC-V), features (hypervisor support, functional safety levels like ASIL D), middleware (SOME/IP, MQTT, DDS), connectivity capabilities (Bluetooth, Ethernet, CAN), Over-the-Air (OTA) update capabilities and release information. Data is sourced from official vendor documentation and industry reports as of January 2026. Use the checkboxes below to customize columns and focus on specific OS vendors like Blackberry QNX, Google Android Automotive, Toyota Arene OS, and more. This resource is ideal for automotive engineers, developers, and researchers evaluating OS for embedded systems in cars, trucks, and autonomous vehicles.
Key Highlights: Compare safety certifications (ISO 26262 ASIL levels), real-time capabilities, and integration with ADAS (Advanced Driver-Assistance Systems). All data is up-to-date for 2026 releases.
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AAOS 🇺🇸 |
AGL 🇺🇸 |
Alloy Kore 🇨🇦 🇩🇪 |
AOS (Huawei Vehicle OS) 🇨🇳 |
Arene OS 🇯🇵 |
BYD OS 🇨🇳 |
CHERY-OS 🇨🇳 |
Cloudpeak 🇨🇳 |
Coffee OS 🇨🇳 |
EB corbos Linux 🇩🇪 |
FreeRTOS GB |
Galaxy Full-Stack Platform (Z-One) 🇨🇳 |
Halo OS / Vehicle OS (VOS) 🇨🇳 |
HOS (Harmony Cockpit) 🇨🇳 |
HyperOS 🇨🇳 |
INTEGRITY RTOS 🇺🇸 |
MB.OS 🇩🇪 |
Nucleus RTOS 🇺🇸 |
NVIDIA DRIVE OS 🇺🇸 |
PikeOS 🇩🇪 |
Pleos Connect 🇰🇷 |
Pleos Vehicle OS 🇰🇷 |
QNX Neutrino RTOS 🇨🇦 |
Red Hat In-Vehicle OS 🇺🇸 |
Rivian Software Platform 🇺🇸 |
S-CORE Global |
SAFERTOS GB |
SDA Platform 🇨🇳 |
SkyOS 🇨🇳 |
Tesla Vehicle Software 🇺🇸 |
Veecle OS 🇩🇪 |
VW.OS 🇩🇪 |
VxWorks 🇺🇸 |
Windows IoT Enterprise 🇺🇸 |
Xmart OS / Tianji AIOS 🇨🇳 |
Zeekr OS (Geely SEA Software Platform) 🇨🇳 |
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| Functional Safety | Linux kernel (with safety extensions) | Linux kernel (Yocto-based, safety mechanisms) | QNX Neutrino RTOS (microkernel, ASIL D certified) | Huawei AOS kernel (microkernel, safety-certified) | BlackBerry QNX Neutrino RTOS (safety-certified) | BlackBerry QNX Neutrino RTOS (safety-certified) | BlackBerry QNX Neutrino RTOS / QNX OS for Safety | EB corbos Linux for safety (ASIL B) | Unknown | EB corbos Linux for Safety Applications | Not applicable | Unknown (likely commercial RTOS like QNX) | Real-Time OS (Li Auto proprietary) | Not applicable | INTEGRITY RTOS (ISO 26262 ASIL D certified) | AUTOSAR Classic / QNX for safety | Nucleus RTOS (ISO 26262 ASIL D certified) | QNX OS for Safety | PikeOS separation kernel (ISO 26262 ASIL D certified) | Not applicable | Pleos Vehicle OS (proprietary, safety-focused layer) | QNX OS 8.0 | Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) safety profile | Third-party certified RTOS (e.g., QNX OS for Safety) | BlackBerry QNX SDP 8.0 | SAFERTOS certified kernel | Unknown | SkyOS-H (hypervisor/RTOS) & SkyOS kernels | Linux-based real-time kernel | Choose QNX, Autosar, PXROS-HR (on AURIX), FreeRTOS + Rust runtime | QNX, AUTOSAR Classic | VxWorks (Certified Edition for ASIL D) | Not applicable (Not a safety OS) | QNX | QNX | |
| High-Performance-Computing | Linux kernel | Linux kernel (cloud-native, VirtIO) | QNX Neutrino RTOS + Vector middleware | Huawei AOS | Custom kernel with NVIDIA support | Linux-based (NVIDIA DRIVE OS integration) | High-performance computing OS layer | Linux kernel | Linux kernel | EB corbos Linux | Not applicable | Linux | High-Performance OS (Li Auto proprietary) | Not applicable | INTEGRITY RTOS (with multicore AMP/SMP/BMP support) | Linux kernel | Not applicable | Linux | PikeOS RTOS (with multicore support) | Not applicable | Pleos Vehicle OS | QNX OS 8.0 | Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) | Linux kernel | QNX with multi-core support; Linux planned | Not applicable | SDA platform layer | SkyOS architecture | Linux kernel | Linux/QNX + std environment + Rust runtime | Linux | VxWorks (multi-core AMP/SMP support) | Windows IoT Enterprise (standard Windows kernel) | Linux | Linux | |
| User Interface | Android Automotive UI | AGL UI framework (Flutter, Qt, HTML5) | QNX Neutrino RTOS (graphics framework) | Arene UI framework | Custom UI (DiLink on Android-based) | Lion cockpit OS (LION OS) on Android/QNX Hypervisor | Android Automotive OS | Android/Linux-based UI | Linux-based UI (e.g., Qt or HTML5) | Not applicable | Linux-based | Infotainment OS (Li Auto proprietary) | HarmonyOS Cockpit UI | HyperOS Car UI (Android/Linux-based) | Not applicable | MBUX (on Linux/QNX) | Not applicable | Linux (Qt, Android) | Not applicable | Android Automotive OS | Not applicable | QNX OS 8.0 | Linux-based UI (via containers/partitions) | Android Automotive OS | None (middleware-focused, relies on third-party UI) | Not applicable | SDA platform layer | SkyOS-C kernel | Linux-based UI (Qt framework) | AAOS integration + telemetry UI | Linux with Qt | VxWorks with supported UI frameworks | Windows IoT Enterprise (full Windows UI stack) | Android-based | Linux-based with Flyme Auto Link | |
| Scope | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Body Control | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes (via integrated architecture) | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Unknown | Yes | Yes | Yes | Unknown | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No (Not safety-certified) | Yes | Yes (via integrated platform) | |
| Chassis Control | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes (via integrated architecture) | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Unknown | Yes | Yes | Yes | Unknown | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No (Not safety-certified) | Yes | Yes (via integrated platform) | |
| Drive Control | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes (via integrated architecture) | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Unknown | Yes | Yes | Yes | Unknown | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No (Not safety-certified) | Yes | Yes (via integrated platform) | |
| Automated Driving | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes (Level 2+, L3 planned) | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes (supports L2+ to L4) | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes (including L4/L5) | No (Not a real-time system) | Yes | Yes (via Mobileye/Zeekr ADAS) | |
| In-Vehicle Infotainment | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Partial | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes (Primary focus) | Yes | Yes (primary user interface) | |
| High Performance Computing | Yes (cockpit domain) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes (for IVI/AI workloads) | Yes | Yes | |
| Supported ARM Chip Cores | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| A(pplication) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes (NVIDIA Orin) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Unknown | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes (e.g., Cortex-A78AE, Neoverse) | Yes (Windows on ARM, e.g., Qualcomm Snapdragon) | Yes | Yes |
| R(ealtime) | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes (NVIDIA Orin) | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | Unknown | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | Unknown | Yes | Yes | Unknown | Unknown | Yes | Yes | Yes (e.g., Cortex-R52) | No | Yes | No | |||
| M(icrocontroller) | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | Unknown | Unknown | No | Unknown | Unknown | Yes | No | Yes | No | Unknown | No | No | Partial | Yes | Unknown | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | |||||
| Supported RISC V Chip Cores | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| RVA (Application/High-Performance) | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | Unknown | Yes | Yes | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Yes | Yes | No | Unknown | No | Unknown | Partial (planned support) | Yes | Unknown | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | |||||||
| RVM (Microcontroller/Embedded) | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | Unknown | Yes | Yes | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Yes | Yes | No | Unknown | No | Unknown | Partial (planned support) | Yes | Unknown | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | |||||||
| Supported other Chip Cores | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Huawei Ascend | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | Unknown | No | No | No | No | Unknown | Unknown | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Unknown | No | No | No official support | No | No | ||||||
| x86 | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Unknown | No | Unknown | Yes | Yes | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Unknown | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Unknown | Yes | Yes | No | Yes (full support for Intel/AMD) | Yes (Primary architecture: Intel, AMD) | Unknown | ||||||
| TriCore | No | No | Yes | No | No | Unknown | No | No | Yes (via AUTOSAR integration, e.g., EB tresos) | Yes | Unknown | Unknown | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | Unknown | Yes | Yes | Yes (Infineon AURIX) | No | Unknown | |||||||
| DSPs | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes (NVIDIA SoCs) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Unknown | Yes | Partial | Yes | Unknown | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes (e.g., TI C66x) | Yes (via integrated SoCs, e.g., Qualcomm Hexagon) | Yes | Yes | |
| Proprietary Architectures | No | No | No | Yes (Ascend) | Yes (NVIDIA NPUs) | Yes (NVIDIA NPUs) | Unknown | No | No | No | Yes | Unknown | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | Yes (NVIDIA Orin, Thor SoCs) | No | Yes (e.g., Qualcomm Snapdragon) | Unknown | Yes | Unknown | No | Yes | Unknown | Yes (Shenji NX9031) | Yes (Tesla FSD SoC, Dojo) | No | Yes | Yes (e.g., NXP Layerscape, Renesas R-Car) | No | Yes | Yes (e.g., Mobileye EyeQ) | ||
| Features | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hypervisor Support | Yes (via Linux kernel/partner hypervisors) | Yes (ACRN, Xen, KVM) | Yes (QNX Hypervisor for Safety 8.0) | Yes | Yes (via QNX Hypervisor) | Yes | Yes (via QNX Hypervisor in cockpit/ADAS domains) | Yes (Type-1) | Yes | Yes | No | Yes (for hardware consolidation) | Yes | Unknown | Yes (INTEGRITY Multivisor) | Yes | No | Yes (Type-1) | Yes (PikeOS is itself a separation kernel/hypervisor) | No | Yes | Yes (QNX Hypervisor) | Yes (as guest or host) | Yes | Yes | No | Unknown | Yes (SkyOS-H virtualization layer) | Yes | No | Yes | Yes (Type-1: Wind River Helix Virtualization Platform) | Yes (Windows Hyper-V Client) | Yes | Yes | |
| Functional Safety Level Supported | ASIL B | ASIL B (emerging ASIL D via ELISA collaboration) | ASIL D | ASIL D | ASIL D | ASIL D | ASIL D (via QNX OS for Safety) | ASIL B(D) | Unknown | ASIL QM (ASIL B ready) | None | Unknown | ASIL D | None | ASIL D | ASIL D | ASIL D | ASIL D | ASIL D | None | ASIL D | ASIL D | ASIL B | ASIL D | ASIL D (under certification audit) | ASIL D | Unknown | ASIL D | ASIL D | ASIL D (via PXROS-HR integration on AURIX) | ASIL D | ASIL D (ISO 26262 certified) | None (No ISO 26262 certification) | ASIL D | ASIL D (for ADAS domain) | |
| Integrated UI | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes (across domains) | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Indirect through AAOS support or Veecle Studio | Yes | Framework support (e.g., Qt, CGI Studio) | Yes (Windows UI frameworks: WinUI, WPF) | Yes | Yes | |
| Supported Middleware | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| SOME/IP | Third-Party | Third-Party | Integrated | Yes | Third-Party | Integrated | Third-Party | No | Yes | Yes | No | Unknown | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Unknown | Yes | Integrated | Unknown | Yes | Yes | No | Unknown | Yes | Integrated | Integrated | Supported | No (No native support) | Unknown | |||
| MQTT | Integrated | Integrated | Third-Party | Yes | Third-Party | Integrated | Integrated | Integrated | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Integrated | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Unknown | Yes | Yes | Third-Party | Third-Party | Supported | Yes (via Azure IoT SDKs and services) | Yes | Yes |
| DDS | Third-Party | Third-Party | Integrated | Yes | Third-Party | Third-Party | Third-Party | No | Yes | Yes | No | Unknown | Yes | Unknown | Yes | Unknown | No | Yes | Yes | Unknown | Unknown | Integrated | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Unknown | Yes | Integrated | Third-Party | Integrated (via Connext DDS from RTI) | No (No native support) | Unknown | |||
| Proprietary Standards | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Integrated | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Proprietary Standards Supported | Android SOA, VHAL | AGL SOA services | safeIPC, Zero Copy IPC, SOA | SOA-based | SOA-based, Arene SDK | AUTOSAR-based SOA | SOA-based | SOA-based | SOA-based | SOA-based | FreeRTOS Kernel, AWS IoT libraries | SAIC SOA framework | SOA-based, non-AUTOSAR | Huawei 1+8+N ecosystem integration | Xiaomi HyperConnect ecosystem | POSIX, AUTOSAR Adaptive | AUTOSAR Classic/Adaptive, proprietary MB services | AUTOSAR Classic, TCP/IP, USB, file systems | NvMedia, NvStreams, DriveWorks SDK | POSIX, ARINC 653, AUTOSAR Adaptive | Android Automotive OS services, Pleos Playground SDK | Standardized frameworks for SDV development (via Pleos SDV Standard Forum) | AUTOSAR Classic/Adaptive, QNX SDP | Proprietary zonal architecture services | None | SAFERTOS API | Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) | SOA framework, TOX protocol stack | Proprietary service-oriented architecture | Veecle middleware (actor-based, data-support for CAN/SOME/IP) | VW.AC, VW.OS SOA | AUTOSAR Adaptive/Classic, Franca IDL | Azure IoT Hub protocols, Microsoft-specific APIs | XPeng service framework | Geely SOA framework | |
| Connectivity Capabilities | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bluetooth | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | Unknown | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes (via underlying OS) | No | Unknown | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes (via partners/licensing) | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| USB | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes (via underlying OS) | No | Unknown | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes (USB 2.0/3.0) | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| WiFi | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Unknown | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes (via underlying OS) | No | Unknown | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes (via partners/licensing) | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| NFC | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | Unknown | Yes | Yes | No | No | Unknown | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No evidence | Yes | Yes | Yes | |||
| CAN | Yes (via VHAL/third-party) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes (CAN, CAN FD, CAN XL) | Yes (via third-party hardware/drivers) | Yes | Yes | |
| Ethernet | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes (1000BASE-T1+) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes (including TSN, AVB) | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| OTA Support | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UDS | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | Unknown | Yes | No | Unknown | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Unknown | Yes | No | Unknown | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No (Not a vehicle diagnostics protocol) | Yes | Yes | ||
| DoIP | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | Unknown | Unknown | Yes | No | Unknown | Unknown | No | Unknown | Yes | Unknown | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Unknown | Yes | No | Unknown | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | Unknown | ||||
| Others | Yes (Google OTA, cloud-based) | Yes (Uptane-based OTA in meta-agl, cloud/partner support) | Yes (cloud-based OTA) | Yes (Integrated with vehicle stack) | Yes (cloud-based OTA for infotainment/safety features) | Yes (cloud-based OTA for features/updates) | Yes (cloud-based OTA via Lion ecosystem) | Yes (Cloud-based) | Yes (FOTA for infotainment) | Yes (Integrated with EB Assist) | Yes (via AWS IoT Fleetwise or custom integration) | Yes | Yes (Full-vehicle FOTA) | Yes (for infotainment features) | Yes (for infotainment and cockpit features) | Yes (via integrated toolchain and secure protocols) | Yes (Full-vehicle, over-the-air updates) | Yes (Requires application integration) | Yes (Integrated with NVIDIA DRIVE platform) | Yes (Secure OTA for mixed-criticality systems) | Yes (OTA for infotainment features and apps) | Yes (Full-vehicle OTA for continuous updates) | Yes (via integrated platform solutions like Alloy Kore) | Yes (Image-based OTA via rpm-ostree) | Yes (Full-vehicle OTA via Rivian cloud) | Yes (requires integration with application software) | Yes (OTA for self-evolving systems) | Yes (Integrated with NIO's full-stack platform) | Yes (Tesla's proprietary, full-vehicle OTA system) | Yes (OTA reconfiguration of vehicle logic/behavior) | Yes | Yes (e.g., via OTA middleware partners) | Yes (Windows Update for Business, Azure IoT OTA services) | Yes | Yes | |
| OTA Master | No | No | Yes (orchestration for ECUs) | Yes | No | Yes (central controller orchestrates) | No | Yes | Unknown | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Unknown | Yes | No | Unknown | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes (via Wind River Studio or partners) | No | Yes | Yes | ||
| OTA Safe State | Yes (system-level safeguards) | Yes (rollback, health checks) | Yes (modular/safety-certified updates) | Yes | Yes (safe update mechanisms) | Yes (safe mode during updates) | Yes (safe update mechanisms) | Yes | Unknown | Yes | No | Unknown | Yes | Unknown | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Unknown | Yes | Yes | Yes (A/B partitioning, health checks) | Yes | No | Unknown | Yes | Yes | Yes (deterministic execution, guardrails) | Yes | Yes (via safety mechanisms) | No (Standard OS update rollback) | Yes | Unknown | ||
| OTA Role Back | Yes (rollback support) | Yes (Uptane/OSTree-style rollback) | Yes (rollback on failure) | Yes | Yes (rollback support) | Yes (rollback on failure) | Yes (rollback support) | Yes | Unknown | Yes | No | Unknown | Yes | Unknown | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Unknown | Yes | Yes | Yes (reconfiguration rollback implied) | Yes | Yes (with file system/partition support) | Yes (Standard OS update rollback) | Yes | Yes | ||
| Releases | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Release Version | Android Automotive 16 (latest stable) | Terrific Trout (v20) | Initial | Initial (deployed in 2026 RAV4) | v1.4 | Unknown | Cloudpeak | Coffee OS 3.0 | AdaptiveCore 2.19.0 | V202412.01 | Galaxy V1 | Vehicle OS (VOS) - Initial Release | HarmonyOS 3 for cars | HyperOS 1.0 | Unknown | MB.OS 1.0 | Nucleus ReadyStart for ARM Cortex-M | 7.0 | PikeOS 5.1.3 | Not yet released | Initial release | QNX SDP 8.0 | Not yet released | 2025.26.0 | v0.5 | Unknown | Unknown | 2025.32.6 | v0.1.0 | VW.OS 1.2 | VxWorks 23.09 | Windows 11 IoT Enterprise LTSC 2024 | Tianji AIOS 6.0 | Zeekr OS 5.0 | ||
| Last Release Date | 2025-06-16 | 2025-12-03 | 2026-01-07 | 2025-05-21 | 2025-05-28 | Unknown | 2025-07-28 | 2024-07-01 | Unknown | 2024-12-01 | 2024-06-17 | 2025-03-27 | Unknown | 2023-10-26 | Unknown | 2024-04-24 | Unknown | 2025-08-25 | 2023-06-30 | Unknown | 2025-03-28 | 2025-12-19 | Unknown | 2025-09-05 | 2025-10-01 | Unknown | Unknown | 2025-09-15 | 2025-09-16 | 2025-06-15 | 2023-09 | 2024-06-01 | 2026-01 | 2024-08-14 | ||
| Planned Next Release Date | Unknown | 2026 (SoDeV reference platform early 2026) | 2026-12-31 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 2026-04-01 | Unknown | Unknown | 2026 | Unknown | 2026-03-31 (v1.0) | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 2026 | 2024-09 (estimated annual cycle) | Unknown (LTSC releases every 2-3 years) | Unknown | Unknown |
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