When expanding into the Argentine market for in-vehicle infotainment systems, passing Android Auto certification is a critical step. This guide will help you systematically understand the latest certification standards, items, and product requirements as of November 2025, assisting you in efficiently and compliantly entering the Argentine market.
Android Auto certification is Google's global mandatory compatibility certification, ensuring that head units can run Android Auto functions stably, safely, and according to design specifications.
Core Standards and Requirements for 2025:
The table below summarizes the main technical requirement points from Google for hardware, software, connectivity, and voice interaction in 2025:
Main Android Auto Global Certification Test Items:
1.Compatibility Test: Primarily includes CTS/VTS tests, verifying the compatibility of the in-vehicle system with the Android Auto API.
2.Performance & User Experience Test: Evaluates system performance under high load, ensuring metrics like app launch speed and interface response speed meet standards.
3.Audio Quality Test: Based on standards like ITU-T P.1100, P.1110, comprehensively assesses voice call clarity, echo cancellation, and background noise transmission to ensure high-quality voice interaction with a signal-to-noise ratio ≥105dB.
4.Connection Stability Test: Simulates vehicle vibration environment, conducts 1000 plug/unplug tests on the USB-C interface, requiring no failures, verifying the reliability of the physical connection.
5.Extreme Environment & Reliability Test: This is a significantly enhanced aspect in 2025. Devices need to undergo temperature cycle testing from -30°C to 85°C and endure a 72-hour high-load stress test (simulating multiple concurrent tasks like navigation, music, calls) to ensure automotive-grade reliability.
Argentina National Market Access Regulations:
To sell your product in the Argentine market, it must also comply with new Argentine regulations effective in 2025.
1.Regulatory Framework & Marking Requirements:
·New Conformity Assessment Framework: Argentina's Ministry of Economy issued Resolution 237/2024, comprehensively updating the national conformity assessment framework, implemented by the National Directorate of Technical Regulations (DNRT).
·New Conformity Certification Mark: This is the core of the new rules. Products must bear the new conformity mark with a QR code. This mark must be placed prominently on the product or its primary packaging. Scanning the QR code should link to the product's Declaration of Conformity. The enforcement date, originally set for March 28, 2025, was adjusted to October 1, 2025.
2.Responsibility & Language Requirements:
·The responsibility for verifying compliance with technical regulations has shifted from Customs to the DNRT. This means qualified certified products will not require compliance checks upon entry by Customs but will instead be subject to post-market surveillance.
·Local manufacturers and importers need to issue the product's Declaration of Conformity (DoC) in Spanish.
3.Automotive Parts Certification New Policy:
Notably, the Argentine government recently issued Resolution 222/2025, comprehensively reforming the automotive parts certification system. The new policy aims to optimize the certification process, enhance regulatory efficiency, and reduce compliance barriers for manufacturers and importers. This lowers the compliance threshold for manufacturers and importers entering the Argentine market.
Android Auto Global Certification Product Scope:
Mandatory Certification Products
1.Front-load In-vehicle Systems: Factory-installed smart cockpit systems.
2.Aftermarket Devices: Retrofit central control screens, portable navigation devices.
We hope this latest guide combining global Google standards and Argentine localization requirements helps you clearly plan your certification path. If you have further questions regarding the certification details for specific products (e.g., front-load or aftermarket head units), BLUEASIA: +86 13534225140, will provide professional certification consulting services.
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