Webportal v1

embedded apps

Overview - About

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WebPortal is a feature of the vehicle head unit allowing developing and running Apps in the infotainment system. WebPortal Apps have also access to many vehicle features.

  • 👩🏽‍💻 Developers build embedded Applications for Stellantis (ex PSA brands) vehicles.
  • 🚙 Vehicle Owners launch Apps directly from the media system of their car.

Be careful: WebPortal is not an open platform, all projects should first be approved by Stellantis team. Please contact WebPortal team before starting your project, checkout App Validation.

They are 2 different version of the vehicle head unit:

  • NAC were produced between 2017 and 2021, supports ES5 & CSS2.
  • IVI are produced since mid-2021, supports ES6 & CSS3.

Depending on the head unit version, vehicle APIs are not the same. However it is possible to build hybrid App, check out the Quickstart.

Build Embedded Apps #

As a developer, you can develop Applications for the WebPortal using standards web technologies.

Applications run in an iframe in a browser embedded (called WebPortal) in the infotainment system of the vehicle. Using web technologies, application development is easy for anyone used to the web standards.

  • 👨🏽‍💻 The user interface is easy to build using web standards: HTML for structuring, CSS for layout and JavaScript (based on safari 6, supporting ES5 and CSS2) for interactivity.
  • 🚗 But moreover, WebPortal application can access vehicle APIs giving access to embedded data and features, using window.postMessage.
  • 🌏 As WebPortal is an embedded system, accessing internet should be done carefully. Also WebPortal has an implementation of MQTT.nac-inboard

Features #

Developing WebPortal Applications allows accessing dedicated vehicle features, check out References for an exhaustive list of APIs.

  • 🚗 Driving: Get information about the vehicle & driving. VIN, speed, mileage, autonomy, level of battery and fuel etc.
  • 🌍 Connectivity: Access internet & MQTT.
  • 👩🏽‍💻 User Interactivity: Interact with the user thought interactive events, get informed of the user settings.
  • 📺 Infotainment System: Control 🎵 audio & 📻 radio players, start a 📱 phone call on a paired device.
  • 📍 Navigation: Get the current position, information about the current navigation, start new nav.