STREAMING VIA HARDWARE ABSTRACTION LAYER

In general, techniques are described by which to provide streaming via a hardware abstraction layer. A cartridge comprising a memory, and a processor may be configured to perform the techniques. The processor may execute a second version of an operating system, and receive a stream, via an interface and to a first version of the operating system executing on a processor of a head unit of a vehicle, information relating to an application executing in the application layer exposed by the first version of the operating system. The information relating to the application may include a first function call that conforms with the first version of the operating system, where the cartridge is communicatively coupled to the head unit. The interface may transform the first function call to a second function call that conforms with the second version of the operating system.