Single-instance multi-user support for vehicle operating systems

A computing device comprising:

• a memory configured to store an instance of a vehicle operating system, wherein the instance of the vehicle operating system facilitates concurrent access by multiple user profiles;
• one or more processors configured to execute the instance of the vehicle operating system,
• wherein the instance of the vehicle operating system is configured to:
• authorize the multiple user profiles to interface with the instance of the vehicle operating system;
• and
• present multiple user interfaces across multiple displays communicatively coupled to the computing device, each of the multiple user interfaces associated with one or more of the multiple user profiles,
• wherein the multiple user interfaces are configured to interface with multiple users associated with the one or more of the multiple user profiles to enable the multiple users to interface with the instance of the vehicle operating system to control functionality associated with the computing device.

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having instructions stored thereon that, when executed, cause one or more processors of a vehicle head unit to:

• execute an instance of a vehicle operating system, wherein the instance of the vehicle operating system facilitates concurrent access by multiple user profiles;
• authorize, via execution of the instance of the vehicle operating system, the multiple user profiles to interface with the instance of the vehicle operating system;
• present, via execution of the instance of the vehicle operating system, multiple user interfaces across multiple displays communicatively coupled to the vehicle head unit, each of the multiple user interfaces associated with one or more of the multiple user profiles;
• and
• interface, via the multiple user interfaces, with multiple users associated with the one or more of the multiple user profiles to enable the multiple users to interface with the instance of the vehicle operating system to control functionality associated with the vehicle head unit.