VEHICLE VARIANT-AWARE SERVICES

A system includes a processor to execute instructions to, upon instantiation of a control application in a vehicle, retrieve (a) configuration data specifying one or more features available to the control application in the vehicle, and (b) settings data specifying one or more current settings for the control application; monitor a vehicle network for request from a remote device for a selected feature of the control application in the vehicle; determine from the configuration data whether the selected feature is included in the one or more features available to the control application in the vehicle; and, if the selected feature is included, actuate a component in the vehicle based on the selected feature and the settings data.