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Android Auto: Google no longer wants to support new smartphones

Android Auto: Google no longer wants to support new smartphones

In 2014, Google released a processor for the first time that allows users to connect their smartphones to their cars. Accordingly, applications such as Navigator or Music can be adapted to the screen in a car, making it more accessible. In 2016, Google unveiled a new way to use Android Auto: on the smartphone screen. The Android Auto App is easy to use with the embedding of large icons, voice assistant and, for example, Google Maps in the car.

According to Google, this will end in the future. “Xda-DevelopersSo far, users have had the option of launching Android Auto directly into the car’s infotainment system or through an app on their smartphone.

Android Auto: Provides an assistant in Google Drive mode

Android Auto: Separate smartphone processor soon seems like history.

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In the future, the team will offer its users a similar app for driving a car, Google “Driving Mode”. Accordingly, automation functionality is still available, but will be integrated directly with Google Assistant in the future. But users can be sure: according to Google, there will be a change phase, and the change was initially only scheduled for Android 12.

Commenting on the disappearance of Android Auto for smartphones, the company said: “Google Assistant Driving Mode is our next evolution of the mobile driving experience. Users of Android Auto on supported vehicles will not miss this experience in the future. No further details to inform the committee.

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