If you’re driving a not so new car, you may be one of those who use your phone to access Android Auto in your car. Google offered a useful app for in-car navigation for non-Android vehicles called Android Auto for phone screens. A very reactionary explanation came for the useful application used by millions of people.
Android Auto cannot be used on the phone screen
Car owners without Android Auto in the in-car navigation system had a simple solution with the application that turns the screen of their phone to the Android Auto interface. According to the statistics in the Play Store, the Android Auto for phone screens application, which provides this solution, was downloaded more than 5 million times. The notification that Google sent to some users informs that the application will soon become unusable.
This notification was shared by a Reddit user using the Huawei P30 Lite with Android 10. The situation was understood when other users said that they received this notification along with the sharing. It looks like Google is removing the app, which is a solution to tools that don’t support Android.
Rumors about the removal of this app have been around for a long time. It was obvious that something was broken in the application, which did not work very stable with Android 12. Google has just taken the bean out of its mouth, and millions of users will have to buy an Android-powered car. Of course, just changing the in-car navigation can also be a solution. However, this cannot be compatible with every vehicle and cannot be as good as factory navigation.
We will see over time whether Google will release another application that serves the same purpose in the future. But for now, it seems most logical for those who use navigation with their phone to look for another solution. You can still use it though, as the app hasn’t been unplugged yet.
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