Google announced new updates for Android Auto and Google Assistant driving mode. In addition to the new driver-friendly control panel, users are now able to do all the operations they can do on the vehicle and even more with the voice command system without any physical intervention on the phone or the car.
Earlier this year, Google decided to shut down the Android Auto for phone screens app. He said that instead of this app, Android phone owners can now use the Google Assistant driving mode available in Google Maps or the Android Auto interface found in some cars.
What’s new with Android Auto
In order to use the new generation Android Auto, we do not need to connect with a cable only to the vehicles that support it, as in the past. With the updates it made in the last year, Google eliminated the cable requirement. Of course, it is not enough for only phones to support this. Vehicles must also have Wireless Android Auto support.
What Google is actually trying to do is to improve the user experience while avoiding distractions. For this, the company’s biggest trump card is Google Voice Assistant. It eliminates the need to touch the phone and the car’s screen by only using voice commands like “Hey Google, let’s drive or go to Kadıköy”.
All the features of Android Auto
With this application, Google offers us all the features we expect from a phone. We can make calls, send messages, listen to music and watch videos. However, these are not the features we want to talk to you about.
We can search for something on the internet if we want by starting the Assistant by saying “Hey Google”. If we want, we can send a message or an e-mail. You should avoid doing things that will distract you while driving. But let’s say you need to make a call or send a message. Then you can use Google Assistant to do all these things without taking your attention off the road.
If your car has a voice command button on the steering wheel, you can do these operations without even having to say Hey Google. After pressing the button, we can tell it to play your audiobook or music list or a song from the list.
Thanks to these features offered by Google Assistant, you can benefit from all these services even if you have an old model or a vehicle that does not support Android Auto. For this reason, we also support the company’s decision to close the Android Auto for phone screens application and offer all these features via Voice Assistant.
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