TL;DR
- Android Auto is one step closer to offering built-in radio controls, per our recent investigation of the latest app version’s code.
- New strings discovered in the app point to future radio search functionality.
- There’s no word on when radio support will officially be available in Android Auto.
Google is putting a lot of work into making Android Auto a holistic in-car control solution, as it continues to work on support for radio controls. It’s been at this for several months now, but it now appears the feature is inching ever closer to primetime.
Per our investigation of Android Auto’s latest app version, Google has included the following new strings that point to a radio station search feature.