by dbadmin | Jun 4, 2025 | Android Automotive, Google, Google Maps, News
Credit: Damien Wilde / Android Authority Google Maps for Android Automotive is getting customized design elements. This new ability will allow the UI in Maps to match the UI of the native OS. Polestar announced that this feature would roll out to its cars in the...
by dbadmin | Jun 3, 2025 | Android Auto, Android Automotive, Google, Google Maps, News
Google Maps has recently started offering a navigation pop-up on select instrument cluster displays. So far this has been spotted on the Polestar 2. We previously saw Waze delivering a similar behind-the-wheel view. How many digital screens can you see right this...
by dbadmin | May 23, 2025 | Android Auto, Android Automotive, Google, News, Spotify
Spotify Jam, the collaborative real-time playlist feature, will soon launch on Android Auto and cars with Google built-in. The Jam feature will leverage Google’s new media app templates in the Android for Cars App Library, allowing for safer, distraction-free in-car...
by dbadmin | May 22, 2025 | Android Automotive, Google, News
Credit: Damien Wilde / Android Authority Google is working on additional mobile app compatibility for large screens in Android Automotive. There’s a new aspect ratio menu that allows you to switch between the default and full screen. This compatibility will first...
by dbadmin | May 21, 2025 | Android Automotive, Google, Google Gemini, News
Credit: Andy Walker / Android Authority Volvo’s cars will be among the first vehicles to have Gemini integration. Gemini will replace Assistant in these cars later this year. Google will use the car maker as its lead development partner for new Android Automotive...
by dbadmin | May 21, 2025 | Android Auto, Android Automotive, Google, News
Credit: C. Scott Brown / Android Authority Weather app support for Android Auto has finally graduated from beta, and you can expect to see more weather apps for the platform in the coming months. Google has announced that it now plans to extend support to two more app...
