A whole series of new functions comes to Android carThe smartphone mirroring system in almost all new cars sold today.
When Apple launched CarPlay on the market and published Google 2015 Android Auto, both Tech giants limited the mirroring functions mainly to navigation, audio playback and basic messages for safety reasons.
At the I/A, the annual developer conference from Google, the search giant confirmed video reproduction and webbrowsing functions for Android Auto. Of course, they have to be parked for security reasons to access these two functions.
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The video playback only works on supported apps and “compatible cars”. Android 16, which is currently in the beta and will be available on June 3 on June 3, must also be carried out on the user’s phone.
In the typical Android fashion, Google devices will first have the new version of the operating system (OS), with other smartphone manufacturers usually need a month to a year to roll the latest version on their phones.
Game Play Support is now available for Android Auto Beta tester. It is unclear when games, video and web browsers are available to the public.
Vehicles with infotainment systems that the Android Automotive operating system runs as a Google integrated already access to video playback with audio playback while you are on the upcoming INOALL list. The web browsing is currently in the beta test phase for cars with Android Automotive.
Google Gemini, the Voice Activated AI search assistant, will also go to Android Auto and Android Automotive in the “coming months”. It replaces Google Assistant and promises to have more natural language interaction, the opportunity to draw and derive further information from other sources, including your e -mail, your calendar and your apps such as Spotify.
In the meantime, Google added the list of approved application types for Android Auto Weather. If you have weather apps on your Android phone, you expect you to be displayed in your Android Auto -app drawer, as developers add support for the smartphone mirror system.
