Despite sharing the same name, Android Auto and Android Automotive are built for completely different in-car experiences.

Android Auto often feels like a work in progress, primarily due to the number of bugs that keep wrecking the app occasionally, but it is also a work in progress from a feature perspective. Google is ...

The UI is way more customizable beyond the defaults ...

We've known for a while that Google was working on several notable improvements for Android Auto, including the integration of Gemini into the driving experience, but it turns out the search giant was ...

Android Auto has been the standard for integrating your Android smartphone's capabilities into your vehicle's dashboard for quite a while now. The combination of clear GPS visibility, music control, ...

Google's Android Auto is getting new features to vastly improve the in-vehicle dash experience. For example, it recently unveiled a Material 3 Expressive makeover for the interface, a series of unique ...

Android Auto adds Gemini AI with smarter Maps insights, improved messaging, Gmail access, and hands-free productivity tools for a more natural driving experience. Just got your new car? Here are 8 ...

I have eight years of experience covering Android, with a focus on apps, features, and platform updates. I love looking at even the minute changes in apps and software updates that most people would ...

I have eight years of experience covering Android, with a focus on apps, features, and platform updates. I love looking at even the minute changes in apps and software updates that most people would ...

Apple CarPlay and Android Auto have both redefined what in-car tech is capable of. What used to be a sluggish, confusing dashboard experience has now become an intuitive extension of your smartphone.

Google is rolling out Android Auto 16.1 widely as the latest beta, Android Auto 16.2, hints at what is coming next. Earlier this month, Google started rolling out Android Auto 16.0 with a new media ...

Close up of someone tapping the Android Auto icon on a round in-vehicle display. - TY Lim/Shutterstock Google's Android Auto is getting new features to vastly improve the in-vehicle dash experience.