The Discontinued Android Auto version for phones it was imminent. A few weeks ago, the app started notifying its users that Android Auto for phones would soon be unavailable, and that date has already arrived.
At the end of last year Android Auto for phones stopped working from Android 12 and today it was the turn of mobiles with Android 11 or earlier versions. From now on Android Auto becomes available on car screens.
HOW TO ENABLE DRIVING MODE on Google Maps | Engadget Basics
Farewell Android Auto on the screen of our mobile
When Google launched Android-Auto in 2015, he did it in two versions: one for car screens and one for the moving screen, thus offering on our Android devices the possibility of being able to use its interface adapted to driving directly on our mobile. Well, now the Android Auto experience it is exclusive for car screens.
Now the application of Android-Auto for our mobiles it is limited to being the necessary application to synchronize and configure the mobile with our compatible car. If our car is not compatible with Android Auto and we want to navigate safely with our car, we must use Android Auto’s successor for phones: the Google Assistant driving mode.
Hi Google Assistant driving mode
Google shut down Android Auto for phones because late last year it launched its replacement: the Google Assistant driving mode. this new interface suitable for driving It gives us most of the features we found in the mobile version of Android Auto.
The Google Assistant driving mode allows us to use our mobile safely and without distraction while driving thanks to its interface, which gives us direct access to send messages, call, start navigation or listen to music, podcasts or audiobooks with our favorite apps. All with the integration of the Google Assistant to be able to use its functions with your voice hands-free.
Through | 9to5Google
In Engadget Android | How to share the mobile screen in Android Auto: all applications to see the phone in the car
