Google updates Android Auto like clockwork almost every week, but we don’t always find anything new in the updates. Other times we learn something new and then it disappears or does not finish activating to users.
It’s easy to lose track of what’s available in Android Auto and What news is still to come?so here you have a complete summary of everything that is still waiting to reach the car’s Android system.
Choose which app opens at startup
It’s been so long since we first saw the “Application start” setting in the Android Auto settings, that one starts to lose hope that it will end up being activated at some point.
We first saw it in the Android Auto 9.3 beta last year, and while it wasn’t functional, the name seemed to indicate that it would be. a way to choose which application starts automatically when you enable Android Auto. The tweak disappeared in the next update and hasn’t returned since. So it’s unclear whether it was passed to Google by mistake before it was ready or whether it was an experiment that was abandoned.
The disconnect button
Another new feature of Android Auto that we could see briefly in a beta version was the disconnect buttonwhich was enabled for a few users with Android Auto 10.6, in October last year.
This button allows us disconnect the mobile from Android Auto from its notification, something that opens the door for another mobile to easily connect in its place, especially if we use Android Auto wirelessly. For now, the button still does not appear.
The material you design for the application
The “old” (above) and new design of Android Auto settings (below)
It’s been over a year since we first saw Android Auto’s settings overhaul on mobile with Material You. This redesign gives you a much more modern touch to the settings demand.
However, today the redesign It is only available to certain userswhile others are still stuck with the old interface, despite having the same features.
Support for Zoom, WebEx and Enterprise
Google spent much of the last year repeatedly announcing the availability of Android Auto. meeting apps like Meet or Webex.
Although Google said in September that Zoom was already available on Android Auto, in reality is still not available for all users several months later.
Summaries with AI
One of the biggest new features in Android Auto lately is AI summaries. Instead of reading all the pending messages you received while driving, Google Assistant can give you a summary.
We were able to test the AI summaries at MWC and briefly see the proper adjustment in Android Auto 11.3, but today They are only available in English. We still have to wait for Google to add compatibility with more languages and expand its deployment to other regions like Europe.
Electric car configuration
It’s been raining a lot since we first saw new settings in Android Auto for electric cars in Android Auto 9.9: power set car charger type.
The idea is that we can choose the charger type so that Google Maps uses this information when searching for compatible charging stations. The truth is that these parameters They still don’t appear to everyone on Android Auto.
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