It should not be too much for a new beta version of the Google infotainment system, Android Auto 14.5 Beta continues to be the last available. But that does not mean that the news is absent because Google Maps introduces a significant change for cars that have a Secondary screen after the steering wheel: The MAPS application uses indications in this area as well as arrival estimates.
If the mobiles and Android tablets are as varied as heterogeneous, the same goes for cars screens. Different diagonals, resolutions, elongated ratiosMore square panels and even different screens that work together to show the car and that of Android Auto. The problem is that not all applications benefit from the additional possibilities of these cars, which Google has proposed to resolve.
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Google Maps Add an information panel to the screen after the steering wheel
Expanded Android Auto Information on the secondary screen of a Polestar 2. Image of 9TO5GOOGLE
So far, it is Android Automotive who could benefit from all the vehicle screens, as it is an independent operating system and Integrated in depth by the manufacturer. With the largest opening of Android Auto, the projected system obtains communication with the equipment. This allows you to enjoy it to a better extent.
As they discovered in 9TO5google, Google Maps is the first application that benefits from the greatest compatibility with secondary screens. As they could check a Polestar 2, which recently acquired compatibility with Android Auto (A standard Android Automotive), Maps projects new information on the secondary panel which is behind the steering wheel.
Once navigation to a specific point activated, Android Auto projects the guided on the screen after the steering wheel while taking advantage to display the Estimated arrival data: Remaining distance, planned duration of the trip and destination time.
As indicated on 9TO5GOOGLE, the new Google Maps widget “is focused on the panel and the foreground of the instrument box. That done Some information shown from behind is lostHe can hinder orientation if the driver does not completely know the area.
In principle, the added information from Google Maps appear by default in cars that have a secondary screen and has what made it possible to operate with Android Auto. This is an automatic option that cannot be disconnected, at least for the moment. And there is no need to have an updated Android to the latest version, nor Google Maps.
Cover image | Polestar
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