Google will resolve one of the large android auto faults: the system now This will allow us to watch videos in the carAs confirmed in the 2025 E / S, taking advantage of the largest screen. However, Google also implements certain safety measures to allow the reproduction of videos while we are in the car.
The first measure is the most obvious: videos They can only be played while the car is parkedCompletely arrested. However, the company responsible for the search engine also works on the possibility of simply listening to the videos and not seeing them, while the car moves.
When we drive, we don't see the videos … but listen to them
This was confirmed by Google via an ad, part of the 2025 E / S, its annual developer event. Google wants it to be possible to continue Take advantage of videos safelyEven with the moving car. To do this, the company works on a system that will only reproduce the sound of a video when starting the car.
The transition must also be immediate. The company, in a video presentation for developers, has shown how video reproduction stops and It automatically goes to a “solo” mode when the driver starts the vehiclethat's to say. Immediate transition and also fluid, because the audio of the video should not be interrupted at any time.
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This promises to be particularly useful if, for example, we see a sporting event live, as a football match, because we can Continue to listen to the transmission and follow the results in real time From Android Auto, without running the risk of distraction by the video on the screen. In other words, something similar listening to the football match on the radio.
Seeing a football match while we are parked, the “solo audio” mode will continue to listen to the transmission during driving, without running the risk of screen distraction
Of course, this function is in development First for Android AutomotiveBecause in this platform, video applications are currently available, those that will arrive in a short time for Android Auto. In the case of Android Automotive, the “solo audio” mode when reading videos will be available on Android 14.
Of course, there are already methods and applications to watch videos on Android Auto, but not officially. Google's idea is to offer a support natively, maintaining the necessary security measures.
The “solo audio” function when reproducing videos is similar to what YouTube Music can do, but has taken the car experience. With luck, we will not have to wait a long time for Google to also implement this function in the reproduction of videos in Android Auto, which “will soon arrive”, depending on the company, first to devices with Android 16 version.
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