With the last of Google Maps in Android, it is authorized to customize the avatar of the car when the navigation card appears. NOW Android Auto We will allow ourselves to continue to reproduce the video we saw when we were standing during the transition without interruptions in audio mode.
The proposal concerns the arrival Android video applications Car And the idea is that it is possible to change between video and audio modes when the car moves. Video applications have been available on Android Automotive, although only when it was parked.
A Safety measure to avoid traffic distractionsBut that closes the door to certain types of content such as Pódcast or which can be transmitted to the audio of a football match that we watched when we had the parked car.
This is the reason why Google will allow Android Automotive applications to change Between audio mode and video When the vehicle moves. Google explains it in a video for developers in which this new functionality announces.
The proposal is Implement a transition without cutting To go from video playback to audio mode during driving. The example that puts it easily explains: although we ask for food to take, we see the game and when we drive again, it goes to audio mode only so as not to lose details.
Video application on Android Automotive
Better yet, according to 9TO5GOOGLEis that this new experience without interruption is already available from the Early access programAlthough only for cars that have the Android 14 and higher version in Android Automotive OS.
The third part developers who wish to integrate this functionality should do so manually, therefore applications such as Carstream o Cartube They could be updated soon to include this experience without interruptions.
Just the days of Google E / S, the American company confirmed this week that it would soon support the Video applications on Android AutoSo the appearance on Android Automotive has a video reproduction experience of interruption which approaches the horizon.
The following steps are the arrival of video applications on Android Auto and that Experience without interruptions In Android Automotive for Google to extend its availability to a large number of models.
The other most interesting video applications that will arrive will be Netflix and Youtube, which will expand the possibilities of taking advantage of the big screen of the car to see a series or follow our favorite youtuber when we take a break when we travel on vacation.
