Car tactile screens with Android Auto will release a rival: smart glasses

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Car tactile screens with Android Auto will release a rival: smart glasses

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The way we drive has changed a lot in recent years and managers, to a large extent, are Android Auto and Apple Carplay.

While Autonomous driving Start shooting, Android Auto He has other plans for us: We wear smart glasses while driving.

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Intelligent glasses as a solution to avoid distractions of touch screens

Android Auto continues to be updated periodically with new functions that allow us to obtain the application. Precisely one of the major changes of Android Auto 14 is the possibility of executing Full screen games. Of course, they thought of user safety and it is only possible to open it when the car is completely stopped.

In any case, these touch screens were a reason for the debate on the side of road safety. For the DGT, they are legalProvided that certain requirements are met, such as not hindering the road vision and not using it during driving.

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But we already know that in practice, it is another story and inevitably on occasional occasion, we can go to the eyes (and hands) on the screen. Nothing that could not happen with traditional radios or tomtoms that became fashionable in the 2000s, only the level of distraction can be higher with these infodity screens.

To avoid this, smart glasses during driving can be a good tool or at least who think of Android Auto developers.

When examining the code Auto Android version 14.2.151544 A few lines that suggest the arrival of Auto Android integration with smart glasses In the near future.

And the truth is that it can be very logical to use this accessory behind the wheel. In particular, this can be relevant for navigation problems, because it could help us to introduce the most important information on our route (next output, traffic incidents, speed control …), in this way to remove our eyes from the road. You can even provide useful information on the places we are experiencing.

This news comes to us just a few days after we could see the first demonstration live from Android XRwhich has precisely like its integrated cameras as a corner to help us with functions such as navigation itself.

It would not be unreasonable to think that smart glasses based on Android XR can connect to the future near Android Auto. Navigation is only an example of the potential that this accessory could have behind the wheel.

In any case, it is still in its first development phases, so it is early to have more information, such as the functions it will offer us or the glasses that will be compatible. Apple did not explain that your future projects for Apple Carplay could also pass here.

A problem that worries us is what law says. At present, There is no regulation on this subjectIt would therefore be necessary to be prudent to see how this possibility is received from Europe or the DGT.

Intelligent glasses could be a good bridge between the end of touch screens and the return to traditional physical buttons, thus making the DesireThe most relevant organization in Europe to assess the safety of new vehicles, which does not see with good eyes these possible distractions while driving.

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