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Android Auto often feels like a work in progress, primarily due to the number of bugs that keep wrecking the app occasionally, but it is also a work in progress from a feature perspective. Google is ...

We've known for a while that Google was working on several notable improvements for Android Auto, including the integration of Gemini into the driving experience, but it turns out the search giant was ...

Close up of someone tapping the Android Auto icon on a round in-vehicle display. - TY Lim/Shutterstock Google's Android Auto is getting new features to vastly improve the in-vehicle dash experience.

Android Auto has been the standard for integrating your Android smartphone's capabilities into your vehicle's dashboard for quite a while now. The combination of clear GPS visibility, music control, ...

I have eight years of experience covering Android, with a focus on apps, features, and platform updates. I love looking at even the minute changes in apps and software updates that most people would ...

Long drives exposed every tiny difference ...

Google is rolling out Android Auto 16.1 widely as the latest beta, Android Auto 16.2, hints at what is coming next. Earlier this month, Google started rolling out Android Auto 16.0 with a new media ...

I have eight years of experience covering Android, with a focus on apps, features, and platform updates. I love looking at even the minute changes in apps and software updates that most people would ...

Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. My first thought after demoing the upcoming Android Auto features at Google I/O last week was the dread of going back to my own car, innocently ...

Google's Android Auto is getting new features to vastly improve the in-vehicle dash experience. For example, it recently unveiled a Material 3 Expressive makeover for the interface, a series of unique ...