As therumors foretold , todayat Google I / Owe got a first face at Android Auto . The system uses your Android smartphone as the head for an in - style organization controlling navigation , music , and message . In other words , your next new railway car might reduplicate as an Android supplement .
fundamentally , Android Auto is a hurtle setup , where your phone ’s apps and features are seen and controlled through your splasher touchscreen . It bring your full music collection to your car , and pops big , simple buttons on the dashboard touch screen to control Google Maps . And most significantly , it ’s voice activate , allowing you to explore for footprint - by - footstep Maps navigation without taking your hand off the bicycle .
to boot , your smartphone - power dashboard will study you text messages that you receive on - the - go , and allow you to dictate and broadcast responses . Which , assumedly , is a slew safer than fumbling with your telephone in your circle .
Android Auto is the payoff of the search giant’sOpen Automotive Alliance , a joint elbow grease with 28 car manufacturer and mobile tech supplier Nvidia . Announced in January , the Open Automotive Alliance’sstated missionis “ accelerating automobile innovation with an approach that offer nakedness , customization and plate . ” In non - magicspeak , that means enable in - car electronics to communicate with Android machine , and giving drivers ramp up - in restraint to safely operate the devices without undue distraction .
These features will come to Android whenthe yet - unnamed “ L ” operating system , mean later this year . Google says the first unexampled cars that bear Android Auto will be strike saleroom later this year .
https://gizmodo.com/android-l-release-everything-you-need-to-know-1595912430
Here ’s TV from Google showing Android Auto in action . It highlights Google ’s contextual awareness capabilities , mean it can send you reminders when you get near a certain location ( like your home or government agency ) .
Google ’s not the first to press its products onto the dashboard : Apple ’s CarPlay , announced in Marchand prove at the Geneva Motor Show , uses the same tactic , rein the driver ’s smartphone to power the in - car entertainment and dashboard display . automaker including Ferrari , Mercedes - Benz , Volvo , Nissan , Jaguar / Land Rover , BMW , and General Motors have promise to support Apple ’s CarPlay — some of which overlap with Android ’s 28 partner carmaker in the Open Automotive Alliance .
For those who do n’t have every motorcar logotype memorized : Abarth ( part of Fiat ) , Acura , Alfa Romeo , Audi , Bentley , Chevrolet , Chrysler , Dodge , Fiat , Ford , Honda , Hyundai , Infiniti , Jeep , Kia , Maserati , Mazda , Mitsubishi , Nissan , Opel , RAM , Renault , Seat , Skoda , Subaru , Suzuki , Volkswagen , Volvo . Brands sold in the U.S. marketplace punctuate in bold .
Yes , that intend that sometime soon , sealed gondola maker may offer both Android and iOS machine support . As if choosing the coloring material and options on your new car was n’t hard enough already .
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