Android Auto

Google LLC

About this app

Android Auto is your smart driving companion that helps you stay focused, connected, and entertained with the Google Assistant. With a simplified interface, large buttons, and powerful voice actions, Android Auto is designed to make it easier to use apps that you love from your phone while you’re on the road.


Just say “Ok Google” to...
• Route to your next destination using Google Maps or Waze with real-time GPS navigation and traffic alerts.
• Get updates on your route, ETA, and hazards in real-time.
• Have the Google Assistant check your calendar for you so you know where you need to be.
• Set reminders, get updates on the news, and check last night’s score.
• Avoid distractions while driving by setting a custom do not disturb message while driving.
• Make calls using Google Assistant and answer incoming calls with just a tap.
• Access your contacts folder and send and receive messages with the Google Assistant using SMS, Hangouts, WhatsApp, Skype, Telegram, WeChat, Kik, Google Allo, and many more messaging apps.
• Manage your infotainment system like never before. Listen to your favorite media apps including Spotify, Pandora, iHeartRadio, Google Play Music, Amazon Music, SiriusXM, TIDAL - High Fidelity Music Streaming, Napster Music, and Deezer. Many more music, radio, news, sports news, audiobook, and podcast apps are also supported.

The number of compatible apps is always growing! For a full list of compatible apps, go to http://g.co/androidauto

To use Android Auto, you’ll need a phone running Android 6.0 or higher and an active data connection.
Over 400 car models now support Android Auto! To find out if your car display is compatible and how to enable it, check your owner’s manual or contact your car’s manufacturer. Once enabled, use a high quality USB cable to connect your phone to your car, then launch Android Auto to get going!
Learn more about Android Auto and compatible cars at http://android.com/auto
For support: http://support.google.com/androidauto
Get help from our community: https://productforums.google.com/forum/#!forum/android-auto

Ratings and reviews

It's quite handy. The GPS is pretty decent nowadays, has helped me a lot. The voice texting is pretty handy. Really need to be able to adjust volumes in settings somewhere. The volume for the alert that you received a text is WAY too loud. IF you can catch it, you can turn the volume down for future notifications but only until you turn off the vehicle. Then it starts all over again.

It works good most (95%) of the time. It occasionally locks up or freezes and has to either have the phone reconnected, the airplane mode cycled, or power cycle the head unit. You can't count on or know which will need to be done to get it working again. Messaging does work with the Signal app, but works better with Android messaging. It also works good with Spotify but doesn't always pick up where it left off. However, I suspect that's a Spotify issue though and not an Android auto issue.

Must dangerous app to use in your car bar none! When a message comes in while driving, you now have to look at your car screen, and press a button to make it play the text message, making it worse than driving while texting on a phone. Many years ago MS Mobile had this figured out with any Bluetooth device. It would say you have an incoming text, would you like me to read it, or ignore it. Today, Google still can't figure it out SMH.

What's new

• Improved Do Not Disturb functionality.
• Dark mode on car UI is now independent from the phone.
•Bug fixes and other Improvements.
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