Android Auto is Google’s own software for connecting and using your Android smartphone via a car’s infotainment system. Not only does Android Auto mirror your phone’s screen on the car’s ...

Apple CarPlay enhances safety with easy app control. Apple CarPlay and Android Auto are both compatible with hundreds of apps and phones. Apple plans expansion into the instrument cluster ...

Android Auto is one of the most powerful platforms for in-car navigation. It allows using an Android phone’s functions via the infotainment console. Modern versions of Android have Android Auto ...

Android Auto is no longer working on older versions of Android. Users are noticing that the minimum OS requirement is now being enforced. Google recently changed the requirement to Android 9 or ...

Google has started enforcing new Android Auto requirements more widely, with older phones running into a message that they “no longer support” the useful platform. Back in July, we first ...

All of Android Auto's functions are accessed via large icons and voice commands ...

These infotainment systems run anything from QNX to (Yocto) Linux or more commonly these days some version of Android. As [Eric McDonald] discovered with his 2021 Honda Civic, its headunit runs ...

If you're an Android Auto user with an older phone, you might need to upgrade soon to continue using the service. As of this week, the in-car information and entertainment app is dropping support ...

Android Auto and Apple CarPlay both help minimize distractions by offering voice commands for navigation and calls. Android Auto connects via the car display; Apple CarPlay enhances device control.

Now that is nice. So, if you’re like me, when you finally got a vehicle that supported CarPlay (for Apple iPhones) and/or Android Auto, you fell in love with it. The downside is that in most ...