Google is set to enhance Android Auto with Gemini AI, YouTube support, and immersive Maps features, promising a more intuitive and entertaining in-car experience later this year.

The Android Auto update covers everything from a ground-up visual redesign to full HD video playback, Dolby Atmos spatial audio, and deeper Gemini integration.

Since 2024, Google Maps users on Android Auto have been able to report and confirm incidents directly from their vehicle’s ...

Car buyers love Android Auto. Automakers? Not so much.

If you’ve spent any time behind the wheel on Android Auto in the past couple of years, you’ve probably encountered the pop-up alerts on Google Maps and realized just how distracting they can be. Now, ...

Their strengths complement one another.

A vehicle's infotainment system displaying a list of apps from Android Auto's main interface - Andriy Baidak/Shutterstock Certain electric vehicle owners are getting a big battery feature thanks to ...

Google Maps is getting what Google describes as the biggest update in a decade. The so-called immersive navigation changes how we use and interact with Google Maps for more convenient and ...

Google keeps rolling out major transformations for its products. After "the biggest update in over a decade," as the company itself called it, for Google Maps, the time has come for Android Auto to ...

The next-generation Android Auto experience will make your car’s infotainment system smarter, more customizable and more entertainment-focused ...

Google Maps is a pretty complete experience at this point. The app has been around for two decades, giving Google plenty of time to refine every small detail. However, we aren't really ever surprised ...

The Google Maps app for Android Auto is getting a partial redesign to better surface the “Report” functionality on smaller displays while also hiding suggested locations by default for some users.