Despite its litany of flaws, I love Android Auto. It makes driving more enjoyable by offering easy access to my music collection and putting important navigation information front and center. However, ...

New updates to Google Maps have made it possible to show a custom car icon during navigation through both Android Auto and CarPlay. Here’s how it works. Back in February 2025, Google Maps introduced ...

Android Auto doesn't offer many settings, and most people stick with the default configuration, without ever launching the ...

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You get into your car, plug in your phone, and Android Auto appears on the dashboard. You open Google Maps, set the destination, and then switch to Spotify to start your AI playlist. It works and gets ...

Millions of drivers use Google Maps for driving directions, but it can also save parking spots. Both Maps and Waze (a Google company) can store your car's location using satellite technology and help ...

Google Maps has recently started offering a navigation pop-up on select instrument cluster displays. So far this has been spotted on the Polestar 2. We previously saw Waze delivering a similar ...

Waze now lets drivers use the mobile app while running Android Auto, making navigation faster, easier, and more convenient than ever.

Android Auto is the subject to almost constant tweaking from Google. Rather than major redesigns or changes, the in-car system seems to be forever subject to small changes – often for the better, but ...