Google is telling clients of the Android Auto for Phone Screens app that it’ll never again work soon through an in-app pop-up message. The app enables a simplified in-car interface of Android that is more secure to use while mounting the phone on a vehicle dashboard, an extraordinary feature for the people who don’t own newer cars with the version of Android Auto that runs on the infotainment screen.
This is really not Google’s first warning that it was putting Android Auto for Phone Screens someplace far off, banished for good. It was at that point deplored last year when the organization debilitated Android Auto for Phone Screens on more up to date Android 12 gadgets. Individuals with older gadgets may as yet access the app, yet Google didn’t give a course of events on how long it would endure, expressing it has “no further details to share at this time.”
This entire fiasco is occurring a direct result of Google’s confounding plans in 2019; it believed that clients should progress from an on-phone Android Auto experience to the then-upcoming Google Assistant driving mode. Be that as it may, the feature got postponed and wouldn’t see a release until 2020. During that postponement, the Android Auto for Phone Screens app became the stop-gap solution for using your Android while driving in the event that you didn’t have a newer supported car.
The Android Auto for Phone Screens app is an available solution that anybody can use in any vehicle and get every one of the advantages of Android Auto. Presently, clients should either get an exorbitant new head unit introduced that upholds Android Auto or purchase a fresher vehicle in the event that they need the Android Auto experience.
Google Assistant driving mode is definitely not a one-to-one replacement solution either; a linear solution with prompts could get diverting contrasted with the Android Auto interface. It could likewise lead clients to bobble with a hand-held phone while driving on the off chance that Google Assistant gets a voice request wrong.
Google has aggressive plans for the automotive industry however, and Android Auto for Phone Screens likely weakens it. It has a full car operating system called Android Automotive that is in vehicles like the Polestar 2, and it will advance into Ford vehicles too. Google additionally upgraded the connected Android Auto experience this year, focusing on responsiveness and using different vehicle infotainment screen sizes.