Android Auto up to date with split-screen view for all

Google is giving Android Auto a refresh, incorporating a revised split-screen view and extra flexibility for various sized touchscreens.

The split-screen view permits customers to entry a number of options—comparable to navigation and messages—directly. It was beforehand obtainable solely on sure autos, however will now be the default setup for all customers, in accordance with The Verge.

Android Auto has additionally been up to date to help totally different sized screens. That is develop into extra essential as automakers have launched extra elaborate and diverse display sizes and orientations. Some, like Volvo, have caught with portrait-oriented screens, whereas others like BMW and Mercedes-Benz have launched lengthy horizontal screens. This can proceed to vary as automakers refresh and redesign their autos.

Android Auto in-car streaming

Google has additionally needed to adapt Android Auto to larger screens, such because the 56-inch Hyperscreen show (really three screens underneath one piece of glass) obtainable within the Mercedes-Benz EQS and the 33-inch show within the upcoming Cadillac Lyriq, Android Auto lead product supervisor Rod Lopez mentioned in an interview with The Verge.

Different Android Auto updates embrace standardized test-message replies customers can ship with one faucet, and the power for Android smartphone customers to stream content material from their telephones to a automotive’s display.

Android Automotive, Google’s embedded Android infotainment system, additionally now helps the Tubi TV and Epix Now streaming companies. Within the U.S., Android Automotive is presently obtainable in sure Volvo fashions, in addition to the Polestar 2, from the Swedish automaker’s spinoff model. Ford and Lincoln will begin utilizing the system starting in 2023, and Audi, Stellantis, and the Renault Nissan Mitsubishi Alliance have expressed curiosity as effectively.