End of the road for Android Auto for mobile – Generation NT

With Android 12, Google confirmed stopping the standalone app Android Auto for mobile. It is otherwise known as Android Auto for phone screens.

This is not the on-board version of Android with integration into the vehicle’s dashboard, but the application to access such tools directly on the screen of the Android smartphone when a vehicle is not not compatible.

” For those who use the experience on the smartphone (Android Auto mobile application), they will switch to the driving mode of Google Assistant “, Google said in a statement relayed by The Verge.

” From Android 12, Google Assistant’s driving mode will be the integrated mobile driving experience. “An announcement that will therefore have no impact for Android Auto users in compatible vehicles.

It was already more or less clear that the driving (or car) mode of Google Assistant would eventually replace the Android Auto application for mobile. It is now confirmed.

It should also be remembered that since Android 10, Android Auto has been integrated as a smartphone technology to allow it to connect to the vehicle screen without having to download an application from the Google Play Store.