#ANYDROID REVIEW DRIVERS#

#ANYDROID REVIEW DRIVERS#

Some makers, such as Mitsubishi, are relying on the tech and have actually deleted the built-in navigation on some models knowing that customers prefer to use their connected smartphones instead.Īs car manufacturers work on much slower product timelines than the personal electronics world, using your phone to power maps or music should mean drivers spend less time becoming infuriated with out-of-date infotainment systems.Īndroid Auto itself has also had several major updates, the latest of which was announced in May 2022. But the number of cars that have it is growing all the time as customers are insisting on it. You don’t have the ability to use all of your phone’s functions to make it easier and safer to operate while driving a car, but it still allows quick access to some apps and features such as navigation, music streaming, messages and phone calls.Īndroid Auto is not available on all new cars and some makers have made it a pricey option or are asking for a subscription fee – it’s the same with Apple CarPlay. It’s a piece of tech which connects your phone to the head unit in your car, so you will see a simplified version of your phone screen on the infotainment display. The way around this is to incorporate an interface which means the car’s infotainment system harnesses the power of your phone, mirroring the phone’s apps on the car’s infotainment screen and allowing you to control its functions using the car’s buttons and microphones.įor Apple users, the system is called CarPlay, while Google’s interpretation of in-car infotainment is Android Auto. It means that as soon as a car’s launched, features like the navigation and entertainment systems are already obsolete and drivers just end up using their phones instead. Car makers often find it difficult to keep up with the relentless progress of smartphones and apps.

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