He didn’t die or go crazy, but almost. Yesterday, we reiterated that Google Assistant’s driving mode’s days are numbered, and Google now says it’s not that big of a deal: will survive, but without further ado as bottom bar.

Google Piece by piece, this dismantling continues like this. At the time, it was sold to us as a replacement for Android Auto for phones. Starting February 7, this change will be a simple bottom bar that will appear in Google Maps while we are on route.

Not dead but almost

Google wants you to know that the Google Assistant driving mode will still be there after February 7 because what will disappear is app launcher appears when you press the four square buttons. For most people, this is basically the drive mode itself, because when we eliminate it what’s left is basically a bar with the microphone icon and another bar to open said launcher.

If the topic is confusing you and you no longer know what will disappear on February 7, here is a diagram. Basically there will be no dedicated interface for driving mode and Everything will happen in the bar that appears as you drive On Google Maps. It is summarized graphically here:

This bar shows the accessory’s icon and contains information about multimedia playback; so we can continue to use it to change songs or pause music. Come on, Google Assistant has become the assertive driving mode we know in 2021 One stick to talk to Assistant and control musicwithout further ado.

Latter downgrade It will come from February 7th, when the app launcher view disappears, and if I were to guess, it will almost certainly not be the last. After all, we just need to analyze. Assistant driving mode switching timeline To find out what the trend is and what its future is likely to be, Google:

• 2019: Google announces driving mode at Google I/O 2019
• 2020: Driving mode is slowly starting to arrive in some regions.
• 2021: Driving mode comes to Spain and launches its own home screen so we don’t miss Android Auto for phones.
• 2022: Google is removing the map view first from driving mode, and then the entire home screen that launched a year ago.
• 2024: Google removes the app launcher from driving mode, leaving only the bottom bar.

via | 9to5Google

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