Google updates Android Auto like clockwork almost every week, but we don’t always find news in updates. Other times we learn something new and then disappears or does not finish activating to users.

It’s easy to lose track of what’s available on Android Auto and What news is still to come?So here you will find a complete summary of everything waiting to arrive in the car’s Android system.

Choose which app to open at startup

It’s been so long since we first saw “Launch app” setting We’re starting to lose hope that it will be enabled at some point in the Android Auto settings.

We first saw this in the Android Auto 9.3 beta last year, and although it wasn’t functional, its name seemed to indicate it would be. A way to choose which application starts automatically When turning on Android Auto. The tweak disappeared in the next update and hasn’t returned since, so it’s unclear whether it was accidentally pushed to Google before it was ready or whether it was a scrapped experiment.

Disconnect button

Another Android Auto innovation that we could briefly see in the beta version was: disconnect buttonIt was activated for a few users with Android Auto 10.6 in October last year.

This button us disconnect Android Auto from mobile phone notification, something that opens the door to easily connecting another mobile phone in its place, especially if you use wireless Android Auto. For now the button is still not visible.

Material of the application designed by you

The “old” (above) and new design (below) of Android Auto settings

It’s been over a year since we first saw a redesign of Android Auto settings on mobile devices with Material You. This redesign gives you a much more modern touch to the settings of the application.

But today the redesign Only available to some usersThe rest have the same functionality but are still stuck with the old interface.

Zoom, WebEx and enterprise support

Google spent much of the last year repeatedly touting the availability of Android Auto. Meeting apps like Meet or Webex.

Although Google said in September that Zoom was already available on Android Auto, the reality is still not available to all users few months later.

Abstracts with artificial intelligence

One of Android Auto’s biggest new features recently is AI summaries. Instead of reading all the pending messages you receive while driving, Google Assistant can give you a summary.

We were able to test the AI ​​summaries at MWC and briefly saw the proper tweak in Android Auto 11.3, but today These are only available in English. Google is still waiting to add compatibility with more languages ​​and expand distribution to other regions such as Spain.

Electric car configuration

It’s been a rainstorm since we first saw the new settings for electric cars in Android Auto in Android Auto 9.9: power set car charger type.

The idea is that we can choose the type of charger so that Google Maps uses this information when searching for compatible charging stations. The truth is that these settings They are still not visible to everyone on Android Auto.

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