After a long time, the Android Auto settings redesign has finally made its way to our phones. Just yesterday, we were welcomed with open arms rebuild: Android Auto has been updated to version 12.9 in beta.

We found a very useful change that is noticeable to the naked eye, without too many obvious changes. We tell you what it is and what impact it has on the application. Google Maps for Android Auto.

Stops are finally at your fingertips on Android Auto

Google Maps on Android Auto continues to improve step by step, although it is better to do some simple things from your mobile phone, such as choosing a destination. And something similar happened with the option: add stopIt is of vital importance if we want to stop at intermediate places before the end of our route.

Until now, Google Maps allowed you to add intermediate stops in Android Auto, but doing so from the car screen was more cumbersome. This becomes easier than ever with the small change we’re announcing in Android Auto 12.9.

As we mentioned yesterday when the update was released, a new button was added to the old “Start” button: “Add Stop”, which appears similar to the mobile version, and finally facilitates this function Very classic Maps in Android Auto.

Now, instead of starting the route and adding stops later, we can prepare the route completely before starting the trip. A subtle change, but very useful for users. It works as we said Android Auto 12.9.

Unfortunately, it is currently only available in beta. So if we are not in the Google Play beta program, we have to wait a few more days: Google usually gives the green light to new updates after a few hours, if everything goes well. It is also possible install the update manually.

Let us also remind you that in the near future, Android Auto will say goodbye to Google Assistant as the built-in assistant and replace it with Gemini. Artificial Intelligence will reach our car’s infotainment system to give us more and better capabilities. In the meantime, Now you can enjoy the new button Update Android Auto to version 12.9: APKMirror already has the APK file.

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