Google is releasing a brand-new update to Android Auto that permits the vehicle software application to regain some of its smarts. This includes reviving the Calendar app, which enables you to see details on your next consultation and get driving directions if you d included an area to the calendar entry. Google formerly removed the Calendar app from its last redesign in 2019, replacing it with a button that merely read your appointments out loud utilizing the Google Assistant instead of revealing you anything on the screen.
The new upgrade likewise includes relevant faster ways to the Calendar app– so if you need to get a birthday cake, for example, you will have the alternative to either pull or call the bakeshop up instructions to arrive. Apple presented a similar calendar feature in 2019 that enabled its CarPlay users to pull up instructions and see appointments as part of its iOS 13 update.
Apple introduced a similar calendar feature in 2019
Aside from bringing back the smarts to its Calendar app, Google also announced today that it is working with “early access partners” to assist produce brand-new apps and classifications for Android Auto, consisting of navigation, parking, and electric lorry charging. Google has actually not said how those apps will be dispersed. If the tests are successful, Google will make those APIs openly readily available, so other software developers can start constructing brand-new apps for its cars and truck software application.
