Today Google announced a series of news; more and less important for Android Auto, the green robot system that & quot; lives & quot; by car through smartphones. Here come: a redesign of navigation with Waze, support for the work profile, better management of dual SIM smartphones, the games of GameSnacks, advice on contents, and the possibility; to pay for the refueling through Google Assistant, even if for the moment it is; a US exclusive.
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The news will have uncertain delivery times: Google si & egrave; limited to saying that they will arrive & quot; soon & quot ;, which presupposes an indefinite period of time and the individual novelties; could arrive s & igrave; & quot; soon & quot; but at different times. Times a little more precise for the collaboration between Google and Honda, thanks to which the vehicles of the Japanese manufacturer will be managed by the capacities; of what & egrave; a real operating system for cars, that is; Android Automotive.
THE 'NEW' NAVIGATION ON WAZE
Google introduces a series of novelties; for browsing on Waze , the & quot; social & quot; navigation app that Big G has owned for nearly a decade. With the update, Waze on Android Auto gets:
- support for touchpads in infotainment systems
- the mode & agrave; night
- lane markers
- top priority a map and directions regarding notifications or other warnings that may occur during navigation
WORK AND DUAL SIM SMARTPHONE
In development for months, support for work profiles * are finally about to make their way onto Android Auto, which in this way will give & agrave; way for those who use only one smartphone for work and private life to access the apps used for work from the Android Auto dashboard. The apps belonging to the working environment will appear different from those inherent to the private sphere thanks to a small badge in the shape of a briefcase.
Furthermore, those who use a dual SIM smartphone can & agrave; communicate to Android Auto the default SIM to use for calls. In this way, possible distractions are stemmed, which is the reason why Android Auto & egrave; been created. So, that's fine.
* To benefit from a job profile on Android & egrave; need to work in a company that supports them. Having a job profile d & agrave; the possibility to separate apps and work data from apps and personal data, so that & eacute; some are not confused with the others. Learn more here.
GAMES AND CONTENT TIPS
The arrival of games from GameSnacks on Android Auto is; which has been known for a couple of months, but since the announcement they have never debuted. Google remedier & agrave; shortly adding GameSnacks mini games to the range of apps on the Android Auto home – which are already; available on Chrome or Google Discover.
Don't worry, they won't – of course – be a distraction behind the wheel. As can be seen from the images above and the stylized change from Google, it will be; It is possible to have fun with GameSnacks games only when the car is stationary , when maybe there is to pass the time waiting for a takeaway order in the restaurant. Provided there is internet connection, because & eacute; GameSnacks' pastimes are developed in HTML5.
An alternative to games is the different content available on Android Auto. The selection of the best with which to distract yourself will be & agrave; by Google Assistant , which will propose & agrave; personalized advice on music, news and podcasts: it will come & agrave; a new virtual button in the navigation bar which, when touched, prompts you to say the genre of the content to listen to. To the selection, in fact, will think & agrave; Assistant.
PAY FOR FUEL WITH YOUR VOICE AND MORE
Here's some news; that in all probability & agrave; will not concern , at least for the moment, Italian users.
A smell of & quot; future & quot; , but the rollout will start from the USA: you can & agrave; ask Google Assistant to pay for fuel indicating the number of the dispenser where you & egrave; stocked; the transaction & egrave; entrusted to Google Pay. The novelty will be available in pi & ugrave; of 32,500 service stations with those of Exxon and Mobile being involved first.
Finally Google announced a new dashboard plus; rational for Modalit & agrave; Assistant's Guide , long awaited (2019), first arrived in the USA (2020) and then extended to other countries (2021) including for & ograve; Italy does not figure yet. This is a novelty; & quot; invisible & quot ;, because & eacute; baster & agrave; say the usual “ Hey Google, let's drive '' to see the new launcher appear on the smartphone display.
