Use Google in the car? Google Assistant, Android Auto get fresh updates and new partner in Honda

Google is updating captious features for the millions of drivers who beryllium connected its exertion to assistance them get around.

The tech elephantine announced the upcoming changes Thursday to Google Assistant and Android Auto driving modes and a caller automaker, Honda, volition person Google exertion installed successful its vehicles.

Google said that drivers utilizing Google Assistant connected Android phones volition soon spot a caller dashboard they accidental volition trim "the request to fiddle with your telephone portion besides making definite you enactment focused connected the road."

Instead of scrolling portion driving, Google said drivers could pat to spot who conscionable called oregon sent a substance and person entree to respective apps to perceive to euphony with the caller dashboard.

The dashboard volition besides see a caller messaging update wherever drivers tin say, "Hey Google, crook connected auto-read," to perceive their caller messages work aloud erstwhile they travel successful and respond by voice.

These caller changes for drivers are seemingly portion of what Sundar Pichai, CEO of Google and genitor institution Alphabet, said successful a blog earlier this twelvemonth to marque its technologies "universally accessible and useful."

For example, users of Android Auto, Google's smartphone app for vehicles, via their Android phones volition present beryllium capable to spot music, news, and podcast recommendations from Google Assistant and they tin acceptable which app launches whenever Android Auto starts.

Those Android Auto users volition soon beryllium capable to play games appearing connected the vehicle's show with a caller diagnostic called GameSnacks portion they're waiting oregon parking.

Additionally, Android Auto and Android telephone users tin marque contactless payments for state utilizing Google Pay. This diagnostic is disposable astatine much than 32,000 state stations crossed the U.S., including ExxonMobil, Conoco, 76 stations and Phillips 66.

On Thursday, Google announced that Japanese automaker Honda volition beryllium the latest to person Google built-in exertion successful its vehicles opening successful 2022.

Honda, which announced successful April it's aiming to merchantability lone electric vehicles successful North America by 2040, volition articulation the likes of Ford, General Motors, Polestar, Renault and Volvo that volition person its aboriginal vehicles released with default Android operating systems.

The Polestar 2 and Volvo XC40 Recharge are among the existent models with Google's built-in tech.

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