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Android Auto's latest update offers a more personalized and customizable in-car experience. The software now adapts to various infotainment screen sizes and allows for custom widgets. Video streaming from apps like YouTube will be available in select parked cars later this year.
While navigation and music platforms are what most people associate with Android Auto, it supports a surprising variety of apps. Here are the best ones.
Reflecting the increasing time spent in cars, not driving, the latest update to Android Auto will make it easier to stream video to your car’s infotainment screen.
According to Google's announcement, later this year, Android Auto will support YouTube in video format in 60fps and full HD in supported cars from BMW, Ford, Genesis, Hyundai, Kia, Mahindra, Mercedes-Benz, Renault, Škoda, Tata and Volvo.
6 Android Auto apps I wish I found sooner, because they make every drive easier
Every few years, Google overhauls Android Auto to be more capable and, hopefully, even easier to use. The infotainment experience for Galaxy- and Pixel-havers is about to get a big upgrade, one that Google says represents perhaps its largest leap yet.
Alongside other announcements at Google I/O 2026, the company showcased new design features coming to media apps in Android Auto.
Google's shoving more AI into its software and devices. Meet Gemini Spark, the new AI agent that's like a 24/7 personal assistant. Google debuted the tool on Tuesday at its Google I/O developer conference.