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Google Assistant Driving Mode starts showing up, one year after its announcement - Android Police
Oct 17, 2020 57 secs

You've always been able to run the Android Auto app on your phone to get a better/safer interface while driving, but Google doesn't widely advertise that functionality (the Auto app is mainly used for connecting to car entertainment systems), and it doesn't always work correctly.

Google later said Driving Mode would replace Android Auto's on-phone mode, though the company initially said the transition would take place "in the coming months," which didn't quite pan out.

Earlier this month, it started to look like the long-awaited Driving Mode could end up as a feature inside Google Maps, rather than the app-independent approach of Assistant or Android Auto.

The new Driving Mode is accessible by tapping your photo in the Google Maps app, pressing on 'Navigation settings,' and finally selecting 'Google Assistant settings'.

This menu previously took you to the general Assistant settings screen (the same one accessible through Google Home, Search, etc.), but now it brings up a new panel for Driving Mode.

In its current incarnation, Driving Mode adds a bottom toolbar to Google Maps with an Assistant button, a button to scroll through supported apps, and media controls.

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