But Google plans to do away with the Android Auto standalone phone app and is instead pivoting to a more streamlined experience inside the Google Maps app.

If you’re running the Android 12 Beta, you should see it pop up once you shout out, “Start driving mode” or, “Let’s drive” to the Google Assistant.

Some have also reported it popping up on Android 11 devices running the Google Assistant beta, which you can flip on through the Play Store, though I couldn’t get it to come up myself.

The new UI is supposed to be available without entering a destination, but I was only able to get the new home screen the first time I asked the Assistant to launch the feature, after which it realized I wasn’t driving anywhere and reverted to Google Maps.

The bottom right-hand corner of the Maps app displays a little app drawer button like you’d see on Android, and pressing that takes you to a driving launcher of sorts.

It’s why you’d buy an accessory like the Roav Bolt, which adds a microphone to your car so it can hear you say it, and why Google is shifting away from the original look of Android Auto on the phone.

With the Android Auto phone app heading to the Google Graveyard soon, it’s nice to see that Google is trying to improve the Assistant Driving Mode.