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Android Auto could give you a better look at your destination before you start your trip

A redesigned place card could keep more trip research off your phone.
Rashmita PanigrahiSeptember 16, 20261 min read
Android Auto could give you a better look at your destination before you start your trip
TL;DR

  • Google Maps could soon show destination photos and Gemini-powered AI summaries directly in Android Auto.
  • A redesigned destination card would let you scroll through photos, an Overview, contact details, and other useful information about the place.
  • We enabled the unfinished interface in Android Auto 17.8, so Google could still change or abandon it before release.

Google has been steadily working on ways to make Android Auto more useful without sending drivers back to their phones. We recently discovered that Android Auto could gain its own Quick Settings tiles, while an earlier teardown revealed work on letting drivers dismiss or snooze phone alarms from the car display. Now, Google appears to be preparing another Android Auto upgrade, this time giving Google Maps a richer way to preview destinations before you start navigating.

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Rashmita Panigrahi