While the manufacturers begin to deny the touch screens in the cars, or at least stop using them for absolutely everything, the problem of distractions on the road caused by these devices remains very present. And although Android Auto is the preferred system by drivers, that does not mean that he is not participating in this problem.
Google itself is aware of the distraction that can be a touch screen, especially when it offers access to our favorite apps; Therefore, he has taken several measures in recent years to promote the road before the screen, including the Blocking certain apps while the car is moving. And now, he has just added another measure, and is as simple as a button.
Some users of Reddit They have encountered this new button on Android Auto, which appears in the upper left corner with the icon of an arrow down. Although at first glance it is not clear what this button is for, it is only necessary to press it once to realize what it does.
This new button allows us leave android auto with a single touchso that the screen shows the manufacturer’s own system. Actually, this function is already present in Android Auto, but to access it it is necessary to first click on the Apps menu in the lower left corner and find it. With the new button, we just have to press once to return to the car system.
In other words, if we are driving and for any reason we want to use the car system (for example, to listen to the radio), until now we had to Open the Apps menu And finding the option to close Android Auto, something that probably requires us to take off the road, even momentarily.
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From now on, all we have to do is press in the upper left corner (Something that is possible to do only with touch in many models), and Android Auto will close automatically.
The new button will be especially useful for accessing functions that are not yet available in Android Auto; For example, we have already mentioned the radio, which is expected to reach Android Auto soon but is not yet available. It can also be useful to access the configuration of the car or advanced air conditioning functions if they are hidden on the screen and do not have their own buttons.
As usual, this novelty is Little by little to users arrivingbut not everyone is finding it. The first drivers who have tried it claim that it works very well, since it is able to leave even in systems that have traditionally behaved well with Android Auto, such as Toyota’s.
