Android Auto keeps your eyes on the road, all while mirroring the most essential parts of your phone. From maps to music and everything in between, Google's car-friendly interface has come a long way since its earliest days. Today, Android Auto is getting a whole slew of changes to help make your summer road trip even better.
By far, the best improvement included intoday's updateis a manual toggle for dark mode. To say this has been a long-requested feature would be putting it lightly — people have been demanding this for years. Keeping your eyes from being blinded when your car has yet to auto-switch to a dimmer brightness is a great addition, especially since some cars don't support that feature at all.
Meanwhile, Google is finally cementing some server-side changes many of us have received over the past several months. Google has really stepped up how sending and receiving messages works on Android Auto, adding new shortcuts for all of your communication apps on Android and including a permanent "New" icon for starting a new conversation. These changes should work with any messaging client, though Google specifically highlights both WhatsApp and its own service.
