Everything you can do soon with Android Auto

Thanks to Android Auto we can have on our mobile all the advantages and benefits offered by the Google operating system, such as being able to use applications such as Google Maps or send WhatsApp messages through the Google Assistant , and all without having to use your hands. The Android Auto tool has undergone, in recent times, a complete interface renewal, now more fluid and with a design that is more adapted to current times. And what happens once a big update has been released? That the first versions begin to appear that fix small inconveniences or bugs that may have appeared, in addition to adding more features that, at first, they would not have been able to implement.

What's new in Android Auto v4.7?

Now the new update of Android Auto v4.7 has made an appearance. What do we have new in this improvement of the tool? Well, mainly two aspects, which we will explain below. If you usually use Android Auto in your vehicle, you should pay attention to the application store and download this new update which, in Spain, is still not officially available But It shouldn't take too long.

New notification settings

In Android Auto v4.7 a new switch called 'Show media notifications' has appeared in the 'Notifications' section. In the middle of Android Police they already have this new update available and they have been testing it, without being too clear about what exactly this new notification configuration is for.It could be used to enable and disable notifications that include images or for those that apply to services not yet available to Android Auto, such as media players or other web services that are capable of creating notifications through Google Chrome. However, we will have to wait for the update to reach our hands and we can test it to know exactly what we can expect from this new function.

Launcher customization: app filter

It's amazing how many apps we already have available on the Google Play Store. And of course, the more tools come out, the more we want to try them and in the end our device ends up being a disaster drawer in which we no longer know which ones we use the most, the that less or those that, directly, could go to the bin without further ado.

Android Auto users have been complaining for some time that its interface did not offer a good application categorization system, to have them well located and ordered. Without going any further, an application as focused on the messaging service as Telegram, Android Auto decided to include it within the section 'Music/audio applications '. In this new update this seems to have improved and users will be able to take control of the application area. In this way, in the new version of Android Auto, we will be able to show or hide applications selectively, in such a way that they will only appear on the desktop when the launcher itself is using them at that moment.

For these changes in the new version to take effect, the user must disconnect and reconnect Android Auto, according to some users have reported this to Android Police.In addition, we can choose applications on a screen by vertical scrolling in which we will see the icon and the name of the tool in question.

In this link you can download the new version of Android Auto but we cannot guarantee that it will be compatible.