Google has started the rollout of Android Auto 16.8 to production devices; the beta build provided us with an early look at a new big feature

The battle between Google's Android Auto and Apple's CarPlay rages on with these new features coming to Google's car ecosystem later this year.

The highlight of this year’s Android Show was Googlebooks, a new line of laptops running Android. They can cast apps from Android phones, pull files directly from a connected Android device, and offer contextual AI suggestions using the mouse pointer. Google says the first of these Chromebook successors are “coming this fall.”

Google has just pressed the go-ahead button for a new Android Auto update. Version 15.9 is now available for download. Given that we're only a few days away from 2026, this is likely the last update of the year. New Android Auto versions roll out through ...

My 4 favorite Android Auto settings are seriously useful - but hidden by default

Android has been creeping into cars for more than a decade, first with the phone-based Android Auto and later with built-in Android Automotive OS. Even when Android is running on cars, it has not been allowed outside of the infotainment box. That could ...