Google eradicating one other driving mode show – report

Google+. The retail model of Google Glass. Add to the record of scrapped Google merchandise the Assistant Driving Mode Dashboard.

Google has advised 9to5Google the dashboard is being deactivated on November 21, 2022, regardless of having solely been introduced in 2019.

The Assistant Driving Mode Dashboard gave Android customers missing a automobile with Android Auto a simplified interface that might be displayed on their telephones whereas they have been driving.

This consists of widgets resembling a navigation search discipline, media controls, shortcuts for sending a message or making a name, a don’t disturb button, and a button to activate Google Assistant.

An app button brings up a listing of apps you need to use on the transfer resembling audio streaming companies and messaging, whereas a For You widget supplies suggestions of recent media or commonly consumed media.

There’ll nonetheless be a Google Maps display optimised for driving, which shows the map however features a button for the Google Assistant, plus the identical ‘app drawer’ performance because the Assistant Driving Mode Dashboard.

The corporate is reportedly specializing in the Driving Mode in Google Maps as a result of most individuals are utilizing this as a substitute of the separate Assistant Driving Mode Dashboard.

The newest transfer follows the discontinuation of the Android Auto for Telephone Screens app earlier this yr.

This was reportedly solely serving as a stopgap, spun off from Android Auto in 2019, till the Assistant Driving Mode Dashboard was set to be rolled out.

With the latter not broadly obtainable till 2021, Android Auto for Telephone Screens caught round longer than deliberate. Now each of those apps are being discontinued in the identical yr.