Android Auto is quite established in terms of availability in current car manufacturers, but now Google wants any user of any car to have or not this option to be able to make use of an independent application so that all Android users can use this system.
Well, the application is already up and running and available in various places on the planet so that users can download it and start using it if they want. It is expected that between today and tomorrow it can be downloaded from anywhere without availability problem, so do not worry that we can all enjoy the app on our Android smartphone or tablet, for now. in Spain it is now available for download totally free.
This is what we find in the description of the application in the Google Play Store, but with this update that is coming to the application compatible car will no longer be needed:
The Android Auto app allows new Android Auto compatible vehicles to be connected to Android 5.0 and later phones (Lollipop or Marshmallow). Do you have a compatible car and phone? You just have to connect your phone to the USB port of your vehicle to start using it.
Android Auto lets you use your phone's most useful applications on your car screen in an optimized way so that you can see and read information at a glance while driving. Android Auto requires an active data connection to take full advantage of the applications, and you may need to update some of your current applications, such as Google Maps, Google Play Music, or Google Search. To find out if your car is compatible with Android Auto, check the user manual or contact the vehicle manufacturer.
The news about this independent application and that it does not require a compatible car to be used reaches us from Android Central and is that the interface is adapted to resemble the application that appears with the original Android Auto. In any case we can all test the application and the compatible applications that at the moment are not many, but hopefully over time they will increase.
If you have the Android Auto application installed on your device, you will soon receive - if you haven't already - a update that will transform the app completely, and will allow you to access the interface so far only included in the information and entertainment systems of compatible vehicles, only using your terminal.
In addition, the application interface has been adapted keeping the design lines through cards that already included the original Android Auto platform, and its appearance is incredibly simple, which is appreciated considering the situations in which the application will be used most of the time.
For now, yes, there is not a great variety of applications compatible with Android Auto and the new platform for mobile devices, but we hope that after this move by Google, more developers will decide reconcile their apps with Android Auto.