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If you read that article, or even the subtitle, you’ll see that it’s talking about Android Auto, which is importantly different from the Google Assistant Drivin
by c0pium 3y ago
If you read that article, or even the subtitle, you’ll see that it’s talking about Android Auto, which is importantly different from the Google Assistant Driving Mode I mentioned.
Amusingly apropos the main complaint that people seem to have with Driving Mode is that it isn’t designed to be screen-based, which would be quite dangerous, but rather voice-based which is comparatively safer.
- CharlesW 3y agoThank you, I didn't know they were different. Further Googling shows Google killed Google Assistant Driving Mode Dashboard on November 21, 2022, and is also killing Google Maps' Driving Mode in February. https://9to5google.com/2023/12/27/google-maps-driving-mode-going-away/ https://9to5google.com/2023/12/27/google-maps-driving-mode-g...
- c0pium 3y agoThat’s correct, now that the full Driving Mode is ready and being rolled out they’re killing all the dangerous stopgap measures they previously created. Edit: I think their strategy here confused people because most people seem to think that the goal is a zoomed touchscreen, whereas the actual goal was voice only with a nav screen if you’re navigating.
- CharlesW 3y agoApologies for yet another follow-up, but I'm trying to understand: If Google Maps' Driving Mode goes away in February as the article above suggests, and Driving Mode Dashboard went away in November, what's left?
- c0pium 3y agoGoogle Assistant Driving Mode will be left. Driving Mode Dashboard was a terribly named stopgap with large buttons. It’s almost entirely unrelated to Driving Mode. Totally agree with the point that, as usual, the branding is awful. They need to have these names reviewed by people who don’t live and breathe the product, the small nuances here are lost on GenPop.