- Video and Browser -Apps “Coming Soon” to Android Auto
- Apps will only be available when you are parked
- We must now also see more weather apps for the platform
Google News just keeps coming: When we enter the second day of Google I/O 2025, Google has marked “New App Experiences in the Car” for Android Auto, which will include video players and browser apps for the first time.
According to the official blog post, support for both video and browsers is “soon” for Android Auto. However, like games on Android Auto, these apps only work when your vehicle is parked to prevent them from distracting you on the road.
For video players, the rollout will originally be for Android 16 devices and “Select Compatible Cars” so it sounds like this may depend a bit on the hardware you are using and the dashboard you are connecting to.
Google mentions to be able to listen to the sound of videos while driving, but this is still on “early access” stage for now, and there is more work to do here for Google, car manufacturers and app developers.
Breath your breath with you
In the same blog post, Google says the Weather App category is now trained from Beta, which means they don’t need specific approval to run on Android Auto – look for more weather apps that will be displayed soon.
For cars with Google Dashboards already built -in (which are not many, at the moment), the development is even further ahead: the video app category is now open to submissions, while the browser category is currently in beta.
The blog post also mentions that the Gemini Assistant will come to Android Auto in the “coming months”, which is something we have already seen signs of. Eventually, it takes over all voice control tasks on the dashboard.
Being able to sit and watch a video with passengers on Android Auto would be a very welcome upgrade. For me, web browsing on a car panel is less appealing, but it is good to see the platform upgraded and expanded over time.
