Android Auto may soon let you choose a new paint job — for your Maps avatar

Once we’re driving someplace with Google Maps and Android Auto, it may be straightforward sufficient to comply with together with the little blue on-screen arrow, however what enjoyable is that? Google Maps gives all kinds of customized car icons, letting you choose an avatar that not simply matches your automotive or truck’s type, however shade as effectively. Whilst some Android Auto customers battle with vanishing icons, we’ve noticed what might be the following huge improve right here, giving you extra management proper from your car itself.

Proper now, although you can see your customized avatar when utilizing Maps in Android Auto, there’s no native solution to make that choice from your sprint. As an alternative, earlier than you see that blue arrow remodel into the crimson SUV you need, you have to tug up Maps on your telephone and choose your car there.

And whereas that works simply fantastic, Google seems to be on the point of flesh issues out on the Android Auto facet of issues with its personal menu.

With Google’s Android Auto 16.2.660604-release version, we see the corporate getting ready so as to add a new “Driving avatar” possibility in navigation settings. Faucet that, and you’ll see the identical automobiles choice interface (together with shade selection) that we’re acquainted with from our telephones.

Whereas these screens aren’t but user-facing on this launch, the execution already appears fairly polished, and so they match proper in with Maps navigation right here.

In our testing, this all seems synced to your account, and if you change your car avatar in Android Auto, you’ll see it replace on your telephone to match — and vice versa, after all. Meaning you ought to be free to maintain on doing issues the previous approach if you favor, however as soon as this rolls out you also needs to get the flexibility to tweak how that avatar is represented, straight from your car.

Granted, we will’t think about most customers could have precise trigger to alter this setting fairly often, however hey — possibly you prefer to set an aspirational avatar, moderately than one which matches what you’re really driving round. If that’s you, this modification ought to be proper up your alley!