Android Auto is one of the best apps for your car. When it works. Here's a look at some common Android Auto problems and how ...

Even then, if you're using Android Auto, there is a strange restriction — you can't use Google Maps on your phone and your Android Auto dashboard at the same time.

Presumably, Google had wanted to restrict Google Maps for safety reasons while Android Auto was engaged, keeping you focused on minimal information on the car display rather than distracted by a ...

At least that’s what it wants you to think. I’ve found a way to run Google Maps and Waze simultaneously while in the car, and here’s how you can take advantage of this workaround too.

On Android Auto, there’s also a 3D buildings view you can use instead of the satellite map. Share your journey with other people Use Google Maps to let other people know when you’re arriving.

But just like many apps running on Android Auto, Google Maps sometimes ends up struggling with various glitches, some of them making it nearly impossible to use the navigation in a car. One such ...

Custom car icons in Google Maps have long been a highly requested feature, but for some reason, replacing the arrow with a vehicle in the app is only possible on iPhone and not on Android.

Google Maps is stuck in dark mode for some Over the past week or so, Google Maps users on Android, especially those using Android Auto, have noticed that the app is having trouble with dark mode.

However you use Google Maps, these lesser-known features — all of which work on both the iOS and Android versions of the app — will definitively change the way you use the app forever.