Android Automotive users are about to see a lot more apps in their vehicles

If you're an Android Automotive user (the actual vehicle infotainment OS, not Android Auto, which just projects your phone to your car's infotainment system running on another OS), you might soon see a lot more apps popping up in your car's Google Play Store.

Finally rolling out next month

At the 2024 I/O conference last May, Google announced plans to collaborate with car manufacturers to bring more apps to automobile screens. The company's vision was to automatically distribute apps that had large screen compatibility to the Android Automotive app store, so developers didn't have to create a whole new app just for cars.

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That plan is finally rolling out next month. On ...