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Google officially killed Driving Mode after stripping most of its features in 2024


It's another casualty of the Gemini transition.

The feature lost most of its functionality in February 2024, and only a media control bar and voice assistant button remained up until recently. The feature has undergone numerous changes since its introduction in 2019, most recently losing the app dashboard that was a crucial part of the Driving Mode experience. In fact, Assistant Driving Mode was initially seen as a replacement and alternative to Android Auto for Phone Screens, was killed in 2021.

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