Android Auto is an interface designed by Google that makes life much easier when it comes to having a modern and functional launcher on the digital screen of our car . We have control options for both voice and touch, and provides us with a simple and intuitive user interface that connects with our smartphone easily.
This application has greatly improved our lives when we travel or route with the car through new areas where GPS is essential and we do not have one integrated as an option in our car. It also completely solves the issue of connectivity and multimedia , thanks to the fact that it creates compatibility between the applications of our smartphone and the car, so we can enjoy services as useful as Spotify , Google Maps , Google Assistant, or the function telephone or messaging, which allows us to make or receive calls and messages.
Although it is a tremendously useful application, it is in continuous development since it still has things to improve , because it has deficiencies that can be a problem when driving. One of these problems is that when we receive notifications on our smartphone, we receive both a text notification on the car screen, and an audible signal that can become annoying, and distract our attention from the road, generating a potential situation of risk to us.
Apparently, Google has solved this in its latest update, more specifically in version v5.0500224 of the app, which now adds this feature to disable the sound of notifications that should have been available long ago, and that Google He has added and removed as he pleased repeatedly.
How to activate this function
Once we have installed this version of Android Auto on our phone, we will find in the configuration section a label that says “No notification sound” . Once we have activated this option, we will no longer receive any sound signal upon receiving a message or notification of any kind. This also solves the fact that the music that we are listening to in the car from our mobile phone is interrupted continuously, which is almost appreciated more than the fact of the security that this implies.
There is still another unsolved problem
Although this improvement has been included that helps us avoid being distracted by the sound of notifications, there is another problem in the air that has not been resolved. Apparently, as a Reddit user has discovered, when we receive notification messages, they appear on the car screen, without sound, but remain there until we manually discard them . This returns to a security problem, since we still have a distraction on the mobile screen and it can become an element of distraction even greater than the sound of the notification itself.
Hopefully this will be solved quickly and the application will be improved especially on issues that influence driver safety , as is the case.
