TechSoftwareAppsAndroid Auto update adds potentially most distracting app yetDiscord chatting is now available while you driveWhen you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works.
TechSoftwareAppsAndroid Auto update adds potentially most distracting app yetDiscord chatting is now available while you driveWhen you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works.
Discord chatting is now available while you drive
When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works.
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There are a lot of ways to stay in touch while behind the wheel, thanks to smartphone apps running through theApple CarPlayandAndroid Autoinfotainment systems, and the latest to join them is Discord.
Android Autosupport was added to Discord with a recent software update viaGoogle’s Play store. The update is version 144.13 of the communication platform and it works in version 7.8 of Android Auto, as well as the latest version 8.0.
This may seem like a strange move, since Discord is much more than a simple chatting application like WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger or any other SMS texting app. Although Discord can work that way, it is mostly used as a group discussion platform, where users often contribute to multiple chats, each with dozens or even hundreds of members.
We can’t see this being particularly useful for Discord users who contribute to a number of large group chats on the platform, and suspect Android Auto support is only really useful for receiving direct messages from a select handful of close Discord friends. Discord chats can be busy places, especially whenGoogleAssistant will interrupt your music, radio or podcast to read out each and every incoming message while driving.
All that said, it’s no bad thing to see another communication app find its way onto Android Auto, and we’ve no doubt its safe integration with can infotainment systems will be helpful to some users.
In the meantime, we’re still waiting for Google to roll out itsmuch-anticipated ‘Coolwalk’ update, a major visual overhaul to the user interface of Android Auto that was promised before the end of the summer, but is yet to arrive.
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