AutoAndroid Auto update arrives, but one key feature is still missingAnother new version has landed, but Google still hasn’t rolled out the Coolwalk overhaulWhen you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works.
AutoAndroid Auto update arrives, but one key feature is still missingAnother new version has landed, but Google still hasn’t rolled out the Coolwalk overhaulWhen you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works.
Another new version has landed, but Google still hasn’t rolled out the Coolwalk overhaul
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(Image credit: Google)
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The latest update to Google’s smartphone-powered car infotainment system is a very small one – so small, in fact, that the company hasn’t published a change log explaining what’s new. It is called version 8.1.6264, comes after version 8.1.6261 and is likely little more than a patch to fix a couple of small bugs discovered in the previous build.
The tiny change in number shows what a small update this is, and that will no doubt come as a disappointment toAndroidusers patiently waiting for Google’s majorAndroid Autoupdate to arrive.
Announced back in May andcodenamed Coolwalk, the update will see a complete overhaul of the Android Auto user interface, ushering in a new home screen with navigation, music and incoming messages displayed all at once, not dissimilar toApple CarPlay.
Google said at the time how the update would arrive before the end of the summer. But with us now firing up the heating and reaching for our knitwear in late-September, the Coolwalk upgrade is still nowhere to be seen.
We think a downloadable update to a new build number, such as 8.2, is most likely, and we’re still holding onto hope that it’ll arrive before summer officially comes to an end later this week.
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