Will was the Phones Editor at Android Police from August 2022 to May 2025, which usually meant his desk was covered in a dozen different smartphones at any given time. Prior to that, he was a news ...

Manuel Vonau was Android Police's Google Editor until April 2024, with expertise in Android, Chrome, Pixels, and other Google products. For five years, he covered tech news and reviewed devices after ...

Google has officially confirmed that the Assistant “Driving Mode” bar that appears at the bottom of Google Maps navigation on Android is no longer available. First announced in 2019, Assistant Driving ...

Assistant Driving Mode in Google Maps is officially gone for good, the company has confirmed. Assistant Driving Mode is another feature casualty of the Gemini transition, which is currently underway.

Google is in the process of removing the “app launcher” from Assistant Driving Mode following the announcement last month. That change rolled out to one of our Android devices, and here’s how Driving ...

Users loved Android Auto for phone screens, but Google didn't care. The application allowed us to run Android Auto in cars without a dedicated infotainment screen, as it reproduced the app's ...

Google is no stranger to discontinued tech. But the phasing out of Google Maps Driving Mode took many by surprise. You know that little black bar at the bottom of Google Maps on Android? Perhaps ...

Android Police spotted a new banner on the Google Assistant Driving Mode home screen stating the view will be gone in February (like so many other Google projects). It’s unclear if other parts, like ...

Android Auto's removal in 2021 left a void for phone-based car navigation. Google Assistant's Driving Mode, with its dedicated home screen, initially seemed to fill that gap. However, a year later, ...

Hey guys, Google is about to end another service that was sort-of a part of Google Assistant. I know, shocking. Google Assistant Driving Mode from within Google Maps will go away in February. Oh, ...