Google is launching its car ready mobile apps program next month. This program, announced at I/O 2024 last year, takes existing mobile apps that are large screen compatible and makes them available to cars running Android Automotive. We don’t know which apps have been selected for the program, though.

Some users have been running into issues with SiriusXM on Android Auto for the past few months, but a new update should fix that. While SiriusXM, a satellite radio service, is built into most modern vehicles,

Android Auto will be getting new car-ready apps in February, including video streaming, web browsers, and mobile gaming apps. Only cars certified with Google built-in will support these new apps, ensuring they meet program requirements.

The Android 16 launch date is coming up surprisingly quickly, and it won’t be long before the first beta version of the software is available for us all to enjoy. While there’s still a lot we don’t know about Android 16 and the changes it will incorporate, it looks like we may see some design changes to both the back button and the volume slider.

Android 16’s new volume slider could be slightly similar to the slider seen on the Google Search widget’s transparency customizer. The images shared by the source show the big