Android Auto’s Latest Beta Brings Full Android Game Support

Google is adding gaming support to Android Auto, pinch titles including Candy Crush Soda Saga and Angry Birds 2 playable from compatible cars’ touchscreens. The caller characteristic is included successful nan beta version of Android 14.1, which is rolling retired to testers now.

Only 4 games are presently supported, pinch Candy Crush and Angry Birds joined by Farm Heroes Saga and Beach Buggy Racing. To play them connected nan car’s show you request to person nan games installed connected your telephone first, and for evident reasons they’re only disposable while nan car is parked. 9to5Google tested it out, and recovered that erstwhile you displacement retired of park, “the crippled closes instantly and is grayed retired wrong nan app drawer and app switcher.”

This summation besides marks nan first clip that fullscreen apps person been disposable successful Android Auto, though it’s not clear if nan action will beryllium extended to different types of app. Gaming and fullscreen support brings Android Auto person successful statement to nan package acquisition connected cars pinch Google built-in, which already support a wider scope of games to play while parked.

Gaming support successful Android Auto was announced by Google earlier this period arsenic portion of its March characteristic drop, but nan institution hasn’t said erstwhile nan action will time off beta. These aren’t nan first games disposable connected Android Auto, pinch a mini number of basal titles moving connected HTML5 added successful 2021 arsenic portion of Google’s GameSnacks service.