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and today we're happy to announce Android auto we've redesigned the Android platform for automotive making it easier and safer to use the connected apps and services drivers want in the car we looked at what people do with their phones in the car today and these things stood out to us navigation communication music and other forms of streaming media Android auto puts these front and center so you don't have to go hunting through a grid of icons to find the apps that are most important to you when you're in the car Android auto is contextually aware to give you the right information right when you need it and most importantly Android auto is completely voice enabled so that you can keep your hands on the wheel and your eyes on the road so to start Andy connexes Android phone to the car and the phone casts the Android auto experience to the cars screen Andy can now put his phone down and use the familiar car controls steering wheel buttons console dials and touch screens to control Android auto it looks and feels like it's part of the car but all of the apps we see here are running on andy's phone which means that the experience gets better when Andy updates his apps or gets a newer faster phone this also means that andy has a personalized experience that he can bring with him into any compatible car the first thing Andy sees is the overview screen which shows personal and contextually relevant destinations reminders contacts and music from google now and other arms one tap and he's navigating or listening to his favorite road trip mix and II want to play some music what let's look for a second at play music it has been adapted to have simple glanceable controls for the car Andy has access to all of his curated playlists radio stations albums and artists and to all the key features in google play music he can also use voice or the steering wheel controls to control the music in the car keeping his hands on the wheel fantastic of course Android auto needs great maps and navigation so let's show you google maps we all love Google Maps because it's fast accurate updated and it seems to know where everything is in Android auto drivers have access to all their favorite maps features great local search personalized suggestions live traffic and of course turn-by-turn navigation and google maps for android auto is even more powerful because it is completely voice enabled Andy wanting to take us for a drive how late is the deyoung museum open today the young museum is open from 930am to 5 15 p.m. on wednesday oh good i can go there navigate there navigating to the young museum head toward fourth street northeast on ministry in 600 feet use any lane to turn right onto 4th Street so Andy was able to start navigation without ever entering an address or taking his hands off the steering wheel during navigation instructions are spoken as you heard and displayed on the screen and a material car that floats above the map right so that's music and navigation what's next let's show you voice enabled messaging hmm new message from Hiroshi lock heimer here it is Andy are we there yet as you can see incoming messages show up as heads up notifications so Andy can still see the upcoming turn in maps when he's ready he can just use the steering wheel voice button to reply reply what's the message I have no wheels here's your message to hiroshi lock heimer i have no wheels do you want to send it sure sending message so we're really excited about Android auto and we think we've found that better way but I know what you're all thinking when does the rubber actually meet the road well we're happy to say that you won't have to wait long the Android auto SDK will be published soon and the Android auto experience will be available to users with the public el release later this year and the excitement in the auto industry has really been growing today we're happy to announce that over 40 new partners have joined the open automotive alliance and over 25 car brands have signed up to ship Android auto in the near future what's more the first cars with Android auto will be rolling off dealer lots before the end of this year so that's just a peek at Android auto