Microsoft Groups is lastly coming to Android Auto — an app that permits Android telephones to hook up with the automotive’s pre-existing infotainment system — subsequent month, practically a yr after being introduced by Google at I/O 2023. That is based on a Microsoft 365 roadmap that particulars future releases.
Whereas the app launches in February, we nonetheless don’t have too many particulars concerning the way it’ll be used. Microsoft has said that you simply’ll be capable to “join meetings and make calls” from the calendar view. There’s no data as as to if or not it’ll combine with messages from the service or have interaction in a number of the different Groups-specific options, like file and knowledge collaboration. After all, driving down a freeway might be not one of the best time to be twiddling with random work recordsdata.
Neither Microsoft or Google have provided up any data as to why Groups took so lengthy to launch for Android Auto. Google additionally introduced Android Auto integration for Zoom and Webex at I/O 2023. Each software program suites launched on the platform again in September. Android Auto additionally not too long ago bought apps by The Climate Channel and YouTube. The platform even provides video games for passengers or when the automotive is parked, together with a model of Solitaire and a easy racing sport known as Seaside Buggy Racing 2.
Google says Android Auto presently integrates with 200 million automobiles, so the addition of Microsoft Groups is definitely a welcome one. In the meantime, the corporate has additionally advised that the adoption price of Android Automotive — the equally named however distinct product which is, not like the Android Auto app, a full-fledge infotainment working system — has exploded prior to now yr, as vehicle producers have begun to section out inner infotainment programs in favor of Google’s working system. Firms like Chevrolet, Volvo, Polestar, Honda, Renault and even GM have all introduced the adoption of Google’s platform.
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