Android Auto prepares to let you wear smart glasses while driving (APK teardown)
Will navigation prompts on smart glasses reduce or increase distractions?
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- Android Auto might soon integrate with smart glasses to show driving directions.
- New code in the latest Android Auto release hints at the upcoming feature.
- The feature could help drivers keep their eyes on the road by eliminating the need to glance at the infotainment screen for navigation prompts.
Taking your eyes off the road to look at your car’s infotainment screen while driving is a recipe for disaster, yet many of us still do it daily while following directions in Google Maps. Although some cars overcome this issue by bringing the navigation prompts within your line of sight, either through a heads-up display or on the screen behind your steering wheel, that’s not the case for the vast majority of the cars on the road today. Google seems aware of this shortcoming and is working on a new Android Auto feature to bring navigation prompts within your field of view, even if your car doesn’t have a heads-up display.
