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Google, the sad farewell: which feature will be canceled very soon

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2 years ago

October 10, 2022

Google is saying a sad goodbye to a feature that will be canceled very soon, on November 21, 2022. Here’s what it is and what the alternative is from the same Silicon Valley company.

For some time, Google had been trying to replace the competing application, which reported several malfunctions and therefore found users already predisposed to change. Android Auto had disappeared from all Android smartphones by the end of 2019, remaining only available for cars. Google had indeed announced important news.

Google offices in Silicon Valley, USA (Instagram photo).

The Silicon Valley company had bet heavily on the Google Auto Assistant mobile application, which Huawei immediately promised to do battle with by launching the Maps Kit on the market. These solutions, unlike the same Google Maps, Waze and Here We Go Navigation, promised to include several services in addition to driving directions.

What Google says goodbye to: Here’s the canceled feature

Unfortunately, it would seem that Google only decided after three years to also put the Google Auto Assistant project aside. As has already happened for Android Auto, users will be informed by a pop-up informing them of the definitive discontinuation of the service from November 21, 2022. This is why Google made this choice.

Some features of Google Auto Assistant (Google photo).

Google Auto Assistant is the essential app for those who travel a lot, especially for work. Avoid dangerous distractions with your mobile phone, because thanks to voice commands it sends calls, writes messages, selects our favorite playlists or starts the audiobook that will keep us company throughout the trip.

The tech giant’s proposal: what can be used in the future?

Google hasn’t thought at all about removing the very useful features that are included in Google Auto Assistant. From the end of this year, it will begin to integrate them into Google Maps, precisely because it realized that its users expected much more from the application created solely to give traffic information.