Last year, Waze decimated voice command support on Android Auto, and now users are reporting issues with commands not working yet again. Waze for Android Auto is one of just a few mapping apps for the ...

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Most Google Android handsets include voice recognition features. Basically whenever you’re in an app that requires text input, you can hit the microphone icon on the keyboard and talk into the phone’s ...

For some users, a bug on Android Auto is causing all voice commands for navigation to be routed through Google Maps, regardless of the user’s preferences. On Android Auto, voice commands for ...

Several Android Auto users report seeing “Voice commands aren’t available right now” in recent days. The issue appears across multiple cars and phones, suggesting it’s not device-specific. Some say ...

I always considered voice commands an essential feature of the Android Auto and CarPlay experience, as their purpose is to make every minute you spend behind the wheel safer. With voice commands, ...

Long-time Android Auto users certainly know that bugs in this world come and go for no reason. Issues that leave users perplexed appear out of nowhere, making it impossible even for Google to figure ...

Android Auto offers a number of ways to access key features on your smartphone (like a Google Pixel) without taking your hands off the steering wheel. For example, you can start calls to specific ...

Jay primarily writes news and deals posts for Android Police. Before joining AP, he spent the past several years yammering on about the crazy world of Android for various tech outlets. Besides ...

Still, there are some things that you think are so safe, so ironclad, that there’s no way Google could kill them off. One of these was a simple Google Assistant voice command that allowed you to add ...

Consider me an oddball when it comes to voice command tech. Sure, I’d make an odd command using my voice on my phone every now and then but that’s more or less it. To do it when I’m going down the ...