Now it will be much more comfortable to use the Google Maps interface in Android Auto thanks to these new settings.
Although in Spain we are used to the steering wheel being located to the left of the vehicle, the truth is that there are dozens of countries in the rest of the world where you drive with the steering wheel on the right.
In total, a third of the world’s population circulates on the opposite side to ours and although we are not going to list each of the countries, there are some as well known as the United Kingdom, Japan or Australia.
Well, Google Maps in Android Auto, during all these years, has been offering an interface designed for vehicles with the steering wheel on the left, thus placing the main access buttons on the left side of the interface so that they are better reached by the driver.
But this can be a safety problem in countries where you drive with the steering wheel to the right, because these buttons on the interface of Google maps They are further away from the driver, which could cause you to lean a little further and cause a certain dangerous situation.
Well a next update will automatically align the interface based on whether the driver is driving on the right or left.
The news, announced in the official Google forums, it states that very soon Google Maps on Android Auto it will adapt its use in vehicles that have the steering wheel on the right by changing the arrangement of the buttons that will be located on the right hand side.
In this case, it will be the system itself that adapts the interface automatically according to the layout of the steering wheel inside the vehicle, but it seems that under another future update, the user could access the Android Auto options to vary the layout of the interface to their liking. .