If you’ve just got your hands on an Android mobile, maybe you don’t know if your car is compatible with Android Auto or not. We tell you the three main ways you have to find out about it, and some of them should clear you up.
If your car is compatible with Android Auto, you can interact with your favorite apps from the car’s screen and navigate to your favorite places on Google Maps, call your mobile contacts and much more.
The official list of Google
Google maintains a list of the car models compatible with Android Auto on the official Android Auto website, although you are warned that it is not an extensive list , so it is possible that you will not find the model of your car, or that it will not be specify exactly which versions it is included in, in case they are not all.
The official list of car models compatible with Android Auto serves as an indication: they are the ones that are, but not all of them are . If your car model is listed, it should support Android Auto, but if it isn’t—and it’s a recent model—then it may simply not have been listed yet.
The technical information of the car
If you need more precise information about the exact model of your car, you can always look up the technical specifications of your car , whether you have them at home or by searching for the exact model on the Internet.
Whether the car supports Android Auto or not, it may be hard to find out among so many data, but it should appear next to the car’s on-board display information . The official website of the car is a good starting point for this.
Testing
If none of the above clears up your doubts and you still don’t know if your car’s screen can connect to Android Auto or not, perhaps the fastest way to check is to try . To do this, connect your mobile to the car with a USB cable and see if the Android Auto configuration opens on the mobile, or some type of configuration on the car screen.
While some cars do support Android Auto wirelessly , it’s still quite a few today and in those cases you should still be able to connect via wired, if supported. Keep in mind that some cars will only let you use Android Auto if you use a certain USB port , so test in all of them (and with a quality cable) to confirm or rule out that your car supports Android Auto.
