As we previously spotted and Google later confirmed in a series of deprecations, the Assistant Driving Mode for Google Maps is going away later this month. Update: Only the App Launcher is going away.

Google has officially confirmed the discontinuation of Google Assistant Driving Mode for Google Maps later this month, as previously observed in a series of deprecations. However, an update clarifies ...

Google Assistant is being replaced by Gemini as the default voice assistant on Android devices. The Assistant Driving Mode feature on Google Maps is also going away for good in favor of Gemini. Media ...

Will was the Phones Editor at Android Police from August 2022 to May 2025, which usually meant his desk was covered in a dozen different smartphones at any given time. Prior to that, he was a news ...

After announcing it at I/O 2019, teasing it in 2020 and finally launching it officially last year, Google is shutting down the Assistant Driving Mode dashboard, 9to5Google reported. The feature gives ...

Google Assistant Driving Mode is stopping its services in November 2022. Google’s announcement in October 2022 caused a lot of commotion on the internet. The shutdown surprised many, as the tech giant ...

Will was the Phones Editor at Android Police from August 2022 to May 2025, which usually meant his desk was covered in a dozen different smartphones at any given time. Prior to that, he was a news ...

Android Police spotted a new banner on the Google Assistant Driving Mode home screen stating the view will be gone in February (like so many other Google projects). It’s unclear if other parts, like ...

Google is shutting down its Assistant Driving Mode dashboard just 13 months after it was released. The system was first unveiled at I/O 2019 before being introduced in September 2021 and was conceived ...

Google announced the discontinuation of the Maps integration in Assistant Driving Mode on Nov. 21, according to 9to5Google. The news followed a "sunset" notification from the app, which turned out to ...

In May of 2019, Google Assistant Driving Mode was announced to replace “Android Auto for Phone Screens.” The launch occurred slowly, with the previous experience not going away until this June.