Features and Download Android Auto 12.6 Stable Update

After quite a few major updates in recent versions, Android Auto 12.6 stable release brings stability and bug fixes for all Android phones and car head units. The latest Android Auto 12.5 update brought several new features like System Health Metrics, new notification app badges and animations, support for new car OEMs like Lucid Motors, RAM Trucks, electric vehicles like Nevo, Hongqi and GAC.

Android Auto 12.6 is now rolling out to the stable channel without any new features, but rather with stability improvements. The biggest announcement this week is that Google Maps is getting a new reporting feature available for Android, iOS, Android Auto, and Apple CarPlay. With this new update, Google will be collecting reports from users about traffic, construction, police, lane closures, and more, and reporting them to all Google Maps users; similar to what happens with Waze.

Our new APK Breakdown series delves into the latest APK, revealing new features in the latest update of any app. Just like we did with the previous Android Auto 12.5 beta update, we also analyzed the latest stable build.

We did find some new things though. Android Auto 12.6 stable version. Digging into the source code, we found references to a new Play Store logo.

Take that as you will, because we’re not sure what it means. The code isn’t present in previous versions. This is the first reference to the Play Store logo.

As for what’s new, the latest update already supports Lucid Motors cars, most likely the Lucid Air, all it needs is an OTA update from the OEM to be pushed to the cars to support it. All it needs is an OTA update from Lucid Motors to the cars. In addition to Lucid, we also found support for other car manufacturers such as Nevo, Hongqi, and GAC Motors. Here’s the complete list of car manufacturers supported by Android Auto.

Additionally, a new feature called System Health Metrics has been added. While we don’t know what it does yet, it could show some system information about your car or Android Auto.

Notification badges have been redesigned in Android Auto to include an icon with a picture of the sender. They also have a new animation. The update also brings official support for Android 15 and adds new notification badge animations.

Check out all the new features in Android Auto from our previous article . Also, download the latest version of Android Auto APK from here .

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